
3 km from the bank of the Han River, 40 km northwest of Seoul, around thirty North Korean workers in loose jackets or tank tops are repairing a road under the autumn sun, according to the fortification orders of Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un, as explained by a high-ranking defector who escaped from Pyongyang.
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North Korea, under the leadership of Kim Jong-un, is strengthening its fortifications near the border with South Korea, in a context of declared alliance with Vladimir Putin's Russia and persistent tensions with the South.
Through binoculars, clusters of men armed with shovels stand out along the barbed wire bank beyond the majestic estuary of the Han River, 3 km away, like busy ants. We can count around thirty guys, in large jackets, sometimes in tank tops, working nonchalantly under the still scorching Korean autumn sun, just forty kilometers northwest of Seoul.
Like a rare silent dive into the daily life of a North Korea more barricaded than ever at the injunction of Kim Jong-un, backed by its alliance with Vladimir Putin's Russia, ostensibly turning its back on its "capitalist" rival from the South. Some are taking a cigarette break, others have hung their clothes on a line during their chore, lost in the sunflower-yellow fields. “These are requisitioned workers, they are remaking the road, according to the fortification orders of the Supreme Leader,” explains this high-ranking defector who escaped from Pyongyang…
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
North Korea will continue to strengthen its border facilities in the coming weeks.
Likely · Within weeks

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