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Andrew Salmon

Seoul, South Korea-based Andrew Salmon, Asia Editor at The Washington Times. brings two decades of journalistic experience to the position. Before joining The Washington Times, he was Northeast Asia Editor of Hong Kong-based Asia Times. Andrew’s reporting previously appeared in The Daily Telegraph, Forbes, The International Herald Tribune, The South China Morning Post, The Times and The Washington Times. He has made television appearances on Arirang TV, CNN and France24. He can be reached at asalmon@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Andrew Salmon

Japan’s new PM Shigeru Ishiba moves quickly to bolster support

Shigeru Ishiba has moved quickly to set his stamp on Japanese politics, officially becoming prime minister and calling a snap general election for Oct. 27.

October 1, 2024

South Korea unveils new missile to take out the North’s bunkers, stands up Strategic Command

Eager citizens waved flags and aged veterans stood at attention as armor rumbled through central Seoul's concrete canyons, while a line of Apache attack helicopters whirled overhead and formations of fighter jets thundered through the clouds. But the star of Tuesday's Armed Forces Day parade was a new surface-to-surface ballistic missile.

October 1, 2024

Shigeru Ishiba to lead Japan after dramatic intra-party vote

Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Friday won a race to lead Japan's conservative ruling Liberal Democratic Party, a victory that puts him in line to succeed resigning Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

September 27, 2024

Close U.S. ally Japan hosts crowded fight for new prime minister

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party will choose a new leader Friday in a scramble prompted in August when current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that he would not seek another term.

September 26, 2024

For North Korea’s Kim Jong-un, an economic dilemma with no easy solution

North Korea's regime is trying to reassert control over its economy, but it's finding that the genie of market mechanisms cannot easily be shoved back into its bottle.

September 25, 2024

How an 80-year-old grandmother breezed into South Korea’s Miss Universe finals

When Choi Soon-hwa steps onto the runways of South Korea's Miss Universe competition on Sept. 30, she will be competing with beauties young enough to be her granddaughters.

September 23, 2024

AUKUS strategic partnership offers to collaborate with Japan, South Korea, Canada

The security partnership of Australia, the United Kingdom and the U.S. announced Wednesday it is seeking collaboration with Japan, Canada, New Zealand and Korea to mark the third anniversary of the AUKUS alliance.

September 18, 2024

In South Korea, the rising generation saves the old generation’s architecture

Should you fancy a slice of New York-style pizza served under the cozy, antique beams of a traditional Korea-style cottage, in central Seoul, Park Chan-ki is your man.

September 13, 2024

North Korea offers first-ever look inside uranium facility linked to nuclear programs

In a surprise disclosure, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been photographed touring a key nuclear arms facility, offering the world its first inside look at the regime's most secretive program.

September 13, 2024

Silence from Trump, Harris on nuclear North has South Koreans rethinking security

A growing divergence between the U.S. and South Korea on how to deal with the threat from North Korea will present knotty challenges no matter who wins the hotly contested U.S. presidential election this fall.

September 10, 2024

Outgoing Japanese PM Fumio Kishida in Seoul for farewell summit

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in Seoul on Friday for a two-day summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, just weeks before exiting the premiership.

September 6, 2024

Russian President Putin visits Mongolia in defiance of arrest warrant for war crimes

Russian President Vladimir Putin received a red-carpet welcome in Mongolia on Tuesday in defiance of an international arrest warrant accusing him of war crimes in Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

September 3, 2024

Questions arise over U.S. will, ability to defend the Philippines from China

Both the United States and the Philippines are agonizing over their ability to deter China as confrontations between an under-resourced Manila and an expansionist Beijing increase.

August 31, 2024

Manila, Tokyo unleash verbal broadsides at Beijing over recent aggression

Two key U.S. allies in Asia are escalating their complaints over China's behavior in the neighborhood.

August 27, 2024

North Korea’s Kim oversees suicide drone tests, urges scientists to integrate AI with UAVs

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw a series of suicide drone tests over the weekend, a key new weapon in the arsenal for the fortress state, state media reported Monday.

August 26, 2024

Seoul urges U.S. to refocus on North Korean denuclearization

The looming nuclear threat posed by North Korea isn't being talked about much by either Republicans or Democrats ahead of Nov. 5, but Seoul's Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho said he hopes that, no matter who wins, the issue gets more attention after the U.S. elections.

August 22, 2024

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