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Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim is Executive Director at Korea Risk Group, based in Seoul. She 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.

News

Yoon slams ‘reckless’ North Korea-Russia ties at US Indo-Pacific Command

Expert says rare visit likely planned in response to Kim-Putin summit as showcase of US-ROK alliance strength

Jeongmin KimJeongmin Kim | Joon Ha ParkJuly 10, 2024
News

North Korea released water from border dam despite flooding concerns, Seoul says

South Korea previously urged DPRK to provide notice of discharge into Imjin River to prevent damage downstream

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJuly 10, 2024
News

Kim Yo Jong says ROK resumed border drills to distract from Yoon’s unpopularity

North Korean leader’s sister slams artillery live fire as ‘suicidal hysteria,’ threatening nuclear response

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJuly 8, 2024
Analysis

After a lull, South Korea is suddenly talking about going nuclear again

Leading conservatives are endorsing nukes to defend against North Korea, reginiting debate about reliance on US military

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJuly 5, 2024
Features

As trash balloons fly, ROK local govts fight to stop anti-North Korea leafleting

Border regions say leafleting raises tensions and endangers residents, seeking to intervene as Yoon defends activists

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJuly 3, 2024
News

North Korea begins major party plenum with Kim Jong Un presiding over meeting

While DPRK is yet to reveal agenda, focus likely on reviewing economic goals and could include talks on Russia summit 

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJune 29, 2024
News

Incheon airport suspends flights after North Korean balloons endanger aircraft

One trash balloon landed at Seoul’s main airport early Wednesday, following DPRK’s overnight launch of 250 balloons

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJune 26, 2024
News

ROK holds live-fire drills at islands near North Korea, largest in six years

Exercise comes after South Korea’s suspension of inter-Korean military pact paved way for more drills near border

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJune 26, 2024
News

ROK holds live-fire rocket drills on anniversary of North Korea’s 1950 invasion

Army says large-scale exercise aimed to showcase firepower against DPRK threats, 74 years after start of Korean War

Jeongmin KimJeongmin Kim | Joon Ha ParkJune 25, 2024
News

North Korea launches more trash balloons toward South Korea: JCS

Launch comes hours after Seoul revealed previous trash balloons sent by DPRK carried parasites from likely human feces

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJune 24, 2024
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