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Won-Gi Jung

Won-Gi Jung

Won-Gi Jung is a reporter based in Seoul. He previously worked for the CSIS Korea Chair and East Asia Institute. Follow him on Twitter.

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South Korea to pay almost 14% more to fund US military presence in the country

Seoul accepts proportionate increase in payments until 2025 as defense budget grows

Won-Gi JungWon-Gi JungMarch 10, 2021
News

Sending leaflets to North Korea from third countries not banned, Seoul says

South Korea's unification ministry clarifies questions raised by so-called "anti-leaflet law"

Won-Gi JungWon-Gi JungMarch 9, 2021
News

Sanctions may be pushing North Korea to cut down trees for construction

Loss of tree cover appears to have jumped four times within a year, but questions remain: Experts

Won-Gi JungWon-Gi JungMarch 8, 2021
News

US and South Korea agree on ‘meaningful increase’ of Seoul’s defense share

Seoul’s contribution to defense cost-sharing expected to grow but exact amount still under wraps

Won-Gi JungWon-Gi JungMarch 8, 2021
News

US and South Korea to begin joint springtime military drill on Monday: ROK JCS

Pyongyang has previously denounced the annual drills as rehearsals for an invasion of North Korea

Won-Gi JungWon-Gi JungMarch 6, 2021
News

Kim Jong Un urges officials to bring about change North Koreans can appreciate

The North Korean leader wrapped up the country's first-ever "short course" for regional officials, state media reported

Won-Gi JungWon-Gi JungMarch 6, 2021
Evergreen

Sixteen years and 307,000 words later, the two Koreas draft a joint dictionary

After 25 meetings and years of political turmoil, South Korea plans to soon submit its draft for North Korean approval

Won-Gi JungWon-Gi JungMarch 4, 2021
COVID-19

North Korea to get 1.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine through May 2021

The amount is about 0.3 million fewer than the latest estimate made by a global vaccine initiative

Won-Gi JungWon-Gi JungMarch 3, 2021
News

North Korea blasts Harvard professor for denying Japanese wartime sexual slavery

State-run outlet calls Ramseyer a “hideous money-grabber” and “pseudo-scholar," scholar declines response

Won-Gi JungWon-Gi JungMarch 3, 2021
News

New North Korean book on Kim Jong Un skips Trump’s dramatic Hanoi Summit walkout

The 621-page biography highlights one U.S.-DPRK summit, but not the other

Won-Gi JungWon-Gi JungMarch 1, 2021
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