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Ole Jakob Skåtun
Ole Jakob Skåtun is a freelance journalist. In addition to reporting on Korean affairs for newspapers in his native Norway, his previous work also includes freelance work from Russia.
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News Russian vice-premier visits Pyongyang to discuss economic tiesVisit only the latest in a series of recent Russian outreaches to North Korea Russia's vice-premier Yury Trutnev is set to arrive in Pyongyang on Monday for a three-day visit to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries. Trutnev, who is also Russian president Vladimir Putin's special envoy to the Far East, is accompanied by the governors of Russia's far-eastern provinces Primorsky, Khabarovsky and Amursky. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |