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Tae-jun Kang is the former NK News East Asia Correspondent. Prior to writing, he worked as a riot police officer in South Korea for two years.
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News Anti-China sign hung at N. Korean military academy – Chosun IlboMessages blasting North's long-time ally have been hung before during periods of tension
A sign with an anti-China message has been hung at North Korea’s Gang Gun Military Academy, a conservative South Korean daily reported on Monday. The source used by the Chosun Ilbo newspaper, however, was unnamed, a practice for which it has been criticized in the past. Gang Gun Military Academy, the site where the sign, reading “China is a betrayer and is our enemy” was allegedly hung, is one of North Korea’s higher military education institutions, nurturing high-level generals. However, the move would not be unprecedented at the academy and the report came as South Korean President Park Geun-hye has met Xi © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |