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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 UK Foreign Office spends $1 million on North Korea projectsFormer British Charge D'Affaires to Pyongyang says money well spent The UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) spent about $1 million (£598,640) on the British embassy in Pyongyang and related North Korea projects in fiscal year 2013/2014, the Washington D.C. based Voice of America (VOA) reported on Thursday. VOA’s report was based on comments made by Hugo Swire, the FCO's Minister of State, to the UK Parliament on February 24. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |