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# Kang Myong-do 강명도 

defected 67 years old 

Son-in-law of former North Korean Premier Kang Song San, who defected to South Korea via China in May 1994\. In a historic Seoul press conference, he provided the international community with early confirmation that North Korea had successfully developed nuclear weapons. 

Born

1958-12-04, Pyongyang, North Korea

Height

Unknown 

Weight

Unknown 

Status as of

1994-05-01

Also known as

Kang Myong-do

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