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Ole Jakob Skåtun
Ole Jakob Skåtun is a freelance journalist. In addition to reporting on Korean affairs for newspapers in his native Norway, his previous work also includes freelance work from Russia.
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News N. Korea conducts live fire drills near western maritime borderArtillery exercise comes amid mounting tensions on the peninsula North Korea conducted live fire drills in two areas close to the disputed western maritime border between the South and the North on Tuesday, the Yonhap news agency reported. The exercise, taking place near the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the Yellow Sea, commenced at 2 p.m. local time, only hours after the South had been given advance notice of the drill. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |