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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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'DEAR LEADER': An image of North Korea's designated leader-to-be, Kim Jong-un (center), is shown on a screen during a performance celebrating the 69th birthday of Mr. Kim's father and current leader, Kim Jong-il. Outside information is increasingly penetrating into the secretive state. (Kyodo News via Associated Press)

Technology piercing North Korea’s news veil

North Korea's vicelike grip on the flow of information into and out of its secretive society is weakening, thanks to technology, the porous border with China and the North's crumbling economy, defectors and activists say.

February 16, 2011

Gates insists on bilateral Korean talks

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Friday called for Pyongyang to engage with Seoul as a precondition to the resumption of six-party nuclear negotiations, but a South Korean official said that no foundation is yet in place for bilateral talks.

January 14, 2011

Seoul’s message to North Korea on nukes is mixed

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Wednesday hinted at a return to six-party denuclearization talks, but later his point man on North Korea stressed that his key tasks next year include inducing change inside the secretive North and preparing for unification.

December 29, 2010

North Korea fires 7 missiles off east coast

North Korea celebrated U.S. Independence Day with a test firing of seven missiles test into the waters off the peninsula’s east coast from morning until evening on Saturday.

July 4, 2009

EXCLUSIVE: S. Korea mobilizes maritime squads

On their island base in a tense Yellow Sea, black-clad commando squads armed with automatic weapons surge up ladders onto the deck of a training ship, fast-rope down building exteriors and detonate explosives.

July 3, 2009

Convicted U.S. journalists likely pawns

North Korea's sentencing of two American journalists to 12 years of "reform" through hard labor draws attention to one of the world's most unforgiving penal systems, even though analysts say it is unlikely the two will serve time in a gulag.

June 9, 2009

Kim succession reports viewed skeptically

North Korea appears to be accelerating a process of succession to ailing leader Kim Jong-il, although South Korean media reports that Mr. Kim's third son has officially been named appear premature.

June 3, 2009

N.K.’s succession pick reports premature

North Korea appears to be accelerating a process of succession to ailing leader Kim Jong-il, although South Korean media reports that Mr. Kim's third son has officially been named appear premature.

June 2, 2009

Defectors avoid criticizing N. Korea

North Korea's nuclear test has plunged East Asia into crisis, but recent defectors reveal both the failings and strengths of a regime whose hold on its former subjects is so strong that some still cannot bring themselves to criticize Kim Jong-il.

May 29, 2009

World condemns North Korea over nuke test

UPDATED: The U.S. and other nations Monday strongly condemned North Korea's nuclear test but gave little indication of what they might do to restrain an isolated nation that appears determined to modernize its arsenal.

May 25, 2009

Roh suicide halts corruption probe

"People who are really corrupt can live with it, but Roh [Moo-hyun] was a crusader who could not deal with the fact that he had done something wrong himself," said Michael Breen, author of "The Koreans."

May 24, 2009

Pyongyang shreds industry pact with Seoul

Pyongyang on Friday unilaterally nullified all agreements that it has signed with Seoul over the jointly run Kaesong Industrial Zone in North Korea, a move that was immediately rejected by the South.

May 16, 2009

Pyongyang nullifies agreements on factory zone

Pyongyang on Friday unilaterally nullified all agreements it has signed with Seoul over the jointly run Kaesong Industrial Zone in North Korea, a move that was immediately rejected by the South.

May 15, 2009