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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 to halve North Korean defector interrogation period: MOUIntelligence services will have up to 90 days with escapees before they are transferred South Korea on Tuesday approved measures reducing the maximum period that recent defectors can be interrogated by intelligence services to 90 days, the Ministry of Unification (MOU) announced. North Korean defectors who arrived in the South must undergo joint interrogation by South Korean authorities before being transferred to the settlement support center known as Hanawon. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |