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Jooheon Kim

Jooheon Kim

Jooheon Kim is a Correspondent at NK News. He previously worked at Aju News Corporation where he covered South Korea's economy and tech sectors, K-pop and inter-Korean politics.

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Radiation levels stable despite alleged North Korean uranium refinery discharge

Radiation levels stable despite alleged North Korean uranium refinery discharge

Seoul reports no signs of wastewater release from Pyongsan facility after media and opposition party raised alarm

Radiation levels stable despite alleged North Korean uranium refinery discharge
Jooheon Kim
Jooheon Kim July 1, 2025
North Korea’s mega resort opens, testimony of executions and taekwondo rivalry
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North Korea’s mega resort opens, testimony of executions and taekwondo rivalry

NK News’ Jooheon Kim discusses who will visit the Wonsan Kalma tourism zone and a defector’s dream of martial arts glory

North Korea’s mega resort opens, testimony of executions and taekwondo rivalry
Six Americans under investigation for trying to send Bibles, rice to North Korea

Six Americans under investigation for trying to send Bibles, rice to North Korea

South Korean police book US nationals for allegedly trying to float plastic bottles to DPRK from border island

Six Americans under investigation for trying to send Bibles, rice to North Korea
Jooheon Kim
Jooheon Kim June 30, 2025
North Korean defectors testify about executions, ongoing abuses at Seoul event

North Korean defectors testify about executions, ongoing abuses at Seoul event

Public sessions at UN office are part of effort to update landmark 2014 report on DPRK’s violations of human rights

North Korean defectors testify about executions, ongoing abuses at Seoul event
Jooheon Kim
Jooheon Kim June 25, 2025
US reaffirms commitment to North Korea’s denuclearization after Iran strikes

US reaffirms commitment to North Korea’s denuclearization after Iran strikes

But State Department declines to comment on what US will do if it can’t resolve DPRK nuclear issue through diplomacy

US reaffirms commitment to North Korea’s denuclearization after Iran strikes
Jooheon Kim
Jooheon Kim June 25, 2025
Seoul pushes back on US call for allies to boost defense spending to 5% of GDP

Seoul pushes back on US call for allies to boost defense spending to 5% of GDP

ROK defense ministry highlights budget increases to counter North Korean threats amid US push for ‘burden sharing’

Seoul pushes back on US call for allies to boost defense spending to 5% of GDP
Jooheon Kim
Jooheon Kim June 20, 2025
US NGO ready to resume tuberculosis aid to North Korea regardless of tensions

US NGO ready to resume tuberculosis aid to North Korea regardless of tensions

Eugene Bell Foundation says US-DPRK relations do not have to be an obstacle, years after suspending work due to pandemic

US NGO ready to resume tuberculosis aid to North Korea regardless of tensions
Jooheon Kim
Jooheon Kim June 19, 2025
North Korea’s pursuit of UNESCO status for taekwondo revives rivalry with South

North Korea’s pursuit of UNESCO status for taekwondo revives rivalry with South

Task force accuses Seoul of inaction on own bid amid fears ROK will lose cultural claim to its national sport

North Korea’s pursuit of UNESCO status for taekwondo revives rivalry with South
Jooheon Kim
Jooheon Kim June 19, 2025
Lee Jae-myung spotlights North Korean issues in G7 talks with Ishiba, Carney

Lee Jae-myung spotlights North Korean issues in G7 talks with Ishiba, Carney

South Korean president agrees to strengthen trilateral cooperation with Tokyo in first meeting with Japanese counterpart

Lee Jae-myung spotlights North Korean issues in G7 talks with Ishiba, Carney
Jooheon Kim
Jooheon Kim June 18, 2025
Lee Jae-myung talks North Korea at G7 as meeting with Trump falls through

Lee Jae-myung talks North Korea at G7 as meeting with Trump falls through

South Korean president discusses peninsula denuclearization with Australian counterpart and plans to meet Japan’s Ishiba

Lee Jae-myung talks North Korea at G7 as meeting with Trump falls through
Jooheon Kim
Jooheon Kim June 17, 2025
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