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North Korea: Kim Jong-il Hid Underground During S.Korea-US Military Drills

Written byLee Yoo Eun
Posted 3 January 2011 6:48 GMT

South Korea's Joongang Sunday revealed that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il hid himself in an underground bunker for nine days during the South Korea-U.S. joint military exercise from Nov. 28 to Dec. 1 last year, quoting a defense ministry official. Korea Times posted a translation of the article. 

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