SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korean media outlets have been busy lately with extensive coverage of South Korea’s political crisis, railing against the South’s feeble state of affairs and its embroiled President Park Geun-hye. But their propaganda may be having a reverse effect, said Voice of America on Thursday, citing interviews with former [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – It was on a fine afternoon on November 23, 2010, when North Korean artillery batteries and rocket launchers opened fire on Yeonpyeongdo, a group of South Korean islands located some 80 kilometers west of Incheon. The bombardment lasted approximately an hour, from 2:34 to 3:41 p.m., with Korea returning [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and Japan signed a pact on Wednesday to share military intelligence to better counter mounting nuclear and missile threats from North Korea. Defense Minister Han Min-koo and Japanese Ambassador to Seoul Yasumasa Nagamine officially signed the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) at the defense ministry [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government on Tuesday approved a controversial intelligence sharing pact with Japan, citing the need to expand cooperation with the neighboring country in the face of growing nuclear and missile threats from North Korea. The endorsement of the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) comes less [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s defense ministry is set to conclude a deal to acquire a site for an advanced U.S. missile defense system from Lotte Group, a military source said Tuesday. The Ministry of National Defense has tentatively agreed to secure the Lotte Skyhill Country Club in the southeastern rural county [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s defense ministry on Monday defended the signing of an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, stressing the move will enhance the country’s ability to cope with evolving North Korean nuclear and missile threats. South Korea and Japan are moving to tentatively ink the General Security of Military Information Agreement [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea plans to tentatively sign a bilateral pact with Japan on sharing military intelligence on North Korea as early as next week despite strong objection from opposition parties, according to the defense ministry Friday. The two sides last week reopened negotiations in Tokyo after a botched attempt four [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea’s state radio station broadcast a new set of mysterious numbers Friday after a five-day break that could be some kind of coded message to its agents operating in South Korea. Radio Pyongyang started broadcasting messages about an hour after midnight (Seoul time), calling out a series of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – During Thursday’s policy discussion for Seoul-Pyongyang cooperation, Seoul mayor Park Won-soon announced the city’s ambitious plans to establish friendly ties with North Korea, which included establishing a joint animation center in Pyongyang and inviting North Korea to the 2019 National Sports Festival. The city’s “Grand Design” comes from mayor [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday reaffirmed Washington’s security commitment to South Korea during his telephone conversation with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, an official source said. During the talks that lasted some 10 minutes, Trump was quoted as saying that the United States will maintain a “firm, strong” [...]