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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, second left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, center, examine a rocket assembly hangar during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, in Russia’s Far East, on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. Russian Federal Space Corporation Roscosmos CEO Yuri Borisov is on the left. Putin's talks with Kim sparked Western concerns about a possible arms deal that could allow Moscow to tap Pyongyang's arsenals for the fighting in Ukraine. (Vladimir Smirnov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

South Korea slams ‘deception’ as North Korean arms stream to Russia

Officials here said Monday it is increasingly clear that North Korea has begun supplying badly needed shells and other military equipment to Russia, even as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's regime confirmed that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit Pyongyang later this week.

October 16, 2023
Supporters of the main opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung shout slogans during a rally demanding lawmakers to vote down a motion to agree on an arrest warrant for Lee near the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. In a surprise outcome, South Korea's opposition-controlled parliament on Thursday voted to pass a motion submitted by the government that allows for the potential arrest of the country's leading opposition figure, Lee, who faces a widening investigation over corruption allegations. The signs read "Reject the arrest motion." (Suh Dae-yeon/Yonhap via AP)

Abyss looms for besieged South Korean opposition leader

South Koreans woke Friday to dramatic political circumstances: The firebrand leader of the country's leftist opposition party, already hospitalized in a dramatic protest hunger strike against government policies, could soon be behind bars.

September 22, 2023
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korea leader Kim Jong-un, front left, visits the Arnika Bio-Feed Mill in Vladivostok, Russian Far East Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Kim’s Russia jaunt offers an uncertain mix of substance, theater

How many 152mm artillery shells could be bartered for a SU-57 stealth fighter bomber? How many days' work by a company of North Korean laborers will get you an aid package of food and fuel? How many 122mm tactical rockets buy a satellite launch?

September 18, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un shake hands 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. (Vladimir Smirnov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Kim, Putin hold talks at Russia’s satellite launch center

In a meeting nervously monitored in Washington and Seoul, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Wednesday joined Russian President Vladimir Putin for a rare summit at the latter's flagship space center in Russia's Far East.

September 13, 2023
U.S. President Joe Biden, center left, makes a toast with Vietnam's President Vo Van Thuong, center right, during a state luncheon at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. (Nhac Nguyen/Pool Photo via AP)

Biden seeks deeper ties with Vietnam on supply chain front

The press conference by a clearly fatigued President Biden dominated much attention on his two-day trip to Vietnam, but despite the dodgy optics, administration officials say the trip helped fill in spaces on the fast-evolving Indo-Pacific strategic map.

September 11, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during their meeting in Vladivostok, Russia, Thursday, April 25, 2019. A North Korean train presumably carrying North Korean leader Jong Un has departed for Russia for a possible meeting with Russian President Putin, South Korean media said Monday, Sept. 11, 2023. Citing unidentified South Korean government sources, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported that the train likely left the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on Sunday evening and that a Kim-Putin meeting is possible as early as Tuesday. (Yuri Kadobnov/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

U.S. expresses alarm as Putin, Kim confirm plans to talk

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Russia by armored train Tuesday, as the Kremlin confirmed that he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on a potential aids-for-arms deal that could boost Russia's flagging invasion of Ukraine.

September 11, 2023