Content Author | NK PRO
July 27, 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

Kim Jong Un sends $2 million in educational funds to Korean children in Japan

Subsidies to go towards schools run by the pro-North General Association of Korean Residents in Japan

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimApril 14, 2020
News

North Korea launches multiple cruise missiles from east coast, South Korea says

Test represents DPRK's fifth so far this year, comes amid other reported military activity by the country's air force

Border Controls

Coronavirus-related aid expected to arrive in North Korea later this month: IFRC

Cargo, including COVID-19 testing kits, to be subject to a 10-day quarantine in Sinuiju, spokesperson says

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimApril 13, 2020
News

North Korea lays out budget plans, personnel changes at parliamentary meeting

Lawmakers agree to spend 47.8% of state budget on economy, 15.9% on national defense

Colin ZwirkoColin Zwirko | Jeongmin KimApril 12, 2020
COVID-19

North Korea’s Politburo discusses “danger” from COVID-19, promotes officials

Meeting comes ahead of planned parliamentary session, originally set to take place on Friday

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimApril 11, 2020
News

North Korean state media yet to report on expected parliamentary meeting

Rubber-stamp DPRK Supreme People's Assembly was set to convene on Friday

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimApril 11, 2020
Analysis

What South Korea’s April 15 elections could mean for inter-Korean relations

While voters list other issues as greater concerns, who wins next week stands to have a major impact on North-South ties

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimApril 10, 2020
News

South Korean military to hold two-week field training exercise this month

4500 soldiers to undergo training at the Korea Combat Training Center (KCTC) in Gangwon province

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimApril 8, 2020
COVID-19

709 people in North Korea tested for COVID-19, no confirmed cases: WHO

World Health Organization receiving "weekly updates” from DPRK authorities, official tells Reuters

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimApril 8, 2020
Border Controls

Following coronavirus-related hurdles, NGO ships medical supplies to North Korea

Ignis Community to send $622,317 worth of medical equipment on a cargo ship from Dalian to Nampho

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimApril 7, 2020