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July 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.

Expert Surveys

What’s next? Where North Korea’s missile testing goes from here

Experts weigh in on progress made in 2019 — and how Pyongyang's weapons systems will likely evolve in the coming year

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimFebruary 17, 2020
News

North Korea may have appointed a new Minister of People’s Security, South says

Unification ministry says Kim Jong Ho has replaced Choe Pu Il as one of DPRK's top security officials

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimFebruary 14, 2020
News

North Korean media slams South Korean party’s recruitment of prominent defector

Article denounces Liberty Korea Party, though does not mention former DPRK diplomat Thae Yong Ho's decision to run

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimFebruary 13, 2020
COVID-19

North Korea increases coronavirus quarantine period to 30 days

Move part of broader "national emergency" steps intended to fight spread of COVID-19, state media says

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimFebruary 12, 2020
COVID-19

Mask-clad North Korean Premier visits coronavirus quarantine workers

Visit is the first by high-level DPRK official to quarantine facility

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimFebruary 11, 2020
News

Former South Korean officials say Kaesong should reopen despite U.S. opposition

Moon administration is criticized for "being too conscious of the U.S." regarding resumption of the inter-Korean complex

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimFebruary 11, 2020
News

North Korean officials rank top universities, criticize “whining” stragglers

Meeting follows Kim Jong Un's September complaints that DPRK education “lags far behind” global trends

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimFebruary 10, 2020
News

U.S.-ROK working group meeting held in Seoul to discuss North Korea

Inter-Korean issues likely discussed, while MOU insists "independent tourism" not a matter of U.S.-ROK consultation

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimFebruary 10, 2020
Border Controls

North Korea’s Nampho port moves to strengthen coronavirus prevention measures

Open-source data suggests maritime traffic in DPRK waters reduced in recent days

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimFebruary 7, 2020
COVID-19

North Korea will not send vice foreign minister to upcoming Munich conference

Current coronavirus prevention measures by DPRK state preventing Kim Son Gyong from attending, NK News understands

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimFebruary 6, 2020