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JH Ahn
JH Ahn was an NK News contributor based in Seoul. He previously worked as an interpreter for United States Forces Korea.
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News N. Korea claims U.S. influence behind recent comfort women agreementU.S. wrongfully using N.Korean threat to secure its interests in Pacific region, KCNA says
Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) wrote thousands words long statement on Monday claiming U.S. for pulling the strings behind the recent South Korea-Japan agreement on comfort women issue. South Korea and Japan had recently agreed to resolve their dispute over the South Korean comfort women issue last year December. As the result of the agreement, Japan has agreed to deliver 8.3 million U.S. dollars to the 46 surviving victims. In return South Korea has promised to “finally and irreversibly” end the longing dispute on the comfort women issue. Over 1,600 words long statement titled as “KCNA’s indictment” claimed that U.S. was © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |