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.
ROK authorities refused to allow DPRK partisan Ri Tu Hwa to return to North after she was captured during Korean War
Opinions fall along party lines, with conservatives more likely to see handover by progressive government as mistake
Unification minister says UNC was caught off guard when one of two fisherman resisted handover at Panmunjom
Yoon administration says lack of documentation impeded efforts to investigate controversial 2019 case
Portraits of Kim leaders suggest body floated to South Korea from DPRK, fourth such suspected case this summer
Kwon Young-se talks inter-Korean policy with president as Yoon administration continues investigation into 2019 handover
Allies rename summer drills as they seek to ‘normalize’ training downscaled in recent years, ROK defense minister says
Public officials’ union says decision to release photos of 2019 handover turned case into ‘tool for political strife’
Authorities say it’s unclear whether bodies floated from DPRK, though 6-month-old baby had not received ROK vaccinations
Foreign ministry’s intended nominee has expertise in multilateral diplomacy but limited background in DPRK human rights
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