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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 North Korea mentions Trump for first time since electionArticle gives no indication about Pyongyang's position on Trump North Korea has broken a roughly week-long silence and mentioned President-elect Trump - but state media is yet to comment on whether they welcome the new commander-in-chief. “(Members of the South's Saenuri Party) are trumpeting about an ‘operation of Trump emergency system’ and ‘supra-partisan counteraction for settling security and economic issues’ in a bid to use even the (result of) U.S. presidential election as an emergency measure," an official commentary in KCNA said on Wednesday. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |