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Andrew Salmon

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.

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Currency traders work near a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), top left, and the foreign exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and South Korean won, top center, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Japanese, South Korean markets rocked by Trump’s tariffs

The markets and currencies of U.S. allies Japan and South Korea plunged Monday as their capital markets opened for the first time since President Trump announced plans to hammer Mexico and Canada with tariffs this week. Markets in Europe and the U.S. were primed for big losses as well.

February 3, 2025
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a joint press conference with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto after their meeting at Bogor Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

North Korea slams Japan’s new mission to NATO

North Korea, fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine in its first major conflict since the Korean War, on Monday adopted its ally's tone in lambasting warming Japanese ties to NATO.

January 20, 2025
Indonesian then-Defense Minister and President-elect Prabowo Subianto salutes journalists in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)

BRICS beefs with Southeast Asian partners in 2025

BRICS, the informal group of nations that challenges Western primacy in the global economic and financial spaces, is muscling up in 2025, adding nine nations, including three major Southeast Asian economies, as partners.

January 2, 2025