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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. Korea’s spy crackdown makes Dandong’s shopping streets slack: reportNorth Koreans reluctant to visit Korean stores for fear of coming under espionage suspicions Korean shopping in the streets in Dandong, China, has been slack since two South Korean nationals were detained on charges of espionage, Radio Free Asia reported. Fearful of being suspected of espionage, North Korean workers and resident employees are reluctant to visit shops run by South Koreans, or even those regularly visited by South Koreans, the report said. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |