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Chaewon Chung
Chaewon Chung covers U.S., Chinese, and Japanese politics and national security in relation to North Korea. She previously worked at Coda Story covering disinformation and technology with a focus on the East Asia.
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News North Korea defies criticism of weapons tests as it heads UN disarmament forumDPRK’s ambassador says no state has right to gainsay its defense policy, citing ongoing Korean War North Korea began its stint as chair of a U.N. forum on nuclear disarmament by defying criticism of the country’s continued weapons development, asserting that it is “still at war with the United States.” The pariah state took the helm of the U.N. Conference on Disarmament earlier this week, amid outrage from non-government organizations that the development will “undermine” the credibility of the U.N. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |