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Chaewon Chung
Chaewon Chung covers U.S., Chinese, and Japanese politics and national security in relation to North Korea. She previously worked at Coda Story covering disinformation and technology with a focus on the East Asia.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will head to Hawaii this month to discuss North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts, the U.S. State Department announced on Friday.
The trip follows over a half-dozen missile tests by North Korea since the start of the year, including the North's first intermediate-range ballistic missile launch since 2017.