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https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/54aea878ecad043966c2714d-3500-2333/rtr4kipb.jpg All SWC members must volunteer for entry into the group before being handpicked for entrance. - Kim Hong-Ji/REUTERS
https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/54aea878eab8eab676e90a16-3500-2282/rtr4kiqb.jpg The SWC is composed of seven special forces brigades with an eighth special mission battalion. Here, SWC forces take position in a frozen river. -Kim Hong-Ji/REUTERS
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