SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Separated families from North and South Korea have finally had a chance to meet. Tears of joy and sadness flowed as family members embraced for the first time in decades. The 20th meeting of separated families was held at Mt. Geumgang’s reunion center. The first meeting lasted for two [...]
“Kim Jong-il said that ‘There is nothing to be scared about once we develop a satellite’. He told scientists to develop a satellite no matter what. In April 1991, Kim Jong-il gave medals and television sets to scientists and engineers when he received a report that there was a breakthrough in the development. He said [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea expressed hope Wednesday that the two Koreas would stage reunions as scheduled next month for families separated since the 1950-53 Korean War. Ju Chul-ki, senior presidential secretary for foreign affairs, made the comment a day after North Korea warned that it could cancel the reunions in anger [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Monday that if elected president, he would try to have wealthy countries like South Korea, Germany and Saudi Arabia shoulder more of the cost for the upkeep of American troops stationed in those countries. It was the latest in a series of [...]
“The planned satellite launch is the legitimate exercise of independent rights as a sovereign country which no one can slander or infringe upon.” “The South Korean authorities should clearly know that their act of deliberately slandering and challenging the DPRK(Democratic People’s Republic of Korea)’s exercise of its independent rights is nothing helpful to the efforts [...]
“We have a campaign plan that addresses North Korea and what forces do we need to bring to bear in the advance.” “I cannot elaborate, but I will state that the Coast Guard has a significant force package, ships and coastguardsmen on our part of the campaign plan, which will augment the overall force for [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Inter-Korean trade in the first seven months of this year recovered to levels before Seoul imposed blanket sanctions against the North for the sinking of its naval ship, government data showed Thursday, thanks to increased exchange via a joint industrial complex. According to the Korea Customs Service (KCS) data, the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The female flight attendants of Air Koryo are drawing attention with their gorgeous smiles and savvy style. According to Yonhap News, five female flight attendants from Air Koryo were featured on the cover of the September issue of Chosun, a monthly illustrated magazine published in North Korea that targets foreign [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – SK Group announced that if any of the soldiers who postponed their discharge from the military under tense political situations were to apply for a job at SK, they would hire them preferentially. Officials at the conglomerate say that their chairman, Chey Tae-won, was very touched at the news [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Although the recent military standoff between the two Koreas has eased following lengthy dialogue, South Korea is still under intense military threat from the North. To counter the threats, the South Korean defense industry is developing futuristic wearable robot weapons systems. “Ironman” wearable robots, or exoskeleton robots with enhanced [...]