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Andrew Salmon

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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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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

Japan, U.S. rap launch of rocket

UPDATED: North Korea carried out its threatened launch of a long-range rocket over Japan on Sunday, defying international warnings and sparking an angry response from its Asian neighbors and the United States.

April 5, 2009

N. Korea escalates hostility

A last-minute 1-0 victory by South Korea's soccer team against opponent North Korea offered the South a rare taste of one-upmanship at a time of growing hostility from its rival.

April 3, 2009

Power struggle suspected in N. Korea

North Korea's announcement Friday that it is scrapping all political and security arrangements with the South could be a cover for an ongoing policy struggle inside the secretive state's leadership, a Korea specialist here said.

January 31, 2009

Hints of N. Korean power struggle

SEOUL | North Korea's announcement Friday that it is scrapping all political and security arrangements with the South could be a cover for an ongoing policy struggle inside the secretive state's leadership, a Korea specialist here says.

January 30, 2009

Obama advised on North Korea

Former South Korean President and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kim Dae-jung urged the Obama administration to offer North Korea a wholesale package deal to give up its nuclear stockpile and establish relations with the outside world.

January 16, 2009

Korean ties fray on eve of resumed talks

North and South Korea have all but frozen a decadelong effort to forge economic and personal ties - the latest in a series of obstacles to U.S.-led efforts to end North Korea's nuclear ambitions before President Bush leaves office.

December 8, 2008

North Korea threatens to halt cooperation with South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea | North Korea Wednesday threatened to close border crossings with South Korea Dec. 1, a move that would halt industrial and tourism projects that have been the main tangible fruit of ten years of engagement.

November 12, 2008

Emerging countries struggle in crisis

The financial crisis that began in the United States is hitting emerging markets hard and raising fears of increased protectionism in wealthy countries.

November 11, 2008