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Dagyum Ji
Dagyum Ji was a senior NK News correspondent based in Seoul. She previously worked for Reuters TV.
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News North Korean party daily slams South Korean drills, U.S. plans to expand UNCRodong Sinmun warns recent ROK exercise "runs counter" to North-South military agreement
North Korea’s ruling party daily on Monday and over the weekend condemned a recent independent military drill by South Korea, as well as alleged U.S. attempts to expand the role of the United Nations Command (UNC). In an analysis featured on page six of Monday’s edition of the Rodong Sinmun, the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) organ condemned Seoul’s “2019 anti-infiltration general training,” saying the drill “runs counter” to the 2018 military agreement between the two. South Korean media previously reported that the ROK’s 17th Army Division was set to conduct annual anti-infiltration exercise between September 23 and 27 in the © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |