May 15, 2024

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jeongmin Kim

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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ROK prosecutors raid presidential archive over North Korea’s killing of official

Brother of victim says he hopes search and seizure will turn up information on Moon administration’s response

Ifang BremerIfang Bremer | Jeongmin KimSeptember 1, 2022
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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

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 31, 2022
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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

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 31, 2022
News

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

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 30, 2022
COVID-19

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

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 30, 2022
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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

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 29, 2022
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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

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 26, 2022
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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

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 25, 2022
COVID-19

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

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 25, 2022
News

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

Ifang BremerIfang Bremer | Jeongmin Kim | Sojin JungAugust 24, 2022
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