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.

News

North Korean propagandists condemn US-ROK military drills as prep for invasion

Higher-level state media has yet to comment on Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises, which allies say are defensive in nature

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 23, 2022
News

US, ROK begin largest joint drills in years after North Korea brandishes nukes

Military exercises will include scenarios for protecting against and repelling DPRK attacks on South Korean territory

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 22, 2022
News

US, South Korea agree to deploy strategic assets if North Korea tests nuke

Allies agree on host of defense and security issues during working-level talks ahead of joint exercises next week

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 17, 2022
News

Seoul can’t provide security guarantees to North Korea, Yoon Suk-yeol says

But ROK president adds that South Korea won’t try to change DPRK ‘by force,’ as he marks 100 days in office

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 17, 2022
News

North Korea fires two cruise missiles toward Yellow Sea: Seoul

First-known DPRK missile test in months comes as Yoon Suk-yeol marks 100 days in office and ahead of joint US-ROK drills

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 17, 2022
COVID-19

North Korea lifts COVID-19 restrictions across country — but not near borders

State media announces rollback of masking, social distancing rules after Kim Jong Un announces “victory” over virus

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 13, 2022
COVID-19

FULL TEXT: Kim Yo Jong’s obscenity-laced denunciation of South Korean ‘enemies’

NK Pro translates Kim’s speech in which she threatens to ‘exterminate’ ROK leaders and implies Kim Jong Un caught COVID

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 12, 2022
News

Refuting China, South Korea says THAAD interceptors not up for ‘negotiation’

Presidential office says missile battery to defend against North Korean threats a matter of ‘security and sovereignty’

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 11, 2022
Analysis

Kim Yo Jong’s accusation that Seoul spread COVID sets stage for future violence

Experts say North Korea using crisis to push harder line toward South Korea, even as it celebrates ‘victory’ over virus

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 11, 2022
News

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

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 10, 2022
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