SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – For many North Korean defectors in South Korea, arriving here in one piece is one thing, but finding a job to support themselves in the capitalist society is another mission. Lee Hye-young, 39, still remembers the first few months into her job at a company that makes filters for [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul High court on Friday ordered the government to reverse its decision to revoke the license of a North Korean defectors’ group for sending anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets over to the North. The court ruling came after the unification ministry revoked the license of Fighters for a Free North [...]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States has kept North Korea on its list of state sponsors of terrorism, an annual State Department report showed Thursday, noting the reclusive regime repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism. The department released the 2022 Country Reports on Terrorism, which serves as a guide for policy decisions [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called on the air force to enhance its combat posture to immediately respond to military threats by enemies, Pyongyang’s state media reported Friday. Kim made the remark during a visit to the Air Force Command on Thursday on the occasion of the Day [...]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. Department of the Treasury on Wednesday sanctioned a cryptocurrency mixer for serving as a “key money-laundering tool” of a North Korea-linked hacking group, in the latest effort to prevent Pyongyang’s cyber activities meant to fund its weapons programs. The department added Sinbad.io, a virtual currency mixer used [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — In yet another closure of diplomatic missions, North Korea has been shutting down its embassies in Bangladesh and the Democratic Republic of Congo, foreign news reports showed Wednesday. They are the latest in the list of overseas missions Pyongyang has shut down in the past months, including those in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea said Tuesday the country’s military spy satellite has taken photos of the White House, the Pentagon and nuclear aircraft carriers docked at a U.S. naval base. Leader Kim Jong-un viewed the photos as he received an operations report from the Pyongyang General Control Center of the National [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea said Tuesday there were votes against candidates for deputies to local assemblies in the latest local elections, marking the first time that the repressive regime has reported opposing votes in its elections. A total of 27,858 workers, peasants, intellectuals and officials were elected new deputies for local [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court has sentenced a man to 14 months in prison for entering a poem praising the North Korean regime in a competition organized by a North Korean propaganda website. The Seoul Central District Court handed down the jail term to the 68-year-old on charges of violating the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un cast his ballot in local elections held over the weekend to pick new deputies for local assemblies of provinces, cities and counties across the nation, state media reported Monday, with voter turnout recorded at almost 100 percent. Kim visited a polling station set up [...]