SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korean security agents dispatched overseas to watch over their compatriot laborers are secretly using South Korean-made smartphones, a Seoul-based news outlet that specializes in the communist country reported Monday. Citing a source in China familiar with North Korean affairs, the Daily NK reported the North Korean security officials [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Emails of dozens of South Korean defense and diplomatic officials and journalists have been hacked by North Korea this year, and the prosecution is looking into whether any state secrets have been leaked, the prosecution said Monday. Emails of some 90 officials from the defense, diplomatic and unifications ministries, [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Group subsidiary Hyundai Asan, which once served as a model of North and South Korean economic cooperation, is making a move into the carbonated water business. Hyundai Asan was established in 1999 specifically for economic projects with North Korea, starting with the Mount Kumgang Tourist Region. But with the [...]
Rio de Janeiro, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea may be the most isolated country in the world, but its athletes have been actively participating in various international sporting events. And to no disappointment, 31 North Korean athletes (11 men, 20 women) will take part in nine events – athletics, swimming, table tennis, wrestling, archery, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Marine Corps said Thursday it conducted a live-fire drill near the tense maritime border with North Korea to cope with possible military provocations. The exercise was carried out by the Northwest Island Defense Command (NWIDC) and involved the K-9 self-propelled artillery, Spike missiles and rocket-mounted Cobra helicopters [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean War broke out with the North Korean military invading its southern neighbor on June 25, 1950. The war ended after three years on July 27, 1953, with both parties signing an armistice agreement. The two Koreas celebrated their armistice day on Wednesday. Several events were held across [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been over 60 years since the Korean peninsula was divided in half following the cessations of hostilities between North and South Korea in 1953. The two sides signed an armistice that created the Korean Demilitarized Zone, but have yet to agree on a peace treaty. In the [...]
SEJONG, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea’s economy could face stronger shocks if international sanctions on the communist country persist, a report said Thursday. North Korea is under the toughest U.N. sanctions ever over its fourth nuclear test and its long-range rocket launch earlier this year. The sanctions call for, among other things, the [...]
INCHEON, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Police said Thursday they are investigating scores of Kim Jong-il badges found at a hotel near Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway. Grand Hyatt Incheon, located right next to the airport, reported to police at around 6:25 a.m. that the coin-sized lapel pins were found in front of [...]
SUWON, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A North Korean defector who has been living in South Korea for seven years was sentenced to one year in prison with two years of probation for trying to re-enter North Korea. Park Pan-gyu, a judge at the Suwon District Court, ruled that a 24-year-old female defector only referred to [...]