May 19, 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

Seoul defense minister visits missile command after North Korea’s latest test

Rare move follows DPRK’s longest-range launch since 2017, as presidendential candidates debate response to such threats

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 31, 2022
News

South Korean presidential hopeful pledges to pursue nuke sharing pact with US

Ahn Cheol-soo wades into nuclear debate as North Korea tests record number of missiles in January

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 28, 2022
News

Prominent defector indicted for violating South Korea’s contentious leaflet ban

Activist Park Sang-hak faces prison time if convicted for launching leaflets toward North Korea

Bryan BettsBryan Betts | Jeongmin KimJanuary 28, 2022
News

South Korean court rules closing Kaesong Industrial Complex was constitutional

Decisions ends yearslong case brought by tenant firms against Seoul’s 2016 suspension of inter-Korean project

Chaewon ChungChaewon Chung | Jeongmin KimJanuary 27, 2022
News

North Korea, heavily sanctioned for illicit nukes, to lead UN disarmament forum

Activist group condemns routine appointment as akin to ‘putting a serial rapist in charge of a women’s shelter’

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 27, 2022
News

Yoon Suk-yeol backs peace treaty and aid for North Korea if it denuclearizes

South Korean presidential candidate voices support for dialogue as he outlines defense and foreign policy pledges

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 24, 2022
Border Controls

Fewest ever North Korean defectors reached South in 2021: Data

Unification ministry says just 63 defectors arrived last year, declining from more than 1,000 prior to pandemic controls

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 20, 2022
News

Yoon Suk-yeol doubles down on preemptive strike to stop North Korean attack

Conservative presidential candidate says North Korea the ‘main enemy’ as opponents accuse him of anti-communist populism

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 17, 2022
News

Lee Jae-myung vows to resume joint tourism at North Korea’s Mount Kumgang

Project has been shuttered since 2008, and Kim Jong Un appeared to turn his back on it in 2019

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 17, 2022
News

Lee Jae-myung urges rival to retract support for North Korea ‘preemptive strike’

Progressive presidential candidate characterizes remarks as reckless, calls DPRK’s latest missile test a ‘provocation’

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 12, 2022
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