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A South Korean soldier stands at an OP just south of the DMZ, with North Korea in the distance. Photo: Andrew Salmon
Posted inNorth-South Korea

Hardcore infiltrator breaches Korean DMZ defenses

by Andrew Salmon February 23, 2021February 26, 2021

“The bomber will always get through,” said British parliamentarian Stanley Baldwin in 1932, in a stark warning about the fallibility of defenses. Substitute “infiltrator” for “bomber” and this may be the argument South Korea needs to hear after the country’s Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ, defenses were breached yet again last week when a North Korean […]

Posted inUnited Kingdom

North Korean fugitive finds voice in UK election

by AT Contributor February 7, 2021February 7, 2021
Posted inNorth Korea

N Korea locks down city as virus defector returns

by AT Contributor July 26, 2020July 26, 2020
Posted inChina

‘Defector’ Wang Liqiang and the Great Game

by Dave Makichuk December 8, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inChina, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

How a North Korean defector escaped sex slavery

by Andrew Salmon November 27, 2019February 18, 2020
US President Donald Trump applauds during his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on January 30, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Win McNamee/Pool
Posted inAT Finance, China, European Union, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

Fears of US ‘bloody nose’ attack on North Korea on the rise

by Andrew Salmon January 31, 2018February 18, 2020
North Korean soldiers hold rifles and gather in the North Korean side of the Joint Security Area at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea. United Nations Command/Handout via Reuters
Posted inNorth Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea

No direct communication between two Koreas to defuse DMZ provocations

by Asia Times staff November 23, 2017February 18, 2020
North Korean soldiers hold rifles and gather in the North Korean side of the Joint Security Area at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea, in this still image taken from a video released by the United Nations Command (UNC) on November 22, 2017. United Nations Command/Handout via REUTERS
Posted inChina, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

North Korea defector recovering, video shows getaway under fire

by Josh Smith and Haejin Choi November 22, 2017February 18, 2020
Posted inBeijing, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Injured defector’s parasites, diet show harsh life in North Korea

by Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith November 17, 2017February 18, 2020
South Korean soldiers near the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas. Photo: AFP/Jung Yeon-je
Posted inNorth Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

South and North Korean soldiers avoid exchanging fire in tense defector incident at DMZ

by Asia Times staff November 14, 2017February 18, 2020

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