Underground passages to aid Kim Jong Un’s

escape in the event of an emergency are being built in the mountainous Jagang

Province which lies upon North Korea’s border with China.

In a telephone conversation with the Daily

NK on December 17, an inside source from North Hamgyong Province said, “Deep in

the mountainous regions of Jagang Province, there are a number of tunnels

located hundreds of meters under the surface. The tunnels are for the exclusive

use of Kim Jong Un in the case of an emergency. It’s a sign that Kim is hedging

his bets against a potential war.”

An additional source in Yanggang Province

corroborated this news.

He added, “It is known that the tunnels are meant to

serve only Kim Jong Un, his family, and his top aides. During the Korean War,

the leadership was pushed all the way up to the Yalu River. The tunnels aim to

prevent that sort of dangerous situation from arising, even in the event of a

war.”

Aside from Escort Command personnel,

nobody knows the precise location of the tunnels, he said, explaining the tight security exercised during construction. When the workers were transported to the tunnel locations

to excavate, the windows were blacked out so they had no clue where they were

going. When they emerged to do their work, they were blindfolded until they got

to the construction site.

The team that undertook this special

construction was the 1st Brigade of the Korean People’s Army Military

Engineers. Kim Jong Un has such confidence and trust in this unit that they

might even be called the “Royal Brigade,” the source asserted, noting how “the treatment they receive is proportionate to this nickname.”

According to the source, Kim Jong Un is

worried that with the sophistication of modern warfare, it is possible that he

might be attacked at any time. For this reason, underground bunkers are

reportedly installed at all the locations at which he spends a significant

amount of time, including villas and offices.

There are also escape routes planned at

Pyongyang’s Sunan International Airport and Nampo Harbor. In addition, there is

an underground command center in the capital as well.

“There is even some

talk that one of Kim Jong Un’s villas connects directly with Jagang Province

through underground tunnels. The reason for its existence is to prevent damage

in the event of a war, but, obviously, it would really only help him,” the source concluded.