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Subin Kim
Subin Kim is an NK News contributor based in Seoul, South Korea. He translated Lankov's The Real North Korea into Korean and is a reserve air defense artillery lieutenant in the Republic of Korea Air Force.
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News N. Korean artillery has little value: high-profile defectorDefector claims N. Korean artillery too weak to seriously harm Seoul; experts offer mixed reactions North Korea’s long-range artillery has little value in wartime, a defector with expertise in North Korean defense capabilities told a South Korean paper. The unnamed defector, identified as having been involved in supervising the North Korean defense industry, told the Weekly Donga that its artillery forces have flaws so serious that the leaders have had to reshuffle the military's entire structure with the weapons of mass destruction at its center. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |