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Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer is a Seoul Correspondent at NK News. He has worked on investigations for The Guardian and The Observer and previously wrote features on Korea for Dutch newspaper NRC.
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News Security Council fails to condemn North Korean missile test over JapanUS leads joint statement calling for an immediate cessation of weapons tests as China and Russia defend Pyongyang The U.S., South Korea and nine other countries condemned North Korea on Wednesday for launching a ballistic missile over Japan this week, after the U.N. Security Council (UNSC) failed to issue a statement against the test that triggered evacuation warnings in Tokyo. Nine out of 15 UNSC members endorsed the joint statement against North Korea following the emergency UNSC meeting, during which Russia and China blocked such criticism and blamed U.S. military drills for provoking Pyongyang. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |