The U.S. Department of State has announced that it will continue to work with the U.S. Department of Defense to ensure that the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Defense are able to respond to the situation.
The new law, which was enacted by the North Korean government, is to punish any official found guilty of improperly or negligently dealing with the military lung disease with a maximum penalty of death. In addition, North Korea’s official documents also show that the government has admitted that its epidemic prevention system is fragile, writing that “it is feared that 300,000 or 500,000 people will die, and no one can predict”. In addition, the South Korean report also states that the North Korean authorities are trying to prevent irregular entry into the country and are particularly concerned about the situation along the border between China and North Korea, which is why landmines have been placed in some areas along the border between the two countries.
However, Tim Peters, a long-time activist who has been concerned about human rights issues in North Korea and the rescue of North Korean refugees, pointed out to the South China Morning Post that North Korea’s method of dealing with martial arts lung patients is to set up concentration camps to isolate them, but instead of the popular “target practice” of shooting to kill, it simply lets the patients starve or die of disease without giving them any food or medicine. According to Peters, most of these camps were set up on the border between China and North Korea, and many of those brought to the camps did not actually die of the Muscular Pneumonic Disease, but were starved to death without adequate food.
David Lee, another North Korean refugee activist, also said that the locals call the disease “ghost disease” and that he has received many reports of North Koreans who were forced to go to concentration camps after their relatives showed suspected symptoms, or who were isolated in their homes but deprived of food and eventually starved to death. David Lee also said that North Korea does not have enough medical resources and reagents to track the disease. Peters agrees that the situation of people in North Korea who have contracted the disease is feared to be very serious.
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