Thread: North Korea Disbands Army Unit Over Security Concerns to Regime Leader Kim

North Korea has disbanded an elite anti-aircraft artillery unit tasked with guarding statues of the nation’s founder Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong Il based on concerns over the safety of the founder's grandson and current regime leader Kim Jong Un, according to sources inside the country.

“The artillery company assigned to protect the two statues was disbanded in March this year,” a source in Yanggang province told RFA’s Korean Service on condition of anonymity, adding that the unit was Company 9 of the 82nd Regiment under the 10th Corps of the North Korean People’s Army, stationed in Hyesan city.

The unit was broken up because the nine 14.5-millimeter machine guns it had maintained since 1989 to defend Kim’s statue and other historic sites in Hyesan’s Bocheon district were placed in sensitive locations along the city’s “1st Roadway,” he said, referring to a route used only by the Kim family.

The source noted that authorities had torn down a munitions plant located near Wangduk train station, which was used exclusively at the time by Kim Il Sung’s son and successor Kim Jong Il to access Hyesan by rail, amid concerns for his safety following a train explosion in North Pyongan province in 2004.

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machine guns to defend a statue????

^, Yes, a little paranooooiiiid.

Originally Posted by Dragonfly94

machine guns to defend a statue????

To paraphrase Howie Mandel: Job or no job?

Very paranoid!

Fat boy's getting freaked now. Been trying to much of his own merchandise.

Originally Posted by Dragonfly94

machine guns to defend a statue????

I've read stories that despite the hard line on free expression, some citizens engage in tagging and graffiti when the opportunity presents itself.

Not sure if this is the reason for the AA guns, seems like trying to swat flies with sledgehammer if it is.