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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.

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Adversaries wage space race across tense, divided Korean Peninsula

North Korea said Sunday that its new Malligyong-1 spy satellite had commenced official operations, after warning the previous day that any U.S. attempt to disable or destroy it would be considered an act of war.

December 3, 2023

North Korea’s spy satellite snoops on U.S. installations; Kim hails new military asset

North Korea's newly launched reconnaissance satellite has captured photos of the White House, the Pentagon and a key U.S. mainland naval base, Pyongyang's state media claimed Tuesday.

November 28, 2023

South Korea, Saudi Arabia in down-to-the-wire duel for right to host 2030 World Expo

As the South Korean southeastern port city of Busan awaits the outcome of a Tuesday vote that will decide the host city for the 2030 World Expo, a series of last-minute events are underwriting its bid.

November 27, 2023

China, Japan, South Korean diplomats agree on trilateral leaders’ summit

The chief diplomats from China, Japan and South Korea agreed Sunday to hold a trilateral summit of their three leaders, but did not specify a time frame for the meeting that will be the first among the three in nearly four years.

November 26, 2023

Double blow for Beijing: Taiwan’s pro-China parties fail to unite, Aussie warship transits strait

China suffered two blows from Taiwan on Friday, as the upcoming presidential election on the democratic island shifted sharply in favor of the anti-Beijing ruling party and an Australian warship transited the Taiwan Strait in defiance of Beijing.

November 24, 2023

North Korea deals final blow to 2018 bilateral military agreement with South, raising tensions

As tensions surge in the wake of Tuesday's reconnaissance satellite launch by North Korea, Pyongyang killed off an inter-Korean conflict-prevention mechanism on Thursday.

November 23, 2023

Labor of love: U.S. Christian works to aid defectors from North Korean regime

Tim Peters, a Seoul-based American pastor, helps defectors from the poverty and oppression of the regime of Kim Jong-un escape to safety and freedom in South Korea. For the many he has helped, it's the Korean peninsula equivalent of the fabled "Underground Railroad" that transported American slaves to freedom in the north in the decades before the Civil War.

November 22, 2023

North Korea says new spy satellite offers view of U.S. military assets on Guam

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly gotten his first glimpses of U.S. military installations on Guam as his brand new military spy satellite passed over the U.S. Pacific island on Wednesday.

November 22, 2023

New North Korean try at launching military satellite rattles a tense region

North Korea said Tuesday that it had successfully put its first military spy satellite into orbit after two recent failures, on the same day a U.S. carrier strike group docked in South Korea. The two developments underscored evolving tensions in Northeast Asia.

November 21, 2023

Questions surround Chinese vessel’s sonar blast that injured Australian navy divers

A Chinese destroyer has injured divers operating off an Australian frigate in a highly unusual incident in international waters off Japan's coast.

November 19, 2023

Taiwanese opposition figures fail to unite against ruling party

A potentially game-changing linkup between two Taiwanese opposition parties to challenge the ruling Democratic Progressive Party has foundered -- for now. The alliance could have instantly made the forces favoring improved ties with China the front-runner in the coming vote, significantly impacting Taiwan's future.

November 18, 2023

Boot is on the other foot for U.S. Marine regiment in Japan; littoral unit sets eyes on China

In a tactical U-turn, U.S. Marines in Japan are reversing their traditional mission -- from assaulting beaches to defending them.

November 16, 2023

In Seoul, Austin promises ‘ironclad’ U.S. security upgrade against rising threat from North Korea

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has expressed an 'Ironclad" U.S. military commitment to defend South Korea and offered fresh assurances of Washington's commitment to beef up its deterrence program to shield its ally from the threat of an increasingly dangerous North Korea.

November 13, 2023

Hot air over Koreas — fresh balloon flights into North spark tension

Tensions between the two Koreas are rising as a long-cooled flashpoint heats up once again. Private activists in South Korea are poised to resume launching balloons bearing anti-regime messages into North Korea.

November 10, 2023

Aussie premier charms China ahead of hoped-for Biden-Xi summit

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday wrapped up a high-profile three-day China visit, meeting with President Xi Jinping and generating upbeat responses after a period of severe strains in the bilateral relationship.

November 8, 2023

Japan, Philippines beef up security partnership with China looming in background

Japan, in the latest shift away from its long-held post-World War II pacifist posture, is expanding its security ties with Southeast Asia.

November 3, 2023

South Korea increasingly pessimistic as North Korean arsenal expands

South Korea is grappling with what many fear is a sharply deteriorating security situation and a diplomatic standstill as the security threat posed by North Korea expands inexorably.

November 2, 2023

North Korea’s Kim delivers ‘one million shells’ to Putin’s troops, Seoul says

North Korea has delivered approximately 1 million artillery shells to Russia to aid its war against neighboring Ukraine and is on the verge of a third attempt to place a reconnaissance satellite into orbit, according to South Korea's National Intelligence Service.

November 1, 2023

Chinese generals rattle sabers at U.S. on war over Taiwan

Chinese generals took aim at the U.S. military on Monday with blunt warnings that foreign forces in a war to take Taiwan will be crushed, but they also held out the prospect of ending a lengthy boycott on direct military-to-military talks with the Pentagon.

October 30, 2023

One year after South Korean Halloween tragedy, wounds remain raw, accusations fly

Itaewon, the Seoul district where 159 holiday revelers were crushed to death last Halloween, is neither silent nor haunted as the tragedy's first anniversary looms.

October 27, 2023

EVENT: IndoPac 2026 Naval Dominance: Shipbuilding, Autonomy & C2

WATCH: Ranked choice voting is coming to D.C. — here’s how it works

Celebrating America’s 250th Honoring the milestones that got us here