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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Lee Jae-myung urges rival to retract support for North Korea ‘preemptive strike’

Lee Jae-myung urges rival to retract support for North Korea ‘preemptive strike’

Progressive presidential candidate characterizes remarks as reckless, calls DPRK’s latest missile test a ‘provocation’

Lee Jae-myung urges rival to retract support for North Korea ‘preemptive strike’
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim January 12, 2022
UN food program unable to provide aid to hungry North Koreans since March 2021

UN food program unable to provide aid to hungry North Koreans since March 2021

World Food Program says DPRK’s pandemic measures remain ‘key challenge,’ as country appears to face food shortages

UN food program unable to provide aid to hungry North Koreans since March 2021
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim January 12, 2022
Yoon Suk-yeol backs ‘preemptive strike’ to stop North Korean hypersonic attacks

Yoon Suk-yeol backs ‘preemptive strike’ to stop North Korean hypersonic attacks

North Korea claims to have tested two hypersonic missiles since September, with Tuesday’s test a probable third

Yoon Suk-yeol backs ‘preemptive strike’ to stop North Korean hypersonic attacks
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim January 11, 2022
North Korea hints at more ‘advanced’ COVID policy after years of tight controls

North Korea hints at more ‘advanced’ COVID policy after years of tight controls

State media says policy to be ‘people-oriented’ and less reliant on regulations, but offers few specifics

North Korea hints at more ‘advanced’ COVID policy after years of tight controls
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim January 10, 2022
Unification ministry refutes report that 771 defectors have fled South Korea

Unification ministry refutes report that 771 defectors have fled South Korea

Seoul says fraction of that number has emigrated to third country, amid concerns over North Korean defectors’ well-being

Unification ministry refutes report that 771 defectors have fled South Korea
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim January 10, 2022
Cake day? Kim Jong Un’s birthday comes and goes without state media celebration

Cake day? Kim Jong Un’s birthday comes and goes without state media celebration

Kim turned 38 on Saturday, but may be waiting until he’s older to make the day a national holiday, expert says

Cake day? Kim Jong Un’s birthday comes and goes without state media celebration
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim January 9, 2022
UNICEF says aid has cleared North Korea quarantine, on its way for distribution

UNICEF says aid has cleared North Korea quarantine, on its way for distribution

The items were released after being stuck in DPRK port city for more than two months of quarantine

UNICEF says aid has cleared North Korea quarantine, on its way for distribution
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim January 7, 2022
North Korean defectors struggle most with work, education, mental health: Survey

North Korean defectors struggle most with work, education, mental health: Survey

Unification ministry finds many experience ‘emotional and psychological’ difficulties living in South Korea

North Korean defectors struggle most with work, education, mental health: Survey
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim January 6, 2022
Moon Jae-in stresses dialogue hours after North Korea test-fires missile

Moon Jae-in stresses dialogue hours after North Korea test-fires missile

Expert says Pyongyang likely cares little what Seoul and Washington think as diplomacy unlikely to resume this year

Moon Jae-in stresses dialogue hours after North Korea test-fires missile
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim January 5, 2022
North Korea fires ‘likely ballistic missile’ toward east coast: South Korea

North Korea fires ‘likely ballistic missile’ toward east coast: South Korea

Test comes days after political event in Pyongyang where Kim Jong Un vowed to continue bolstering weapons capabilities

North Korea fires ‘likely ballistic missile’ toward east coast: South Korea
Colin Zwirko
Colin Zwirko | Jeongmin Kim January 5, 2022
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