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Damin Jung
Damin Jung was an NK News correspondent based in Seoul. She previously worked at the CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies) Korea Chair.
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News Economic pressure on Pyongyang has “run its course”: LavrovRussian foreign minister says sanctions "literally seek to strangle North Korea economically" Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday said Russia is "convinced" that economic measures by the UN to dissuade North Korea from pursuing its nuclear program are no longer effective. "With regard to using our influence on Pyongyang in order to make it comply with the well-known UN Security Council resolutions, we are deeply convinced that the economic pressure has practically run its course," Lavrov said at a press conference in Moscow following talks with his Bolivian counterpart Fernando Huanacuni Mamani. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |