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December 27, 2024

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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

In Seoul, U.S. envoy says no plans to meet with North Korean counterparts

Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun says he does not take directions from DPRK vice foreign minister

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJuly 8, 2020
News

South Korea reshuffles top officials dealing with North Korea

Moon appoints new unification minister, NIS chief, and national security adviser following spat with North

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJuly 3, 2020
News

North Korea promises to “fight side by side” with China against U.S. aggression

DPRK ambassador in Beijing pledges "full support" for China's Hong Kong national security law

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJuly 3, 2020
Evergreen

Left behind: Despite détente, six South Koreans remain imprisoned in the North

Convicted of espionage and effectively abandoned by Seoul, it's unclear whether any will ever return home

News

South Korea to push for renewed North Korea-U.S. talks, foreign minister says

Seoul working to restore "momentum" to DPRK-U.S. diplomacy, Kang Kyung-wha tells media

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJuly 2, 2020
News

South Korea hoping for another U.S.-North Korea summit this year, Moon says

Seoul ready to help facilitate Kim-Trump meeting ahead of November's U.S. Presidential elections: ROK President

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJuly 1, 2020
Border Controls

Only 12 North Korean defectors reached the South between April and June: MOU

Figures are the lowest since records began in 2003, likely linked to COVID-19 border closures

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJuly 1, 2020
COVID-19

North Korea has now tested 922 people for COVID-19: World Health Organization

255 DPRK nationals remain under quarantine, official tells NK News

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJune 30, 2020
News

North Korea likely no longer ready to give up nukes: South Korean gov’t adviser

Pyongyang now "pessimistic" about Washington's intensions, Moon Chung-in tells media

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJune 26, 2020
News

90% of South Koreans believe North won’t surrender nuclear weapons, survey says

South Koreans are losing trust in Kim Jong Un, but still largely support engagement with North Korea: KINU report

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimJune 26, 2020