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Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim is Executive Director at Korea Risk Group, based in Seoul. She 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.

Analysis

What’s at stake for North Korea policy in Yoon’s looming impeachment ruling

Yoon’s ouster could pave way for progressive leadership and ‘pragmatic’ DPRK stance, but political risks remain high

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimMarch 12, 2025
News

US-ROK kick off Freedom Shield exercises as North Korea ramps up criticism

Allies decide not to conduct live-fire training after bombing mishap last week, as DPRK slams US ‘hostile policy’

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimMarch 10, 2025
News

North Korea launches ‘multiple’ ballistic missiles after US-ROK drills begin

Seoul says DPRK fired ‘unidentified’ projectiles toward Yellow Sea amid allies’ large-scale Freedom Shield exercise

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimMarch 10, 2025
News

US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea in first visit since Trump return

USS Carl Vinson will reportedly join trilateral drills, as ROK acting president stresses security ties with US, Japan

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimMarch 3, 2025
News

US, ROK agree to push for ‘denuclearization of North Korea,’ not of ‘peninsula’

Decision departs from Pyongyang’s preferred language as way to emphasize that DPRK is one developing ‘illegal’ weapons

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimFebruary 28, 2025
News

In shift, South Korea’s top diplomat says nuclear armament ‘not off the table’

Cho Tae-yul leaves open possibility of developing nukes to counter North Korea, changing tone after Trump’s return

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimFebruary 27, 2025
News

North Korea has deployed more troops to Russia to fight Ukraine, Seoul says

South Korean spy agency still assessing scale of reinforcements after DPRK contingent suffered heavy losses

Anton SokolinAnton Sokolin | Jeongmin KimFebruary 27, 2025
North Korea News Podcast

Jeongmin Kim: The importance of Track 2 diplomacy on North Korea

NK News correspondent talks Munich Security Conference and why young Koreans may hold key to peninsula matters

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | Jeongmin Kim | NK NewsFebruary 27, 2025
North Korea News Podcast

Opposition leader on DPRK, Russian envoy’s interview and US-Japan nuclear pledge

NK News’ Jeongmin Kim joins to discuss Lee Jae-myung’s call for dialogue with Pyongyang and Trump-Ishiba meeting

Jacco ZwetslootJacco Zwetsloot | Jeongmin Kim | NK NewsFebruary 11, 2025
News

North Korea sent ‘thousands’ of workers to Russia, South Korea says

Seoul warns of sanctions violations as ROK spy agency reports on dispatch of DPRK construction workers last year

Jeongmin KimJeongmin KimFebruary 10, 2025
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