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Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji was a senior NK News correspondent based in Seoul. She previously worked for Reuters TV.
South Korea's President on Thursday promised to open the door to a "new Korean peninsula" through achieving a peace economy and working to "solidify" efforts towards North Korea's denuclearization.
In a speech marking the 74th anniversary of the end of Japanese rule in Korea, Moon Jae-in reiterated Seoul’s goal of establishing peaceful economic cooperation with the North and completing the country's liberation through the unification of the peninsula.