Korea Times Editorial Reporter
I am an editorial writer at The Korea Times, focusing on foreign policy, North Korea and domestic politics. My key areas of interest include North Korea, foreign interference in elections, election integrity, cyberattacks and human rights. Prior to joining the Editorial Board, I served as both Politics Desk editor and Culture Desk editor. During my career, I have reported on the Presidential Office under the Lee Myung-bak administration, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Assembly.
What do the cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014, Bangladesh’s central bank heist in 2016 and the WannaCry ransomware strike targeting over 230,000 computers in 2017 all over the world have in common?
Park Jung-oh, 54, and seven other activists threw plastic bottles stuffed with rice, USB drives, SD cards and cold medicines, one after another, into the West Sea near Ganghwa County in Incheon, late on Thursday night.
The two Koreas are pitted against each other as their first reconnaissance satellites traverse the space around Earth in low orbit, attempting to detect each other's military installations and weapons developments since they were launched.
Pyongyang has belatedly reacted furiously to South Korean Constitutional Court’s decision in September to strike down the ban on sending propaganda leaflets over the border into North Korea.
A blame game is in full swing after Korea lost to Saudi Arabia in a bid to host the World Expo 2030 in a vote held in Paris, France on Nov. 28.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un referred to his daughter as "Morning Star General," just days after the North's reconnaissance satellite, Malligyong-1, successfully entered orbit on Nov. 21.
North Korea’s spy satellite, Malligyong-1, which entered Earth's orbit on Nov. 21, is being increasingly perceived as less threatening than initially feared after a technological setback was revealed in its images. The photographs taken by the spy satellite are believed to have a resolution far below what is required for military purposes.
A North Korean defector, who asked to be identified only by her surname Kim, has panicked as the worst-case scenario about her daughter, appears to have become a reality.
In April, a U.S. court sentenced a former Harvard University professor to serve time in prison and ordered a total fine of $83,600 for lying to federal authorities about his affiliation with China and the Wuhan University of Technology.