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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 man shouts to demand South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Yoon backs down after South Korean lawmakers rise up against martial law decree

In a night of extraordinary developments in Seoul, President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in a surprise late-night address to the nation, citing threats from North Korea and from his political opponents at home, only to back down hours later after spontaneous street protests and a unanimous vote against the decree by furious South Korea lawmakers.

December 3, 2024
The United States Steel Mon Valley Works Clairton Plant in Clairton, Pa., is shown on Feb. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Trump vows to kill Nippon Steel bid to buy U.S. Steel

In a development likely to embarrass Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, President-elect Donald Trump has dealt what may be a mortal blow to Nippon Steel's proposed $13 billion buyout of U.S. Steel.

December 3, 2024
Japan's Prime Minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba pause as he speaks to the media regarding the early result of lower house election, at the LDP headquarters Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in Tokyo, (Kyodo News via AP)

New Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to stay on in Tokyo, playing a weaker hand

Gambling in a bid for a stronger mandate, Japan's new prime minister called a general election a year before he needed to, only to see his Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner lose their comfortable majority in the Diet's Lower House in Sunday's vote. The result raises fresh questions about the staying power of a key U.S. ally in Asia.

October 28, 2024