About the Authors
Arius Derr
Arius Derr is Director of Communications at the Korea Economic Institute. He formerly worked as NK News Managing Editor from 2021 to 2022, Deputy Managing Editor from 2022 to 2023 and Editor from 2023 to 2025. Prior to that, he was an editor at East Asia Forum and KBS, South Korea’s public broadcaster. His graduate research focuses on U.S. nuclear policy and U.S.-DPRK relations. Follow him on Twitter @AriusDerr.
Jeongmin Kim
Jeongmin Kim is a 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.