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Evergreen Do Sang Rok – The father of North Korea’s nuclear weapon program?Accounts suggest that Pyongyang acquired scientists for developing nuclear program decades before publicly acknowledging it
 “If North Korea’s claim of having conducted a nuclear test on October 9 is proven true, two questions stand out: What level of nuclear technology does the North possess, and how did North Korea, with only a per-capita gross domestic product of less than US$2,000, nurture the human capital necessary to go nuclear?” Like much of Kim Jong Un’s regime, the genesis of Pyongyang’s nuclear program is shrouded in secrecy, but accounts suggest that a former South Korean scientist named Do Sang-rok was instrumental in its beginnings. Though nuclear activities in North Korea are widely © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |
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