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Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji was a senior NK News correspondent based in Seoul. She previously worked for Reuters TV.
The U.S. Department of State on Tuesday publicly rolled out plans to break the North Korean government's tight grip on information in the country.
The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) requested that relevant organizations submit Statements of Interest (SOI) for government funding to help carry out three policy objectives, including fostering the free flow of information into, out of, and within the DPRK.