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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

US to spend $4 million on projects targeting North Korean weapons trade

U.S. State Department also announced $4 million grant for illicit WMD and ballistic missiles nonproliferation in general

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimFebruary 1, 2021
Analysis

Full list: Who’s sitting next to Kim Jong Un at the Eighth Party Congress?

Seating arrangements tell a greater story about North Korean political ranks and where key figures are headed

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 8, 2021
Analysis

Moon is on a race to North Korea’s good side, but he probably won’t win in 2021

In the twilight of his term, South Korea’s president faces a long line of hurdles and has few remaining cards to play

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimDecember 31, 2020
COVID-19

Internal document: North Korea may clamp down on homeless as COVID-19 prevention

Document suggests that Kim Jong Un ratified policies to send wanderers to relief stations

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimNovember 4, 2020
Border Controls

Full text: North Korea’s decree to ‘fire at’ people illegally approaching border

NK Pro translated the full text of a recent North Korean public announcement on border security and COVID-19 prevention

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimOctober 26, 2020
Border Controls

Doctors Without Borders to send COVID-19 and tuberculosis aid to North Korea

U.N. sanctions exemptions for humanitarian aid projects to North Korea have slowed down since August

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimOctober 20, 2020
News

South Korean NGO to send dental equipment to ‘vulnerable groups’ in North Korea

Medical Aid for Children (MAC) gets sanctions exemptions to send dental equipment to the DPRK within the next six months

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 18, 2020
Border Controls

COVID-19 slows down ambulance and tuberculosis aid delivery to North Korea

The United Nations extends the delivery window for Doctors Without Borders after granting it sanctions exemptions

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 14, 2020
COVID-19

UNICEF granted sanctions exemptions in order to send COVID-19 aid to North Korea

UNICEF allowed to ship patient ventilators, oxygen concentrators, resuscitation kits and other items into DPRK

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJuly 29, 2020
News

South Korean NGO to send African Swine Fever aid and appliances to North Korea

The U.N. Security Council granted sanctions exemptions to an NGO trying to protect North Korea's vulnerable livestock

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJuly 25, 2020