Oh Jang-seok
Kang Dae-hun
To: Kang Dae-hun
From: Oh Jang-seok, Behavioral Metrics Division
Subject: Localized Emotional Irregularities – Advisory Request
Comrade Kang,
Over the past 91 days, our division has recorded a statistically significant rise in affective anomalies across several urban sectors of Pyongyang. The deviations are subtle—shortened commute silences, increased variance in household light usage, a measurable lag in applause duration during commemorative broadcasts. Minor shifts, perhaps. But taken together, they form a signal.
To visualize this, we’ve developed an Emotional Activity Map—interactive, anonymized, continually updating. The data feed has been made available through the internal cartographic layer (access ID: PFP-OBS-339). You will note: the primary deviations cluster in Zones 3-A, 5-C, and—most curiously—around the former Broadcasting Archive Complex.
We do not yet suggest subversive activity. But the patterns, when mapped, resemble… intent. Or resonance. Or something not yet named by our taxonomy.
Given your familiarity with analog phenomena and historic media echo structures, I’m requesting your secondary review of the pulse data. Especially in relation to your recent findings (ref. Incident 019 / Audio Wing C).
Do these patterns correlate with any prior signal irregularities you’ve encountered?
Could they, in your view, originate from within the system? Or—if uncomfortably so—be symptomatic of a collective affective drift?
Your discretion is assumed. As is your insight.
Awaiting your interpretation.
With calibrated respect,
Oh Jang-seok
Behavioral Metrics Division
Bureau for Public Harmony
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