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Bryan Betts
Bryan Betts is the Deputy Editor of NK News. He has covered the Koreas for Yonhap News Agency, The Diplomat and Korea Exposé and previously worked as a newspaper reporter in South Carolina and New Mexico.
A North Korean “international affairs analyst” slammed the U.S. on Friday for labeling its recent missile tests as threats but not those of South Korea, accusing Washington of a “double-dealing attitude.”
In a commentary published by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim Myong Chol defended the country's “recent activities” as consistent with its right to self-defense, while blaming Washington’s “hostile policy toward the DPRK” for the continuing deadlock in denuclearization negotiations.