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Date : November 26, 2022
NK withdraws Storm Corps battalion guarding the border
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N. Korea withdraws Storm Corps battalion guarding the border


North Korean authorities recently withdrew a Storm Corps (11th Corps) battalion guarding the border in Chagang Province, Daily NK has learned. 

According to a Daily NK source in North Korea on Tuesday, the General Staff Department (GSD) issued the order to withdraw the battalion in mid-October. The battalion had been deployed to Chagang Province as part of efforts to seal the border following the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020. 

The battalion had been carrying out stakeouts and patrols along the China-North Korea border in Wiwon County, Chagang Province.

According to the source, the GSD issued the withdraw order for three reasons. ......

[Source: Daily NK]

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