North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has urged stepped-up efforts to identify and crack down on what he called rebellious elements of society, the North's state media reported Saturday.
Such calls came in a congratulatory message to a national meeting of chiefs of branch social security (police) stations held Friday, according to a report by the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
An English version of the KCNA report simply stated Kim's message praised the country's social security station chiefs for "preserving and glorifying generalissimos Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il," the North's former leaders and Kim's late grandfather and father.
However, a separate and lengthy report in Korean said Kim has urged the security forces to find and crush "rebellious people who are maneuvering behind the scenes to destroy our unity and prompt a riot," partly confirming reports of possible rebellions there in recent years.
Kim said the security forces must also "find those who are only waiting to unleash their hidden dagger and mercilessly crush every one of them," according to the KCNA report. (Yonhap)