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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 will grant pardons to an unspecified number of convicted criminals from August, DPRK state-run media reported on Monday, the first such pardoning of criminals since 2015.
The Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) of the DPRK announced a decree about the issue last Thursday, on July 12, state media said.