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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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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Monday, Nov. 6, 2023. Albanese is on a three-day visit to China (Ding Haitao/Xinhua via AP)

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
Members of a Chinese honor guard ride an escalator at the 10th Beijing Xiangshan Forum held in Beijing, Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. The Beijing event, attended by military representatives from dozens of countries, is an occasion for China to project regional leadership and boost military cooperation. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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
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