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 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The unification ministry on Tuesday unveiled newly declassified documents shedding light on inter-Korean talks on sports and humanitarian cooperation from 1981-87, following North Korea’s deadly bombing attack in then Burma in 1983. The dossier includes minutes of inter-Korean talks in the 1980s, ranging from the issue of fielding a [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s industry ministry said Friday it will add 243 more items that can potentially be used for military purposes to the list of products regulated for export to Russia and Belarus. The decision raised the number of such items to 1,402, as South Korea has been tightening its [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea sent more than 180 trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea overnight, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday, in what marked its third consecutive balloon launch this week. Some 70 balloons, largely carrying small pieces of paper, mostly landed in Seoul and the northern part of Gyeonggi Province [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has held a mass anti-U.S. rally in Pyongyang to mark this week’s anniversary of the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War, state media reported Wednesday. More than 100,000 people attended the rally held at the May Day Stadium on Tuesday and the stadium was “full of the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has launched more than 250 trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea overnight, Seoul’s military said Wednesday, marking the sixth launch of such balloons since late last month. Some 100 balloons, mostly carrying scrap paper, landed in Seoul and the northern part of Gyeonggi Province that surrounds the capital, [...]