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Kang Tae-jun
Tae-jun Kang is the NK News East Asia Correspondent and is based in Hong Kong. Prior to writing, he worked as a riot police officer in South Korea for two years.
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News East Sea ‘pirates’ arrested by N. Korean Special Forces – sourceExpert disputes Chosun Ilbo source The North Korean government has captured North Korean 'pirates' in the nearby East Sea, an unnamed source told South Korean daily Chosun Ilbo on Tuesday. Based out of a port in Hongwon, Hamgyeongnam-do, the 'pirates' attacked North Korean ships and fishing boats and merchant ships from China and Russia over a period of four years, the paper said, before being arrested by North Korean authorities for causing damage to the DPRK's foreign trade. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |