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https://www.dailynk.com/english/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2010/12/DNKF00007197_List.jpg14093The North Korean military’s special operations branch, which forms the basis of its asymmetric warfare capability, reportedly has 200,000 soldiers under its wing. The Ministry of National Defense in the 2010 White Paper of National Defense published today assessed the North’s special operations forces to be 200,000 strong, with the ability to use underground tunnels […]