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Kang Tae-jun

Kang Tae-jun

Tae-jun Kang is the NK News East Asia Correspondent and is based in Hong Kong. Prior to writing, he worked as a riot police officer in South Korea for two years.

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Chinese company helped build Masik Pass ski resort

Chinese company helped build Masik Pass ski resort

Website details involvement of Shenyang based Ya Ho Skiing Services

Chinese company helped build Masik Pass ski resort
Kang Tae-jun
Kang Tae-jun February 7, 2014
North Korea replaces lights with new LED tech

North Korea replaces lights with new LED tech

North Korea implements a country-wide program to replace light bulbs with newer, more efficient LEDs.

North Korea replaces lights with new LED tech
Kang Tae-jun
Kang Tae-jun February 7, 2014
Advert promoting unification appears in Times Square

Advert promoting unification appears in Times Square

Korean American businessman pays for billboard, wishing to draw attention to presidential speech

Advert promoting unification appears in Times Square
Kang Tae-jun
Kang Tae-jun February 7, 2014
Approx. 100 N. Koreans granted temporary asylum in Russia

Approx. 100 N. Koreans granted temporary asylum in Russia

“Only a few” were granted permanent refugee status, Migration service says

Approx. 100 N. Koreans granted temporary asylum in Russia
Kang Tae-jun
Kang Tae-jun February 6, 2014
N. Korea denies visas to two American Christian professors

N. Korea denies visas to two American Christian professors

Religious activities may have contributed to visa decision

N. Korea denies visas to two American Christian professors
Kang Tae-jun
Kang Tae-jun February 5, 2014
Pyongyang train station to be refurbished – Railroad Ministry

Pyongyang train station to be refurbished – Railroad Ministry

1950s era train station to be refurbished, Railroad Ministry says

Pyongyang train station to be refurbished – Railroad Ministry
Kang Tae-jun
Kang Tae-jun February 4, 2014
Kim Kyong Hui now in Poland, says newspaper

Kim Kyong Hui now in Poland, says newspaper

Report, based on unnamed source, latest in string of rumors regarding purged uncle's wife

Kim Kyong Hui now in Poland, says newspaper
Kang Tae-jun
Kang Tae-jun January 31, 2014
N. Korean website hosts S. Korean song to highlight comfort women issue

N. Korean website hosts S. Korean song to highlight comfort women issue

Two Koreas share same perspective on issue of comfort women and Liancourt rocks

N. Korean website hosts S. Korean song to highlight comfort women issue
Kang Tae-jun
Kang Tae-jun January 31, 2014
Kim Jong Un grandfather grave moved after Choson Ilbo story

Kim Jong Un grandfather grave moved after Choson Ilbo story

Local police believe the media storm contributed to the removal of the grave

Kim Jong Un grandfather grave moved after Choson Ilbo story
Kang Tae-jun
Kang Tae-jun January 29, 2014
Pro-DPRK Koreans in Japan protest Asahi Shimbun coverage

Pro-DPRK Koreans in Japan protest Asahi Shimbun coverage

Groups alleges inaccuracy in report on post-Jang Song Thaek purges

Pro-DPRK Koreans in Japan protest Asahi Shimbun coverage
Kang Tae-jun
Kang Tae-jun January 29, 2014
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