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Jeongmin Kim

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.

COVID-19

South Korean group can now send $253,000 in face masks and COVID-19 aid to DPRK

Five times now, the unification ministry approved private group projects sending COVID-19 aid to North Korea

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 13, 2020
News

Seoul court suspends plan to revoke North Korean human rights group’s permit

The decision is part of a greater, ongoing case between defector-led activist groups and the unification ministry

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 13, 2020
News

Human rights groups condemn South Korean government’s border-area press tour

Human rights groups accuse the unification ministry of painting their activism in a negative light to foreign reporters

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 12, 2020
News

North Korea issues warnings on potential flood at the basin of Taedong River

North Korea released water from a dam near inter-Korean border without notifying South Korea: unification ministry

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 5, 2020
COVID-19

WHO: North Korea tested redefector for COVID-19, but results ‘inconclusive’

WHO also confirms that the city of Kaesong has been under lockdown since July 19, when the "redefector" was found

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 5, 2020
News

North Korean state media slams South for ‘deceitfully’ enhancing missile power

North Korea's Meari says that new missile guidelines and an increased military budget go against Seoul's "peace" goals

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 3, 2020
News

South Korean military admits to several failures after high-profile redefection

Clips recorded by surveillance equipment show that a defector named Kim swam towards the North in the dark

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJuly 31, 2020
News

North Korea fired anti-ship cruise missile this month: ROK military official

Launch not revealed by South Korea at the time as it was deemed part of "regular" training

Colin ZwirkoColin Zwirko | Jeongmin KimJuly 30, 2020
Border Controls

Russian embassy evacuates 27 citizens from North Korea

A "continuous ban on movement" and "cancellation of international flights" challenged evacuation efforts, embassy said

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJuly 29, 2020
COVID-19

UNICEF granted sanctions exemptions in order to send COVID-19 aid to North Korea

UNICEF allowed to ship patient ventilators, oxygen concentrators, resuscitation kits and other items into DPRK

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJuly 29, 2020
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