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Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer is a Seoul Correspondent at NK News. He has worked on investigations for The Guardian and The Observer and previously wrote features on Korea for Dutch newspaper NRC.
The Moon Jae-in administration’s focus on North Korea came at the expense of South Korea’s relations with other countries, president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol has said, promising to restore U.S.-ROK ties as the “foundation” of Seoul’s new foreign policy.
In an interview with The Washington Post published Thursday, the incoming president also justified his characterization of the DPRK as the “main enemy” of South Korea, pointing to the North’s nuclear weapons tests.