As the recent opinion article titled, "Defending Kim Jong-un," written by Donald Kirk in The Korea Times may have caused some misunderstanding among readers of an article contributed by former U.S. Amb. Donald Gregg and published by the East Asia Foundation Policy Debate, this discussion platform would like to clarify the following:
1) The article of Amb. Gregg was written and submitted to the desk on Nov. 25 and published on Jan. 12, which means that it was written prior to the fourth nuclear test conducted by North Korea.
2) This matter has been covered by several news outlets. Amb. Gregg also expressed regret that he didn't foresee North Korea's latest nuclear test, which was also mentioned in several news articles.
Rhyu Sang-young
Editor of the East Asia Foundation Policy Debate
1) The article of Amb. Gregg was written and submitted to the desk on Nov. 25 and published on Jan. 12, which means that it was written prior to the fourth nuclear test conducted by North Korea.
2) This matter has been covered by several news outlets. Amb. Gregg also expressed regret that he didn't foresee North Korea's latest nuclear test, which was also mentioned in several news articles.
Rhyu Sang-young
Editor of the East Asia Foundation Policy Debate
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