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Secrets surface about North Korea's cyberwar college
MSNBC ^ | 05/11/11 | Matt Liebowitz

Posted on 05/12/2011 8:47:43 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Secrets surface about North Korea's cyberwar college

Super-covert military school graduates 120 cyberwarriors per year

By Matt Liebowitz

The inner workings of a secret North Korean cyberwar college in existence for the past 25 years are finally coming to the surface.

According to the South Korean newspaper the DailyNK, Mirim College, in a mountainous region of North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, was opened in 1986 by North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il, and in the 25 years since has made it its mission to train about 120 students per year in electronic warfare.

The DailyNK spoke to a North Korean defector, Cheong, who said he is familiar with Mirim, although he did not attend himself.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cyberwar; hackers; mirimcollege; nkorea

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