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Jacob Fromer
Jacob Fromer is NK News's Washington DC correspondent. He previously worked in the U.S. Senate.
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Oliver Hotham
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News Kim Jong Un scales politically-symbolic Mount Paektu on horseback: state mediaKCNA hails visit as being of "weighty importance" for the country ![]() North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week scaled the country's politically-symbolic Paektu Mountain, according to a report released Wednesday by the DPRK's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). According to the report, the DPRK leader climbed the mountain on a white horse and rode through what was described as the mountain’s first snowfall of the year. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |