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Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer is a former 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.
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News NGO says it sent bottles filled with rice and flash drives into North KoreaAnnouncement is Kuen Saem’s first during pandemic, as ROK organization looks to step up scope and scale of launches
A South Korean nongovernmental organization (NGO) has announced that it sent bottles filled with rice and USB flash drives into North Korea recently, the first time it has publicized such activity since the outbreak of COVID-19. Kuen Saem revealed the activity on its Facebook page on Thursday, publishing photos showing dozens of red-capped containers and the inter-Korean sea border where the NGO presumably attempted to float the bottles into the DPRK. “Now that Kuen Saem is not being hounded by the South Korean government, expect to see more launches targeting North Korea,” the post states, providing details on how to © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |