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JH Ahn
JH Ahn was an NK News contributor based in Seoul. He previously worked as an interpreter for United States Forces Korea.
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News Chinese bank freezes N.Korean accounts: Donga IlboN.Korea watcher, some press report casts doubt on claim of stiff Chinese response to Pyongyang Some Chinese bank branches, including the world’s largest, along the North Korea-China border regions have reportedly frozen North Korean accounts as far back as December, the Donga Ilbo reported on Monday. “The Chinese bank I was doing business with recently informed me that it would not take deposits in or make cash transfers from North Korean accounts,” the Donga Ilbo’s source living in Shenyang, China said last Saturday. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |