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Andrew Salmon

asalmon@washingtontimes.com

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.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attend the official welcome ceremony at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Vladimir Smirnov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Kim-Putin agreement: Real military alliance or paper partnership?

The flag-waving optics of this week's historic meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have given way to a key question: Is the "comprehensive strategic partnership" signed by the two men the start of a true bilateral military partnership?

June 20, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un examine a launch pad of Soyuz rockets during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. North Korean leader Kim hailed the country's relationship with Russia on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, as reports suggest that Russian President Putin will soon visit the isolated country for his third meeting with Kim.(Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

North Korea, empowered by Russia, digs in for long-term confrontation

North Korea may not be preparing for imminent war, but the regime is girding for a long-term confrontation against the U.S. and its allies at a time when major international developments argue against a new push to try to eliminate Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal.

June 14, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets during the unveiling of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party's election manifesto in New Delhi, India, April 14, 2024. Popular but polarizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has advanced Hindu nationalism in India is returning for a third consecutive term in office after clinching victory in a general election that was seen as a referendum on his decade in power. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) **FILE**

Modi’s high hopes dashed as party loses majority in marathon Indian vote

Indian vote counters had their work cut out for them Tuesday as the world's most populous nation entered the final hours of the world's greatest-ever exercise of democratic politics, but it was already clear the victory party for Prime Minister Narendra Modi will likely be a muted affair.

June 4, 2024
This photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, shows trash from a balloon presumably sent by North Korea, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. In another sign of tensions between the war-divided rivals, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea also has been flying large numbers of balloons carrying trash toward the South since Tuesday night, in an apparent retaliation against South Korean activists for flying anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets across the border. (South Korea Presidential Office via AP)

Hot air over the DMZ as North Korea deploys dirty tactics

North Korea, long a master of trash-talking, is following through with a trash attack -- literally. Some 260 "filth balloons" from North Korea had floated across the Demilitarized Zone into South Korea between late Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon, according to reports citing South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

May 29, 2024
A fighter jet flies past the remnants of a large balloon after it was shot down above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina near Myrtle Beach on Feb. 4, 2023. (Chad Fish via AP, File)

The modern face of war: ‘Everything, everywhere, all at once’

Americans are at war but don't realize it. That was a key takeaway at least from a major security conference held in South Korea recently, with students of modern warfare noting that today's current-generation, cross-domain conflict is -- to borrow a phrase from Hollywood -- "everything, everywhere, all at once."

May 16, 2024