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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 North Korean media calls on population to mobilize for “battle” against heatwaveRodong Sinmun describes ongoing high temperatures as "natural disaster" DPRK state-run media on Thursday urged citizens to focus the country’s entire capabilities into the “battle against high temperature and drought” as both Koreas suffer a record-breaking heatwave. An editorial on the front page of ruling party organ the Rodong Sinmun said the heatwave and drought damage was “severe." © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |