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.
Defectors and analysts raise multiple reasons for introducing her, from humanizing leader to fortifying hereditary rule
State media report makes no mention of Kim Jong Un messages to US or ROK at event featuring tactical nukes and ICBMs
Top officials agree to resume nationwide air raid drills as Yoon administration seeks to overhaul disaster alert system
Military reportedly concluded it was a weather balloon, following controversy over Chinese ballon that overflew US
US defense secretary pledged earlier this week to continue deploying strategic assets to Seoul
DPRK foreign ministry criticizes deployment of US strategic assets, as ROK conducts joint air drills with US bomber
In meeting with Pentagon chief, South Korean president also calls for expanding scale of upcoming joint military drills
Lloyd Austin stresses US extended deterrence when asked about talk of South Korea developing nuclear weapons
Kwon Young-se says president stressed Seoul’s ‘will’ to defend against North Korea by floating ROK nuclearization
Joint Chiefs of Staff says DPRK has not responded to miscue, though both sides have exchanged gunfire in past
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