SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) –The truce village of Panmunjom is the last remaining Cold War frontier inside the heavily-guarded demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, but to Kim Young-gyu, the longest-serving public affairs officer at the United States Forces Korea (USFK), it is a place full of personal memories. The 76-year-old Kim [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Friday condemned the arrival of a U.S. B-52 bomber in South Korea, threatening that U.S. strategic assets deployed on the Korean Peninsula will become the “first targets of destruction.” Pyongyang’s criticism came in response to the landing of the nuclear-capable bomber, a key U.S. strategic asset, at an [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to build a “forward-looking” and “far-reaching” relationship with Russia during his meeting with its foreign minister, state media said Friday, as the two countries move to strengthen military ties amid speculation over their suspected arms deal. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made [...]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Russia could play a role in facilitating North Korea’s possible effort to establish a “nuclear triad” that consists of three key delivery platforms, a U.S. expert said Thursday. The prediction came amid speculation that Pyongyang may seek military technology assistance from Moscow in return for its alleged delivery of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has no choice but to seek “powerful” sanctions against North Korea and Russia if Moscow provides military technology to Pyongyang in return for a suspected supply of North Korean weapons to Russia, Seoul’s point man on Pyongyang has said. The United States said last week that North [...]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States has observed North Korea and other countries trying to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to accelerate writing malicious software as part of their illicit cyber activities, a senior Washington official said Wednesday. Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies on the National [...]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top envoy at the United Nations on Wednesday criticized China’s reported repatriation of North Korean refugees last week as a “grave” human rights incident and called on the international community to raise voices for their protection. Ambassador Hwang Joon-kook made the remarks as human rights advocacy groups [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – A local businessman has been apprehended for assisting the operation of a North Korean restaurant in a Southeast Asian country and communicating closely with a North Korean spy stationed there, the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) said Wednesday. The 52-year-old businessman, who runs an IT program company in South Korea, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea said Tuesday it has sent a delegation of sports officials to attend a forum in the Russian city of Perm in another exchange between the two countries seeking to strengthen military ties. A delegation led by Sports Minister Kim Il-guk departed the previous day to attend the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Tuesday lambasted the recent deployment of strategic assets by the United States to the Korean Peninsula and vowed to counter it with an “overwhelming and decisive response strategy.” The nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrierarrived at the southeastern port city of Busan on Thursday for a five-day [...]