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Over 300 North Korean fishermen feared dead from fisheries campaign Choi Song Min | 2016-12-30 16:21North Korean fishermen are often pushed beyond acceptable safety limits during fishing operations, under orders by the Kim Jong Un regime. An increasing number of residents are becoming upset at the regime's propaganda claims that the subsequent deaths of fishermen are ‘acts of loyalty,’ as family members of the missing can do little more than grieve at the dockside.“More than 300 fishermen, who were forced into a 'fishing battle' following orders by the authorities to 'provide enough fish for 300 days a year,' have not yet returned. About 200 fishermen went missing or died during the squid season in June and another 100 fishermen are still missing from the sailfin sandfish season last month,” an official in South Pyongan Province told Daily NK on December 28.This report was revealed to Daily NK by a senior official working with an administrative department responsible for keeping track of the number of accidents and deaths that occur in each province.Continued: http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?num=14281&cataId=nk01500
