She was previously the
lead political correspondent for the Annapolis
Bureau of Capital
News Service, where she covered the Maryland General Assembly and Gov. Larry Hogan.
South Korea's Yonhap
news agency quoted sources as saying that Choe Son - hui, director - general of the North America
bureau chief of the North Korean foreign ministry, was
leading the delegation from Pyongyang, while Suzanne DiMaggio, director and senior fellow at Washington DC - based think tank New America, was heading the American delegation.