In a recent interview at the South Korean Mission House in New York City, the country’s chargé d’affaires ambassador, Sangjin Kim, talked about Seoul’s review of Palestine’s bid for statehood and the death spiral in Gaza; the UN Security Council’s handling of the Afghanistan file; and South Korea’s balancing act with the US and China. He also drew a direct link between Russia’s vetoes in the Council and Moscow’s deepening military ties with North Korea in Russia’s war in Ukraine, and he acknowledged the “delicacy” of Korea’s foreign policy choices in an increasingly polarized world. – DAMILOLA BANJO
Damilola Banjo is an award-winning staff reporter for PassBlue who has covered a wide range of topics, from Africa-centered stories to gender equality to UN peacekeeping and US-UN relations. She also oversees all video production for PassBlue. She was a Dag Hammarskjold fellow in 2023 and a Pulitzer Center postgraduate fellow in 2021. She was part of the BBC Africa team that produced the Emmy-nominated documentary, "Sex for Grades." In addition, she worked for WFAE, an NPR affiliate in Charlotte, N.C. Banjo has a master's of science degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and an undergraduate degree from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria.
