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December 28, 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.

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Seoul’s unification minister pushes for progress with US and Chinese ambassadors

Lee In-young stressed the need for peace and denuclearization to ambassadors Harry Harris and Xing Haiming this week

Jeongmin KimJeongmin Kim | Kelly KasulisAugust 19, 2020
Border Controls

North Korea may be closing a key sea route for humanitarian aid deliveries

The move likely followed Kim Jong Un's order on July 25 to strengthen measures against potential COVID-19 risks

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 19, 2020
News

‘They saw us as lowlives’: Defectors condemn police for investigation tactics

After leaflets raised ire in Pyongyang, Seoul police are investigating activist groups — but some say it's going too far

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 18, 2020
News

South Korean NGO to send dental equipment to ‘vulnerable groups’ in North Korea

Medical Aid for Children (MAC) gets sanctions exemptions to send dental equipment to the DPRK within the next six months

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 18, 2020
News

ROK-US joint military exercises start after delay caused by COVID-19 infections

Computer-simulated Combined Command Post Training was delayed due to a confirmed COVID case among ROK army participants

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 18, 2020
Border Controls

COVID-19 slows down ambulance and tuberculosis aid delivery to North Korea

The United Nations extends the delivery window for Doctors Without Borders after granting it sanctions exemptions

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimAugust 14, 2020
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
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