April 26, 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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South Korea, China won’t let THAAD be ‘stumbling block’ in relationship: Beijing

South Korea, China won’t let THAAD be ‘stumbling block’ in relationship: Beijing

Two sides offer conflicting accounts of talks on interceptors and North Korean denuclearization after top diplomats meet

South Korea, China won’t let THAAD be ‘stumbling block’ in relationship: Beijing
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim August 10, 2022
North Korea may conduct ‘provocation’ during US-ROK exercises this month: Seoul

North Korea may conduct ‘provocation’ during US-ROK exercises this month: Seoul

Allies to conduct first field training in 4 years from late August, including drills to ‘repel’ hypothetical DPRK attack

North Korea may conduct ‘provocation’ during US-ROK exercises this month: Seoul
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim August 10, 2022
Water levels rise in South as North Korea opens dam floodgates without warning

Water levels rise in South as North Korea opens dam floodgates without warning

Risk to South Korea low according to ministry, but opening Hwanggang Dam in past has led to flash floods and deaths

Water levels rise in South as North Korea opens dam floodgates without warning
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim August 9, 2022
North Korea calls Pelosi ‘worst destroyer’ of peace after her visit to DMZ

North Korea calls Pelosi ‘worst destroyer’ of peace after her visit to DMZ

DPRK foreign ministry slams House speaker’s Asia tour and says inter-Korean border trip displays US ‘hostile policy’

North Korea calls Pelosi ‘worst destroyer’ of peace after her visit to DMZ
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim August 8, 2022
Interview: Seoul’s new North Korea human rights envoy stresses accountability

Interview: Seoul’s new North Korea human rights envoy stresses accountability

Lee Shin-wha explains what she hopes to accomplish in role and criticizes government’s actions in 2019 repatriation case

Interview: Seoul’s new North Korea human rights envoy stresses accountability
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim August 5, 2022
Pelosi stares into North Korea at border after discussing DPRK nuclear threat

Pelosi stares into North Korea at border after discussing DPRK nuclear threat

South Korean president calls US House speaker’s visit to Panmunjom a ‘sign’ of joint deterrence against Pyongyang

Pelosi stares into North Korea at border after discussing DPRK nuclear threat
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim August 4, 2022
US, ROK to practice counterstrikes and ‘repelling’ North Korean attacks: Seoul

US, ROK to practice counterstrikes and ‘repelling’ North Korean attacks: Seoul

Upcoming Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises to be first joint field training on Korean Peninsula since 2018

US, ROK to practice counterstrikes and ‘repelling’ North Korean attacks: Seoul
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim August 1, 2022
Ex-unification minister convicted for destroying inter-Korean summit records

Ex-unification minister convicted for destroying inter-Korean summit records

Cho Myong-gyon receives suspended jail term for actions in 2007 as security official in Roh Moo-hyun administration

Ex-unification minister convicted for destroying inter-Korean summit records
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim July 28, 2022
Interview: What South Korea’s new human rights envoy means for inter-Korean ties

Interview: What South Korea’s new human rights envoy means for inter-Korean ties

Robert King says South Korea no longer willing to place DPRK human rights on back burner, calls on US to do the same

Interview: What South Korea’s new human rights envoy means for inter-Korean ties
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim July 28, 2022
North Korean prisoner of war dies in South without realizing repatriation wish

North Korean prisoner of war dies in South without realizing repatriation wish

ROK authorities refused to allow DPRK partisan Ri Tu Hwa to return to North after she was captured during Korean War

North Korean prisoner of war dies in South without realizing repatriation wish
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim July 27, 2022
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