Jean H. LeeVerified account

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I write about North Korea. Opened AP's news bureau in Pyongyang in 2012, now a Global Fellow . contributor, member.

Seoul, Republic of Korea
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    Aug 11

    Inside the Kingdom of Kim. In the September issue of

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  2. 8 hours ago
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    "Instead, responded to the gesture" with launch - Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, commander of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK)

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  3. 8 hours ago
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    Interesting: had pulled bombers from joint Ulchi drills "in hopes that reduced scale would send positive signal to " ...

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  4. 8 hours ago

    US response to MT US sends B-1Bs, F-35s to Korea as warning against

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  5. 21 hours ago

    Starting tomorrow, US citizens will be banned from traveling to (without special permission). assesses pros/cons.

    My piece on tourism to North Korea, which will be prohibited for Americans starting Friday:
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  6. 23 hours ago

    Assessing 's strategy on with

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  7. Aug 30

    Mixed messages not very reassuring MT says 'talking not the answer' on ; Mattis disagrees

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  8. Aug 30

    "Wars are easy to start but they have a way of taking you places you didn't expect"

    "Donald Trump is out of his league on . He needs to stop tweeting, and let qualified people handle this situation, to defuse it.”
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  9. Aug 29

    Fascinating. Brooklyn's Russian-speaking Koreans. We've got ethnic Koreans from Central Asia here in Seoul, too, known as .

    Kim’s parents and grandparents were among the Koryo Saram — the Soviet Korean phrase for a Korean person.
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  10. Aug 29
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    My thoughts yesterday on what message is sending by test-launching a over Japan.

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    Aug 29

    As N. Korea threat grows, Seoul-Tokyo move to bolster missile systems. Beijing-Moscow won't like it.

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  12. Aug 29
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    I'm not going to tweet pix glorifying 's latest test (sorry to disappoint you, )

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  13. Aug 29
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    's needs weapons & as show of power -- to US & to his people

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  14. Aug 29
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    Wargames on both sides of are legacy of . uses threat of war as pretext for provocations.

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  15. Aug 29
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    calls test drill to strike US “aggressor forces located in the Pacific operational theater”

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  16. Aug 29

    Not surprising: says yesterday's launch over Japan was “muscle-flexing to counter ... joint military drills” led by US.

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  17. Aug 29

    Security Council condemns 's latest tests. Statement includes long list of past resolutions has defied.

    adopted PRST 16 on
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  18. Aug 29

    In territory: “What do they mean, solid buildings? We don’t have any.”

    'Missile launch. Missile launch': North Korea test a rude awakening for northern Japan
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  19. Aug 29

    Ah, so that's how "Mao suit-clad-cadres" is written in Chinese! Words from op-ed translated from Chinese to English

    Replying to @nytopinion @newsjean
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  20. Aug 29

    Looking forward to joining you, Scotland, in a few minutes to talk about

    BBC News - North Korea fires missile over Japan in 'unprecedented threat' 0810
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  21. Aug 28

    Just reading yesterday’s . not happy with spate of high-profile US visits to (“confabs against the ").

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