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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 North Korea scrambles jets in response to alleged US spy plane incursionSenior leadership is now considering deploying war ships with anti-aircraft missiles according to KCNA North Korea scrambled fighter jets on Thursday in response to a U.S. reconnaissance airplane that allegedly crossed the maritime Military Demarcation Line (MDL), according to North Korean media. The DPRK’s senior military leadership is now considering deploying warships with anti-aircraft missiles 280 miles (450 km) from Wonsan, the country’s main eastern port to prevent additional “unauthorized invasions of U.S. strategic reconnaissance planes,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Friday. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |