April 25, 2024

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Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.

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US, ROK conduct live-fire drills in simulated response to North Korean invasion

US, ROK conduct live-fire drills in simulated response to North Korean invasion

Exercises are largest ever by combined army division and featured tanks, Hellfire missiles and multiple rocket launchers

US, ROK conduct live-fire drills in simulated response to North Korean invasion
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim August 31, 2022
Defector lawmaker backs plan to end censorship of North Korean state media

Defector lawmaker backs plan to end censorship of North Korean state media

Tae Young-ho rejects concerns that DPRK content would sway South Koreans to support Kim Jong Un

Defector lawmaker backs plan to end censorship of North Korean state media
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim August 31, 2022
Yoon Suk-yeol seeks record defense budget to counter North Korean threats

Yoon Suk-yeol seeks record defense budget to counter North Korean threats

4.6% increase in South Korean military spending comes despite administration’s belt-tightening policy

Yoon Suk-yeol seeks record defense budget to counter North Korean threats
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim August 30, 2022
South Korea to cut unification ministry budget for first time in five years

South Korea to cut unification ministry budget for first time in five years

Drop in funding for ministry overseeing North Korea due to broader austerity push and fewer defector arrivals

South Korea to cut unification ministry budget for first time in five years
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim August 30, 2022
US, ROK kick off second phase of drills on ‘counterattack’ against North Korea

US, ROK kick off second phase of drills on ‘counterattack’ against North Korea

DPRK slams practice against invasion as ‘grave provocation,’ though allies reiterate exercises are defensive in nature

US, ROK kick off second phase of drills on ‘counterattack’ against North Korea
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim August 29, 2022
Seoul court fines Kim Jong Un over $100K for North Korean attacks on South

Seoul court fines Kim Jong Un over $100K for North Korean attacks on South

Nine plaintiffs win civil case against regime for role in 2002 Battle of Yeonpyeong

Seoul court fines Kim Jong Un over $100K for North Korean attacks on South
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim August 26, 2022
Yoon warns of evolving North Korean threats during visit to wartime bunker

Yoon warns of evolving North Korean threats during visit to wartime bunker

South Korean president’s visit to bunker used as command post during conflict comes amid joint US-ROK military drills

Yoon warns of evolving North Korean threats during visit to wartime bunker
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim August 25, 2022
North Korea warns foreign beachgoers to beware ‘alien things’ carrying COVID

North Korea warns foreign beachgoers to beware ‘alien things’ carrying COVID

Official notices seen by NK News state foreign diplomats can visit coasts under eased rules but must avoid border areas

North Korea warns foreign beachgoers to beware ‘alien things’ carrying COVID
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim August 25, 2022
Defector to launch balloons toward North Korea after being attacked in Seoul

Defector to launch balloons toward North Korea after being attacked in Seoul

Park Sang-hak says attacker broke his arm with metal pipe, in what report suggests was attempt to ‘punish’ activist

Defector to launch balloons toward North Korea after being attacked in Seoul
Seoul’s North Korea human rights envoy calls for information blitz into DPRK

Seoul’s North Korea human rights envoy calls for information blitz into DPRK

Ordinary North Korean people have ‘full right’ to know what’s going on in the world, Lee Shin-wha says

Seoul’s North Korea human rights envoy calls for information blitz into DPRK
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim August 24, 2022
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