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Mount Marapi in West Sumatra erupted on Wednesday morning, July 23, sending an ash plume 1.6 kilometers into the sky. The alert level remains at II, with residents advised to avoid areas within a three-kilometer radius of the crater.

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N. Korean scholar speaks in interview with Kyodo News

BEIJING, China - North Korean scholar Ri Gi Song, a professor at the Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Feb. 14, 2014.

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N. Korean scholar

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, a professor at North Korea's Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Feb. 14, 2014.

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N. Korean scholar

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, a professor at North Korea's Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Feb. 14, 2014.

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N. Korean scholar

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, a professor at North Korea's Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Feb. 14, 2014.

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N. Korean scholar

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, a professor at the Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences in Pyongyang, speaks during an interview at a hotel in the North Korean capital on April 12, 2013. The senior North Korean economist said North Korea will feel no economic impact from its recent shutdown of a jointly operated industrial complex with South Korea in Kaesong.

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N. Korean scholar

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, a professor at the Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences in Pyongyang, speaks during an interview at a hotel in the North Korean capital on April 12, 2013. The senior North Korean economist said North Korea will feel no economic impact from its recent shutdown of a jointly operated industrial complex with South Korea in Kaesong.

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Senior North Korean economist

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, a professor at the Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at a hotel in Pyongyang, on March 26, 2012. Ri said North Korea plans to complete construction of a light-water nuclear reactor at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon by the end of the year with immediate operation in sight.

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Senior North Korean economist

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, a professor at the Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, is interviewed by Kyodo News at a hotel in Pyongyang, on March 26, 2012. Ri said North Korea plans to complete construction of a light-water nuclear reactor at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon by the end of the year with immediate operation in sight.

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No disorder, but some instability in N. Korea money reform

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, a professor at North Korea's Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on April 18, 2010. Ri said North Korea saw ''no social disorder'' in the country after conducting currency reform last year, although it brought ''temporary and partial instability.''

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N. Korea trade to gain from U.S. terror delisting

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, professor at North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Nov. 4. Ri said North Korea's removal from a U.S. blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism last month will have a positive impact on the country's trade but will not spell the end of constraints on its international trade.

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N. Korea resuming food rations after bumper harvest

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, chief of the economy institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at a Pyongyang hotel on Oct. 13. He said the country is in the process of resuming full food rations, which have been cut in recent years due to food shortages, following this year's bumper harvest.

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No disorder, but some instability in N. Korea money reform

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, a professor at North Korea's Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on April 18, 2010. Ri said North Korea saw ''no social disorder'' in the country after conducting currency reform last year, although it brought ''temporary and partial instability.'' (Kyodo)

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N. Korea trade to gain from U.S. terror delisting

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, professor at North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Nov. 4. Ri said North Korea's removal from a U.S. blacklist of state sponsors of terrorism last month will have a positive impact on the country's trade but will not spell the end of constraints on its international trade. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea resuming food rations after bumper harvest

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, chief of the economy institute of North Korea's Academy of Social Sciences, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News at a Pyongyang hotel on Oct. 13. He said the country is in the process of resuming full food rations, which have been cut in recent years due to food shortages, following this year's bumper harvest. (Kyodo)

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Senior North Korean economist

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, a professor at the Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at a hotel in Pyongyang, on March 26, 2012. Ri said North Korea plans to complete construction of a light-water nuclear reactor at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon by the end of the year with immediate operation in sight. (Kyodo)

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Senior North Korean economist

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ri Gi Song, a professor at the Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, is interviewed by Kyodo News at a hotel in Pyongyang, on March 26, 2012. Ri said North Korea plans to complete construction of a light-water nuclear reactor at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon by the end of the year with immediate operation in sight. (Kyodo)

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N. Korean scholar Ri Gi Song

North Korean scholar Ri Gi Song, a professor at the Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, speaks during an interview in Pyongyang on Oct. 11, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean scholar Ri Gi Song

North Korean scholar Ri Gi Song, a professor at the Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, speaks during an interview in Pyongyang on Oct. 11, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean scholar Ri Gi Song

North Korean scholar Ri Gi Song, a professor at the Economic Institute of the Academy of Social Sciences, speaks during an interview in Pyongyang on Oct. 11, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo