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...Edward White is an FT China correspondent. Kang Buseong is an FT reporter in Seoul Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first...
...Additional reporting by Kang Buseong in Seoul and Gloria Li in Hong Kong...
...A mesmerising story of defectors in love told by Edward White, an FT correspondent in China, and Kang Buseong, an FT reporter in Seoul Rebel-held areas of north-western Syria are still suffering heavily...
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...Kang Chol-hwan, a Seoul-based defector, said prices for food and basic goods have soared between three and 10 times. “It feels like the Kim regime is slowly getting paralysed,” he said....
...Edward White is the FT’s Seoul correspondent and Kang Buseong is an FT reporter in Seoul Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first....
...Reporting by Kathrin Hille in Taipei, Kana Inagaki and Robin Harding in Tokyo, Edward White and Kang Buseong in Seoul and John Reed in Bangkok...
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...“People have started losing their means of livelihood,” Kang said....
...Additional reporting by Kang Buseong in Seoul...
...Reporting by Edward White, Song Jung-a and Kang Buseong in Seoul, Mercedes Ruehl in Singapore, Jamie Smyth in Sydney and Robin Harding in Tokyo...
...“Many countries are left with ‘bitter tastes’ as a result of pinning much hope on the American ‘aid’ and ‘humanitarian assistance’,” wrote Kang Hyon-chol, a senior researcher in the foreign ministry’s Association...
...Additional reporting by Kang Buseong and Song Jung-a in Seoul...
...Kang Yu-jin*, another victim, was forced to quit her job and move house after a former partner published private photos alongside identifiable details including her home and office addresses....
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