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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 Over 81,000 North Koreans now affected by flu: IFRCFour reportedly dead as Rodong Sinmun says the country will "take preventive measures" The North Korean Ministry of Public Health has confirmed that more than 81,000 North Koreans contracted Influenza A and that four died from the illness between December and mid-January, an international humanitarian agency said in a report last week. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) issued its report on a local outbreak of Influenza A (H1N1) on January 26. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |