Jenkins says N. Korea had missiles aimed at Japan, S. Korea

Jenkins says N. Korea had missiles aimed at Japan, S. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Army deserter Charles Jenkins (in file photo), who spent nearly four decades in North Korea, said North Korea had missiles aimed at Japan and South Korea, the British newspaper Independent reported on March 7. Jenkins, 66, who now lives in Japan, said in an interview with the newspaper that the missiles were set up in a mountain close to his house and ''Everybody knew that.''

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