SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea may stage various provocations, including a nuclear test, to divert its public’s attention from the country’s ongoing food crisis, South Korea’s defense ministry said Tuesday. The ministry made the assessment in a policy report for a parliamentary audit amid growing tensions after North Korea revised its constitution [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Tuesday denounced Israel over its escalating conflict with the Hamas militant group, saying it is the “consequence of Israel’s ceaseless criminal actions” against the people of Palestine. The criticism marked Pyongyang’s first response to the conflict after Hamas launched rocket attacks on Israel during a major [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new Defense Minister Shin Won-sik vowed Tuesday to push for the suspension of the 2018 inter-Korean military tension reduction agreement, citing its impact on limiting Seoul’s surveillance capabilities against North Korean military activities. Shin made the remarks in his first meeting with reporters after taking office on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A North Korean official on Tuesday called the country’s military spy satellite an “indispensable strategic option” to counter the United States, which is “getting hell-bent on space militarization.” Following two botched attempts to launch the military spy satellite, named the Malligyong-1, mounted on the Chollima-1 rocket in May and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Tuesday lauded leader Kim Jong-un for “exceptionally” strengthening the country’s combat power as Pyongyang marked the 78th founding anniversary of its ruling Workers’ Party. The Rodong Sinmun, the organ of the North’s ruling party, said Kim “exceptionally strengthened the combat power” over the past decade to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Hamas’ surprise rocket attack on Israel has renewed security concerns in South Korea over Seoul’s capabilities to counter a potential attack from North Korea. Hamas unleashed a barrage of some 5,000 rockets on Israel last Saturday, with some of them bypassing Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, despite its known [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea may launch its military spy satellite between Tuesday and Oct. 26 following its previous two failed launches, as it will likely take into account key political and diplomatic events, a South Korean state-run think tank said Friday. The potential launch window, projected by the Korea Institute for [...]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has started sending artillery to Russia as Moscow continues its war in Ukraine, a U.S. broadcaster reported Thursday, after last month’s summit between the two countries reinforced concerns about a potential bilateral arms deal. Citing an unnamed U.S. official, CBS reported on the apparent arms transfer that [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A pro-North Korean newspaper said Thursday that Pyongyang’s status as a nuclear state has become “irreversible” with the recent stipulation of a nuclear force-building policy in its constitution. In a key parliamentary meeting attended by leader Kim Jong-un last week, the North stipulated the policy of strengthening its nuclear [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The intelligence authorities of South Korea and the United States are closely monitoring North Korea for signs the reclusive regime appears to have halted operations of a nuclear reactor in its Yongbyon nuclear complex, Seoul’s defense ministry said Thursday. The Dong-A Ilbo earlier reported the allies’ intelligence authorities have [...]