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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.

Articles by Andrew Salmon

A couple fill in their health declaration via a smartphone as travelers with luggage line up at the Air Macao flight check in counter at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing on Dec. 29, 2022. Gambling haven Macao’s relaxation of border restrictions after China rolled back its "zero-COVID" strategy is widely expected to boost its tourism-driven economy. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Asian neighbors wary of COVID but eager for cash as China reopens

With China's vast population finally freed to travel as Beijing lifts its prohibitive "zero-COVID" quarantine requirements on Sunday, wary nations across East Asia are strategizing on how to handle a sudden influx of pent-up Chinese tourism demand.

January 3, 2023
This satellite image shows North Korea’s Tongchang-ri launch facility, including the launch pad (center left), the rocket engine test stand (bottom) and the assembly building (top in green) on the nation’s northwest coast on March 28, 2012. (Associated Press/DigitalGlobe)

Despite warnings, N. Korea launches rocket

Defying international calls for restraint, North Korea launched a three-stage, satellite-tipped rocket early Friday, though military officials in South Korea and elsewhere said the test was a prompt failure.

April 12, 2012
'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