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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.

COVID-19

North Korea claims zero COVID infections, with total tested just shy of 50,000

Data from World Health Organization shows DPRK newly tested around 1,500 North Koreans from Dec. 9 to 23

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 3, 2022
News

Moon Jae-in vows to keep improving ties with North Korea until end of term

In final New Year’s address, the South Korean president asks the next administration to continue inter-Korean dialogue

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 3, 2022
News

North Korea vows military buildup due to ‘destabilizing’ situation on peninsula

Final report on party plenum delivers no message to US, focuses on rural development and economic issues

Colin ZwirkoColin Zwirko | Jeongmin KimJanuary 1, 2022
Analysis

Piranhas, purges and porn: The worst rumors of Kim Jong Un’s decade in power

Hearsay and misinformation on North Korea routinely circulates as news, warping perception of the country

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimDecember 31, 2021
Border Controls

Seoul approves three new requests to send nutrition-related aid to North Korea

South Korea has now greenlit 11 aid shipments this year, though delivery is unlikely due to DPRK’s border restrictions

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimDecember 30, 2021
News

Ex-USFK commander says joint war plans should address China. Seoul isn’t happy.

Gen. Robert Abrams’s comments have stirred controversy in South Korea, drawing criticism from left and praise from right

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimDecember 29, 2021
News

South Koreans view US leadership as in decline but still support alliance: Poll

New survey finds most favor strengthening ties with US over North Korea, and US forces over acquiring nuclear weapons

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimDecember 28, 2021
Features

3,000 days in a North Korean prison: A missionary’s family prays for his return

Christmas marks tragic milestone since Kim Jong-uk’s arrest, with at least six South Koreans still detained in the DPRK

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimDecember 27, 2021
News

Lee Jae-myung pledges to push for nuclear submarine against North Korean threats

Presidential candidate of South Korea’s ruling party also vows to complete OPCON transfer by end of his term

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimDecember 24, 2021
News

Seoul says it has ‘100% perfectly’ detected North Korean ballistic missiles

ROK ministries claim Moon administration’s DPRK policies have been a success, vow to resume inter-Korean detente

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimDecember 23, 2021
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