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.
Unclear whether North Korea, which has administered no known vaccines, will be receptive to foreign assistance
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New South Korean president echoes assessment from U.S. State Department that DPRK may soon conduct nuclear test
Kim Kyou-hyun is also a career diplomat with expertise in U.S.-ROK relations
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Lee Do-hoon played leading diplomatic role under Moon Jae-in, helped broker first-ever U.S-North Korea summit
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