SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A clear majority of South Koreans continue to view unification with North Korea as a national goal, even as doubts persist about the prospects for renewed diplomacy with Pyongyang, according to a government-commissioned survey released Sunday. Nearly 69 percent of respondents said unification remains either “very necessary” or “quite necessary,” [...]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A leading Washington think tank has warned that South Korea’s reluctance to challenge China militarily or economically could complicate U.S. strategy in Asia, even as it praised Seoul’s technological prowess as vital to the allies’ shared interests in an era of intensifying competition with Beijing. In a report released Wednesday [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Fewer than half of South Koreans believe unification with the North is necessary, though support has edged higher compared with a year ago, a new survey shows. The 2025 Unification Awareness Survey, conducted by Seoul National University’s Institute for Peace and Unification Studies and Gallup Korea, found that 41.1 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — When North Korean leader Kim Jong-un told his parliament last weekend that he still holds a “good memory” of U.S. President Donald Trump, it was more than a nostalgic aside. It was the first public hint in years that Pyongyang could contemplate returning to the table with Washington—provided, Kim [...]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — When President Donald J. Trump sat down with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung at the White House on Monday, it did not take long for old ambitions to resurface. Amid the pleasantries of their first summit since Mr. Lee took office in June, Mr. Trump signaled a desire to revive a [...]
PAJU, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A 95-year-old former long-term prisoner of war, An Hak-seop, attempted on Wednesday to cross into North Korea through Panmunjom but was stopped by South Korean military authorities at the Tongil Bridge checkpoint. An, who has long identified as a “non-converted” prisoner for refusing to renounce allegiance to the North, traveled [...]
SEOUL, August 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Unification Minister Chung Dong-young met with the acting U.S. ambassador in Seoul and emphasized the importance of President Donald Trump’s role in building solid peace on the Korean Peninsula. Chung made the remarks during a meeting with acting U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Joseph Yun, as both the Lee [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has begun allowing its nationals to contact North Koreans without restrictions, provided such contacts are declared in advance, Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said Thursday. Chung said he signed off on the disposal of ministry guidelines governing declarations of contacts with North Koreans the previous day, speaking to [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Recent statements by the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un suggest that the regime believes it holds a strategic advantage in its stalled nuclear diplomacy with the United States and inter-Korean engagement, South Korea’s spy agency reportedly told lawmakers Wednesday. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) shared its [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Tuesday personal ties between the leaders of the North and the United States are “not bad,” while ruling out talks on Pyongyang’s denuclearization. Kim Yo-jong, vice department director of the ruling party’s Central Committee, made the remarks as U.S. [...]