YEONCHEON, South Korea, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea released water from a border dam without giving prior notice to South Korea on Monday, causing the water levels of a cross-border river downstream to rise dangerously, officials said. The North opened the floodgates of Hwanggang Dam on the western inter-Korean border, sending water into [...]
BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A Chinese sign that read “Hanguocheng,” meaning South Korean food court, on the building of a restaurant mall in Wangjing, the once prosperous Koreatown in northeastern Beijing, has been replaced by “Meishijie,” or Gourmet food street. The change reflects an ever-rising anti-South Korean sentiment in China amid the current [...]
BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – China said Monday it will enforce the latest United Nations sanctions on North Korea this week, banning the imports of resources and seafood from the country. The United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2371 on Aug. 5 in response the North’s two intercontinental ballistic missile tests in July. The new [...]
SEONGJU, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Local residents and activists campaigning against the deployment of an advanced U.S. missile defense system said Sunday they will not accept the outcome of a government survey that ruled out the possibility of its serious environmental damage. On Saturday, the government announced the result of a survey of electromagnetic [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of National Defense has said it is ‘regretful’ that the environmental safety and noise test of the THAAD anti-missile system in Seongju in North Gyeongsang Province took place without the participation of local residents. “The Ministry of National Defense asked local residents to participate in the safety [...]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 60 percent of Americans are in favor of sending troops to defend South Korea in the event of an attack by North Korea, a survey showed Monday, indicating a strengthened commitment toward the Asian ally. The survey, conducted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs with support [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has allowed electronics companies to join a weapons procurement project with a foreign contractor for the first time, enabling them to sell products in return for a contract, an industry source said Monday. Under an “offset” procurement program, a foreign contractor is obliged to undertake [...]
NORTH KOREA, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on July 28 that Azalea 3, the smartphone launched by North Korea in the first half of this year, is known to have an outer appearance similar to that of the iPhone 6, but is devoid of internet service. The radio station also stated [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Chung Wang-ok, 78, never thought that he would not be able to see his eldest brother again when his sibling was forcibly enlisted and taken by North Korea’s army during the 1950-53 Korean War. It was not a temporary farewell, but a decades-long painful wait with no promise of [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A North Korean jet airliner for international flights has been grounded for eight months due apparently to the decline of passengers amid international sanctions on North Korea’s continued nuclear and missile tests, a U.S. broadcaster reported Tuesday. One of Air Koryo’s An-148 airplanes, whose flight number is P-672, has [...]