SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The risk of accidental clashes between the two Korea has risen as buffer zones created under a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement became invalid following North Korea’s conducting of live-fire drills near the western maritime border. Tension has escalated after North Korea fired around 350 rounds of artillery shells in [...]
PAJU, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – In the tranquil village of Daeseong-dong, the only civilian settlement within South Korea’s Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), a heartwarming scene unfolded on the morning of January 5, starkly contrasting with the simmering tensions nearby. As North Korea conducted coastal artillery fire close to the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The unification ministry said Thursday it has decided to dissolve the foundation in charge of assisting the operation of a now-shuttered joint industrial complex in North Korea’s border city of Kaesong amid frosty inter-Korean ties. The move came nearly eight years after South Korea shut down the industrial complex [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The Army conducted live-fire artillery and mechanized unit maneuver drills Tuesday to reinforce readiness against possible North Korean provocations in the new year, its officials said. The exercise took place in areas near the front line, involving the Capital Mechanized Infantry Division and the 2nd Quick Response Division, among [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a New Year’s Day performance by young students and emphasized the importance of education, state media said Tuesday. Kim made the remarks as he attended the performance at the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren’s Palace in Pyongyang the previous day, according to the Korean Central News [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, drew significant attention on the last day of 2023 by posting a satellite image of North and South Korea on X (formerly Twitter), demonstrating the striking contrast between the two Koreas at night. The shared photo vividly contrasts the brightly lit South Korea with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has invited people who contributed to attaining this year’s key economic goals to Pyongyang for New Year’s celebrations, state media reported Friday. North Korea is preparing to hold celebration events in the capital to mark the start of the new year, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea will continue to escalate its nuclear threats against the United States and South Korea next year while seeking to improve its capabilities to strike back with a nuclear weapon if it comes under a nuclear attack, experts said Wednesday. Jun Bong-geun, a professor emeritus at the state-run [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – On December 26, a video released by the Israeli Embassy in South Korea on its official social media account stirred significant controversy. The video, which depicted a simulated Hamas attack on South Korea, was set in Seoul, and was taken down within a day due to the escalating controversy. Numerous [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The unification ministry said Tuesday it will push to conduct DNA tests on descendants of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War in a bid to use their gene information for potential family reunions with their relatives in North Korea. The move comes as more aging separated family members [...]