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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 Huge number of North Korean coal mines not working: RFAOnly two mines out of 100-plus still in service in North Hamgyong province, the report says Most of the coal mines in the northern area of North Korea stopped producing coal months ago, mainly due to old machinery and poor mine pillars, Radio Free Asia reported Thursday. There are more than a hundred mines in North Hamgyong province but only two mines are still able to produce coal, an anonymous source was quoted in the report as saying. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |