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Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji was a senior NK News correspondent based in Seoul. She previously worked for Reuters TV.
North Korea claimed that it successfully test-fired a surface-to-surface “medium long-range ballistic missile” capable of carrying a nuclear warhead on Sunday, the North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Monday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test launch of the ballistic missile named “Pukguksong-2” and described it as a “Korean-style new type strategic weapon system.”