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Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji was a senior NK News correspondent based in Seoul. She previously worked for Reuters TV.
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News Recent U.S. hostility forced N. Korea to take “self-defensive” steps: party dailyRecent joint military drills "compelled" DPRK to test new weapons, Rodong Sinmun says Recent hostile measures by the U.S. drove North Korea into taking “self-defensive countermeasures” and to develop "powerful physical means," the country's ruling party daily said on Wednesday. A Korean-language commentary written by Ri Hak Nam and carried on the sixth page of the Rodong Sinmun said that recent ROK-U.S. joint drills had revealed that Washington “does not hope for peace and improvement in relations on the Korean peninsula and pursues an impure purpose.” © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |