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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 brother of a South Korean missionary imprisoned in North Korea requested U.S. President Joe Biden’s help in getting his loved ones released on Tuesday, as he met a U.S. official in Seoul.
Kim Jong-sam, the brother of the missionary Kim Jong-uk, delivered his message to the president in a handwritten letter that he gave to U.S. deputy special representative for North Korea Jung Pak on Tuesday and shared with NK News.