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Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji was a senior NK News correspondent based in Seoul. She previously worked for Reuters TV.

Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham was an NK News contributor based in Seoul, South Korea. Follow him on Twitter.
North Korea is optimistic that the U.S. will bring the “right calculation method” to upcoming working-level talks, the country's new chief negotiator said in a statement on Friday.
The comments, delivered by the foreign ministry's "roving ambassador" Kim Myong Gil, come in response to remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday in which he expressed an openness to embracing a “new method” in nuclear negotiations with the North.