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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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This photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, shows trash from a balloon presumably sent by North Korea, in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. In another sign of tensions between the war-divided rivals, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea also has been flying large numbers of balloons carrying trash toward the South since Tuesday night, in an apparent retaliation against South Korean activists for flying anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets across the border. (South Korea Presidential Office via AP)

Hot air over the DMZ as North Korea deploys dirty tactics

North Korea, long a master of trash-talking, is following through with a trash attack -- literally. Some 260 "filth balloons" from North Korea had floated across the Demilitarized Zone into South Korea between late Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon, according to reports citing South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

May 29, 2024
A fighter jet flies past the remnants of a large balloon after it was shot down above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina near Myrtle Beach on Feb. 4, 2023. (Chad Fish via AP, File)

The modern face of war: ‘Everything, everywhere, all at once’

Americans are at war but don't realize it. That was a key takeaway at least from a major security conference held in South Korea recently, with students of modern warfare noting that today's current-generation, cross-domain conflict is -- to borrow a phrase from Hollywood -- "everything, everywhere, all at once."

May 16, 2024
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London, Monday, April 22, 2024. Sunak pledged Monday that the country's first deportation flights to Rwanda could leave in 10-12 weeks as he promised to end the Parliamentary deadlock over a key policy promise before an election expected later this year. Both the U.N. refugee agency and the Council of Europe on Tuesday called for the U.K. to rethink its plans because of concerns that the legislation undermines human rights protections and fears that it will damage international cooperation on tackling the global migrant crisis. (Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Britain’s Sunak takes flak as he insists Rwanda migration plan is working

In 2022, Britain's ruling Conservative Party announced a controversial solution to handle the migrant flow: Deport them to Rwanda. With the plan finally clearing its last political hurdle last week, fearful migrants in the U.K. are now making another illegal journey, escaping to Ireland and giving the Sunak government another problem to deal with.

April 29, 2024
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, meets Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People’s Congress of China, in Pyongyang, North Korea Saturday, April 13, 2024. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korea welcomes China’s No. 3 official to Pyongyang for talks

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has welcomed China's No. 3 official -- Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress -- to Pyongyang days after President Biden hosted the leaders of the Philippines and Japan in Washington.

April 14, 2024