SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is accelerating plans to create a special military unit tasked with decapitating North Korea’s leadership in the event of war as it looks for options to counter its rival’s nuclear weapons and missiles, an official said Thursday.
The brigade, which will aim to remove the North’s wartime command and paralyse its function if war breaks out, will be launched this year, according to an official from Seoul’s Defence Ministry, who refused to be named, citing office rules. The unit was originally planned to be ready by 2019. The official refused to confirm whether the unit will train to execute pre-emptive strikes.
The plan was included in Defence Minister Han Min Koo’s policy briefing to Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, who took over as government caretaker following President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment over a corruption scandal.
More details in Friday’s Borneo Bulletin.
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