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Just days before the United States is expected to inaugurate a new president, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called Washington his “biggest, main enemy” and said that the country will keep developing its “long-range nuclear strike capability” to deter any threats to sovereignty.
State media reported on Saturday that the North Korean leader and thousands of other delegates convened for day four of the country’s politically-important Eighth Party Congress, where officials
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Jeongmin Kim is a correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. She previously worked for the CSIS Korea Chair and in the Seoul bureau of Reuters news agency. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim
Kelly Kasulis is the Managing Editor of NK News, based in Seoul. She previously covered North and South Korea for Public Radio International, Al Jazeera English, Bloomberg Industry, Mic and many others. Follow Kelly on Twitter: @kasulisk.
