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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 North Korea mobilizes war reserved trains due to transport shortageAll but few railways electrified, meaning electricity shortages pose serious problems North Korea has brought in trains from its wartime reserve stock to address the lack of transportation caused by a shortage of electricity, Radio Free Asia reported. "Diesel locomotives were put into railway routes for (the) Pyongyang-Musan (route) and Pyongyang-Tumen river since February this year," a source in Pyongyang was quoted as saying. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |