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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.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol urged the chief of the U.N. to take a strong stance against North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs on Friday, warning that a disjointed response could encourage Pyongyang’s ongoing weapons development.
Yoon’s phone talks with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres in the morning followed a failed attempt to pass a new DPRK sanctions resolution at the new U.N. Security Council last month.