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Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji was a senior NK News correspondent based in Seoul. She previously worked for Reuters TV.
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News Seoul will increase military spending to 2.9 percent of GDP: MoonDialogue with N. Korea is meaningless "without overwhelming national defense power", says President South Korea will increase its military spending to 2.9 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) under his presidency, President Moon Jae-in said on Tuesday. The move would see the largest increase in Seoul's defense budget as a percentage of national GDP since the 1980s. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |