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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 U.N. Command (UNC) has been in contact with North Korea about the American soldier who crossed into the DPRK last week, the UNC’s deputy commander confirmed Monday.
But in remarks at a press conference in Seoul, Lieutenant General Andrew Harrison declined to provide additional details about how North Korea responded and how much progress the UNC has made in securing his release.