Posted on 05/31/2010 11:27:12 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
North Korean Submarine Helmsman Breaks 14-Year Silence
By Shin Joo Hyun
[2010-06-01 14:53 ]
Lee Kwang Soo is now 46. He is also the sole captured crew member from a Sango class submarine which ran aground on a South Korean beach during an espionage mission in September, 1996, triggering a lengthy manhunt in which a large number of people, both South and North Korean, died. After his arrest, Lee settled down in South Korea, receiving a Master’s degree from Kyungnam University in 2005. He has not made a single appearance in the South Korean domestic or international media for almost 14 years.
However, incredulous at the fact that suspicions keep arising in South Korea about the Cheonan investigation findings even after the presentation of clear evidence, and troubled by claims made by the National Defense Commission on May 28th that the Cheonan incident was a fabrication, Lee decided to break his silence in an interview with The Daily NK.
For security reasons, he met The Daily NK secretly in a Seoul hotel on May 31st. There, he offered his expert opinion, based on his service to the North Korean navy and what is now known as the General Bureau of Reconnaissance.
First, we discussed the submarines that Lee saw in his time in North Korea. “I have seen 130-ton Yeoneo class submarines several times,” he explained, refuting the North Korean claim to possessing no such vessels. “I received helmsman training for submarines from Romeo class down to midget subs; the Yeoneo class sub is a modified version of the Yugo class.”
“Yugo class submarines have a torpedo tube, but the Yeoneo class does not. Yeoneo class subs have a medium-sized torpedo fitted to both sides and are launched by applying an electrical charge.”
(Excerpt) Read more at dailynk.com ...
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Absolutely first-class info. Thanks for posting!
DPRK is NOT going to like this (report). I hope the guy is safely away from the limelight now, under an assumed identity, with some guards. DPRK commandoes already in Seoul are liable to go after him after the Short Donged one, reading this in his bunker at Mt. Baektu, goes ballistic.
As usual, good reporting. Probably will be hours if not DAYS before we see this in the hopefully inept and dissinterested Western Lamestream Media (if it even appears on CNN at all)!
BTTT!
Good post....Bump
If you click the source link, you can see the photo of ‘backside of his head’ to conceal his identity. I think he went underground again after the interview. I suspect that he works closely with S. Korean military intelligence, and the agency takes care of their valuable asset.
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great post! good resource.
I hope he has lot of security we all know how Mob got to one Godfather hole up in FBI building in end of Godfather 2 LOL!
Thanks for the ping.
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