May 04, 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

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
News

Kim Jong Un’s wife has been missing from the public eye for more than a year

Experts say that Ri Sol Ju was last seen in state media on Jan. 26, 2020

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 28, 2021
News

North Korea suffered the worst natural disasters in all of Asia, new report says

Four out of 10 North Koreans were impacted by storms in 2019, the Asian Disaster Reduction Center concluded

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 26, 2021
News

North Korea aid workers faced their ‘biggest hurdles’ under Trump

Aid groups focused on North Korea urge President Biden to rescind Trump-era policies that slowed down their work

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 26, 2021
News

North Korean diplomat in Kuwait defected to South Korea, government sources say

Ryu Hyun-woo is reportedly the former chargé d'affaires at North Korea’s embassy in Kuwait

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 25, 2021
News

South Korea desperately needs to upgrade its defense tech, experts say

Defense ministry rolled out a new plan to thwart and protect against the growing North Korea nuclear and missile threat

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 22, 2021
COVID-19

With Trump gone, Moon hopes to fix the diplomatic deadlock with North Korea

On Biden’s first day, South Korea’s president urged him to help undo the Hanoi Summit’s long-lasting effects

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 21, 2021
News

Biden’s secretary of state nominee vows to ‘increase pressure’ on North Korea

Antony Blinken said he’s “reviewing options” on North Korea, which he calls a “hard problem” that’s “getting worse”

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 20, 2021
News

‘Hope alone is not a course of action’: US official gives parting words on DPRK

U.S. Ambassador Harry Harris is set to leave Seoul on Thursday and weighed in on diplomacy and U.S.-ROK military drills

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 19, 2021
News

Biden is about to be president, and Moon wants him to undo Trump’s mistakes

In a New Year’s press conference, President Moon Jae-in says Kim Jong Un is willing to continue denuclearization talks

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJanuary 18, 2021
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