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    Dec 24

    The Kal-gol Missile Operating Base is one of the most developed of North Korea’s undeclared ballistic missile facilities with potential capability to strike SK and Japan. New report by Joseph Bermudez, & / Key points⬇️

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  2. 8 hours ago

    Tomorrow (12/27 KST) South Korean authorities will decide whether or not to raise social distancing measures to Level 3, the highest level in the 5-tier system. Stay up-to-date with our timeline that follows South Korea's policies.

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  3. Dec 24

    North Korean missile operating bases have never been subject to declaration, verification, and dismantlement in any denuclearization agreement despite the obvious threat their continued operations pose to US and allied military on the peninsula, in Japan, and in the Pacific.

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  4. Dec 24

    Along with the bases at Sakkanmol and Kumchon-ni, Kal-gol forms the North’s forward (or tactical) ballistic missile belt, a component of an extensive nation-wide dispersed ballistic missile network, including bases located at Sino-ri, Sangnam-ni, & Yusang-ni documented by .

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  5. Dec 24

    Recent images from December 2020 indicate that the base is not only active and being well-maintained by North Korean standards, but also that during the past two years it has continued to be developed.

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  6. Dec 24

    Kal-gol currently contains 10 underground facilities which could house missiles and 9-12 transporter-erector-launchers (TEL) and mobile-erector-launchers (MEL) of various sizes, and 3 drive-through facilities (2 hardened against preemptive attack).

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  7. Dec 24

    A specialized drive-through building with an arched clearstory allows for the elevation of a Hwasong-5/-6 missile on a TEL/MEL for training&maintenance. This increases the time launchers can be stowed from parent units for repairs/upgrades and increases portability in a launch.

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  8. Dec 24

    In a conflict, North Korea would use Hwasong-6 missiles to strike targets throughout South Korea and Hwasong-9 missiles to strike U.S. bases and other civilian targets in the southern half of Japan.

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  9. Dec 24

    This base likely houses a reinforced brigade-sized unit equipped with 500-kilometer-range Hwasong-6 (Scud C) short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) or Hwasong-9 (Scud-ER) medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBM).

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  10. Dec 24

    Located approximately 52 kilometers north of the DMZ and 125 kilometers north of Seoul, Kal-gol is one of the most developed of North Korea’s approximately 15-20 undeclared ballistic missile facilities.

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  11. Dec 23

    As South Korea enters into its toughest battle yet with COVID-19 pandemic, more & more part-time workers are being furloughed by their employers as the government has tightened restrictions and raised the social distancing level,

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  12. Dec 23

    After the suneung, some students are taking a breather from their nonstop studying & reflecting on their final year of high school during a pandemic,

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  13. Dec 23

    North Korea’s paranoia over COVID-19 produced a list of things to be wary of such as COVID-19 can spread through migratory birds, snow, packages & polluted air from China — often circulating shaky scientific theories in the process,

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  14. Dec 23

    Earlier this month, “terminated” a North Korean channel called “Echo of Truth,” which featured a popular English-speaking host named Un A,

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  15. Dec 23

    Roughly 7 out of 10 South Koreans want to meet with Kim Jong Un in a future summit, according to a Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU) survey released,

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  16. Dec 23

    China’s foreign ministry said that Chinese & Russian warplanes did not enter South Korean airspace, after Seoul said they scrambled fighter jets in response to an intrusion into its air defence identification zone,

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  17. Dec 23

    Japan & South Korea have scrambled fighter jets to track Russian & Chinese bombers which flown a joint patrol mission over the western Pacific in a show of increasingly close military ties between Moscow & Beijing,

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  18. Dec 23

    A prison camp in North Korea may have served as the burial ground for thousands of captives, according to a new report from the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea in Washington,

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  19. Dec 23

    . faced growing public pressure over his COVID-19 vaccine procurement plans as the country struggled to contain a 3rd wave of the pandemic, reporting its 2nd-highest daily tally of cases,

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  20. Dec 23

    In several provinces across South Korea, there are no I.C.U. beds available to treat the rapidly rising number of Covid-19 patients. As of Monday, the government confirmed that there were only 42 beds available nationwide,

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