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Chaewon Chung
Chaewon Chung is a Seoul correspondent at NK News. Before joining NK News, she covered disinformation and technology with a focus on the Korean Peninsula at Coda Story.
The U.S. State Department said Washington has reached out to North Korea with “specific proposals” after a number of missile tests and a weapon exhibition by Pyongyang this and last month.
Department spokesperson Ned Price said Thursday at a press briefing that the U.S. stands “prepared to meet with the DPRK without preconditions. We have made, in fact, specific proposals to the DPRK, and we will await a response. We will await outreach from the DPRK.”