WASHINGTON, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The world’s first baseball team of young North Korean defectors will arrive in the United States this week, a non-profit organization said Tuesday, in a program that would enable them to experience first-hand the land of freedom and opportunities. “The Challengers” will visit New York and Washington between Thursday [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A prominent North Korean defector is likely to be named as the new head of the presidential advisory council on unification, people familiar with the issue said Wednesday. Tae Yong-ho, a former North Korean deputy ambassador to Britain, has completed a candidate review process for the secretary general for [...]
WASHINGTON, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A renowned Korean American expert on North Korea has been charged with having acted as an agent for the South Korean government in return for expensive dinners and handbags, a U.S. newspaper reported Tuesday, citing federal prosecutors in New York. Sue Mi Terry, a senior fellow for Korea studies [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea condemned the joint nuclear deterrence guidelines signed by Seoul and Washington as a “reckless provocative act,” threatening that the allies will pay “an unimaginably harsh price” if they commit further provocations. The message was published by the official Korean Central News Agency in a press statement from [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – National Security Adviser Chang Ho-jin said Saturday the South Korea-U.S. alliance will remain sturdy regardless of whether former American President Donald Trump regains the presidency. “Regarding the South Korea-U.S. alliance, (we) have a solid support base across both the ruling and opposition sides in the United States,” Chang said [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Nearly 60 percent of North Korean defectors believe there is a need to change the legal term describing them, citing persistent negative perceptions associated with it, according to a survey released on Friday. The survey was conducted by the Korea Institute for National Unification, a state-run think tank, ahead [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government is set to host a forum on North Korea’s human rights Thursday to raise awareness of the situation and discuss ways to improve it with the international community. The “Seoul Forum on North Korean Human Rights 2024″ will open at Seoul City Hall at 2 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — An institute affiliated with the unification ministry published new unification education guidebooks Monday that highlight the Yoon Suk Yeol government’s liberal democracy-based unification vision and North Korea’s increased threats against South Korea. The National Institute for Unification Education released two books used as the basic guidelines for unification education. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Friday stressed the need for swift and accurate weather forecasts, as heavy rain likely to fall during the summer monsoon season could seriously affect the country’s agriculture. The Rodong Sinmun, the North’s main newspaper, reported that having accurate weather forecasts is a matter of survival for [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea’s recent shift from sending propaganda leaflets to launching balloons filled with excrement into South Korea may be seen as an admission of the regime’s vulnerability, but experts warn that this tactic could pose a serious threat if it evolves into a form of terrorism. These observations come from [...]