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Kang Tae-jun
Tae-jun Kang is the NK News East Asia Correspondent and is based in Hong Kong. Prior to writing, he worked as a riot police officer in South Korea for two years.
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News Kenneth Bae could be freed, pending Robert King visit to N. KoreaInterview suggests Ambassador King could visit North Korea as soon as Monday Detained American citizen Kenneth Bae could be freed from prison after U.S. diplomat Robert King visits North Korea, an interview published in the pro-North Korea Japanese media outlet Choson Sinbo suggested on Friday. Bae told Choson Sinbo on Friday that he talked about his potential pardon with an official from the Swedish embassy and was told that Ambassador Robert King would visit him soon, either on Monday or sometime within the month. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |