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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.

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U.S. President Joe Biden, center, greets South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, on Aug. 18, 2023, at Camp David, the presidential retreat, near Thurmont, Md. South Korea’s President Yoon said the international community “will unite more tightly” to cope with deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, as he pushes to raise the issue with world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly this week.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Japan, Korea, New Zealand leaders attend summit as NATO’s vision expands

With the Ukraine war as a backdrop, key U.S. Asian allies have been invited to crash the party at this week's 75th anniversary NATO summit in Washington, where China's dual-use exports to Russia and the Kremlin's warming ties to North Korea are expected to be among the agenda items up for discussion.

July 9, 2024
Japan Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro shake hands after signing the reciprocal access agreement, at the Malacanang Palace in Manila, Philippines, Monday, July 8, 2024. (Lisa Marie David/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan, Philippines ink security partnership in boost to U.S. regional strategy

Japan and the Philippines signed a bilateral security deal Monday, part of a growing net of relationships between U.S.-allied democracies across and beyond the Indo-Pacific region. The deal is expected to accelerate bilateral defense ties between the two nations, which have both clashed in heated maritime territorial disputes with China in recent years.

July 8, 2024
Coastal Control Division Chief Liao Yun-Hung talks about a fishing boat intercepted by Chinese vessels Tuesday night, during a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. Taiwan is calling for the release of a fishing boat after it was boarded by China''s coast guard and steered to a port in mainland China on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

Chinese seizure of Taiwanese fishing boat seen as part of troubling pattern

Chinese forces seized a Taiwanese fishing boat in the ill-defined waters off the island of Kinmen late Tuesday night and took the vessel to a Chinese port, Taiwanese news outlets reported Wednesday. This is Beijing's latest aggressive move short of outright combat against the island democracy it claims as part of its sovereign territory.

July 3, 2024
People protest against the visit by U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel near a military post of Japan Ground Self-Defense Force on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Friday, May 17, 2024. Emanuel visited two southwestern Japanese islands at the forefront of tension with China's increasingly assertive actions in the regional waters. (Kyodo News via AP)

Assault case, late notification add fuel to dispute over U.S. Okinawa base

Japanese prosecutors have indicted a U.S. serviceman in Okinawa for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a Japanese minor, a crime that looks set to reignite Okinawan grievances against both the heavy American military presence on the strategic island and the central government in Tokyo.

June 26, 2024
In this handout photo provided by Armed Forces of the Philippines, Chinese Coast Guard hold knives and machetes as they approach Philippine troops on a resupply mission in the Second Thomas Shoal at the disputed South China Sea on June 17, 2024. The president of the Philippines said Sunday, June 23, 2024, his country would not yield to “any foreign power” after Chinese forces injured Filipino navy personnel and damaged at least two military boats with machetes, axes and hammers in a clash in the disputed South China Sea, but added the Philippines would never instigate a war.(Armed Forces of the Philippines via AP, File)

Marcos struggles with message as Beijing ramps up the pressure

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Sunday broadcast a mixed message of goodwill and defiance six days after a violent clash with Chinese forces sent tensions soaring even higher near a disputed, flash point reef in the South China Sea.

June 23, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un attend the official welcome ceremony at the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, June 19, 2024. (Vladimir Smirnov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Kim-Putin agreement: Real military alliance or paper partnership?

The flag-waving optics of this week's historic meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have given way to a key question: Is the "comprehensive strategic partnership" signed by the two men the start of a true bilateral military partnership?

June 20, 2024
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un examine a launch pad of Soyuz rockets during their meeting at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. North Korean leader Kim hailed the country's relationship with Russia on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, as reports suggest that Russian President Putin will soon visit the isolated country for his third meeting with Kim.(Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

North Korea, empowered by Russia, digs in for long-term confrontation

North Korea may not be preparing for imminent war, but the regime is girding for a long-term confrontation against the U.S. and its allies at a time when major international developments argue against a new push to try to eliminate Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal.

June 14, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets during the unveiling of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party's election manifesto in New Delhi, India, April 14, 2024. Popular but polarizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has advanced Hindu nationalism in India is returning for a third consecutive term in office after clinching victory in a general election that was seen as a referendum on his decade in power. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) **FILE**

Modi’s high hopes dashed as party loses majority in marathon Indian vote

Indian vote counters had their work cut out for them Tuesday as the world's most populous nation entered the final hours of the world's greatest-ever exercise of democratic politics, but it was already clear the victory party for Prime Minister Narendra Modi will likely be a muted affair.

June 4, 2024