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Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji was a senior NK News correspondent based in Seoul. She previously worked for Reuters TV.
Update 1: North Korea launched an unidentified ballistic missile near Kusong at North Pyongan Province at 05.27 KST (16.27 EST on Saturday),” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) told media.
The JCS said the ballistic missile traveled around 700km, but the U.S. and the South are in the process of analyzing additional information.