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Defense Ministry Hones Decapitation Plans Against N. Korean Leadership In Wartime

January 05 2017

South Korea

The South Korean Defense Ministry has decided to create a special unit this year that will focus on incapacitating North Korea's wartime leadership, reports the Yonhap news agency (Seoul).

That will be two year's ahead of the previous schedule. Seoul is attempting to improve its efforts to counter the evolving military threats from the North, said Defense Minister Han Min Koo on Wednesday.

A special brigade will conduct operations to remove or paralyze North Korea's wartime...

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