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.
WHO also confirms that the city of Kaesong has been under lockdown since July 19, when the "redefector" was found
North Korea's Meari says that new missile guidelines and an increased military budget go against Seoul's "peace" goals
Clips recorded by surveillance equipment show that a defector named Kim swam towards the North in the dark
Launch not revealed by South Korea at the time as it was deemed part of "regular" training
A "continuous ban on movement" and "cancellation of international flights" challenged evacuation efforts, embassy said
UNICEF allowed to ship patient ventilators, oxygen concentrators, resuscitation kits and other items into DPRK
Regulations place firm new restrictions on foreign envoys' freedom of movement, public gatherings
South Korean military officials admitted that security operations may have "overlooked" DPRK-bound redefections
Authorities believe that a bag left near the drain likely belongs to a defector surnamed Kim
The U.N. Security Council granted sanctions exemptions to an NGO trying to protect North Korea's vulnerable livestock
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