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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 could begin to open its domestic market incrementally by setting up a limited number of special economic zones (SEZs), long-time North Korea watcher and economist Chan Young Bang said in a recent interview with NK News.
That, he argued, would allow the country to kickstart critical economic development without the jeopardizing regime security.