SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The unification ministry on Thursday unveiled an artwork inspired by three forget-me-nots at a garden show in an effort to raise public awareness of South Koreans detained in North Korea. Earlier this year, the government created an image of three blue forget-me-nots as a symbol of South Korean abductees, [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea dismantled a fire station built with the South Korean government’s budget at the Mount Kumgang resort on the North’s east coast last month, the unification ministry said Friday. The ministry in charge of inter-Korean affairs voiced “strong” regret over North Korea’s “unilateral” removal of the South Korean [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a congratulatory message to Russian President Vladimir Putin for formally starting his fifth term as Moscow’s leader, state media said Wednesday, amid deepening military cooperation between the two nations. Putin began his fifth term Tuesday, extending his 24-year rule for another six [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s external economic relations minister has expressed intent for his country’s cooperation with Iranian automaker Saipa during a recent rare trip to Tehran. Yun Jong-ho made the remark as he visited a booth run by Iran’s second-largest automaker at a trade show in Tehran during his 10-day stay [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has approved the entry of more than 80 Chinese students seeking to study in the North in the first such acceptance of overseas students after years of stringent border lockdowns aimed at fending off the pandemic. Late Thursday, the Chinese Embassy in North Korea released a photo [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea appears to have violated trademark rights as it displayed clothing with a famous animated character from Disney-Pixar’s 2010 movie “Toy Story 3″ at the latest fashion exhibition, photos carried by state media showed Friday. Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear, the main antagonist of the film, also known as Lotso Bear, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea placed its second military spy satellite in space Monday to beef up its space-based surveillance of North Korea and deter its nuclear and missile threats amid Pyongyang’s own push to launch more satellites. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched the reconnaissance satellite from the John F. Kennedy Space [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has been ramping up preparations for an art festival celebrating the 112th birthday of late founder Kim Il-sung this month, with art troupes from Russia, China and Mongolia expected to participate in the event, state media reported Friday. North Korea is preparing to hold the 33rd April [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has been accelerating a project to construct regional factories, with mobilized troops completing excavation work so that modernized factories can be built, state media reported Friday. Ordered by its leader Kim Jong-un, North Korea kicked off a project last month to build modernized factories in 20 counties [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea said Wednesday it will hold an international arts festival next month on the occasion of the 112th birth anniversary of the country’s late founder Kim Il-sung. Overseas troupes have sent videos of their prerecorded performances, which will be edited and broadcast on television and online, the Korean [...]