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https://www.dailynk.com/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/07/DNKF00010758_List.jpg168133In her interview with Daily NK, recent defector Lee Geum Sil went into more detail about the phenomenon of deteriorating cadre loyalty and rising corruptibility, saying that since Kim Jong Eun became leader the depth of corruption in the security services has become even more apparent than it was under Kim Jong Il. “As time […]