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The flag of the DPRK's Workers' Party of Korea overlayed on a photo of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol | Image: ROK Presidential Office, edited by NK News
Editor’s note: The following article is an opinion piece by Dan Gudgeon, a researcher and lecturer at the University of Vienna who previously worked for the South Korean NGO Korean Sharing Movement. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.
Editor’s note: The following article is an opinion piece by Dan Gudgeon, a researcher and lecturer at the University of Vienna who previously worked for the South Korean NGO Korean Sharing Movement. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.
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