SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea expressed support Tuesday for Russia’s latest annexation of Ukrainian territory, while accusing the United States of “abusing” the U.N. Security Council (UNSC). Russia on Friday vetoed the UNSC resolution denouncing Moscow’s proclaimed annexation of four regions in Ukraine, including the People’s Republic of Donetsk, following referendums in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Masks have apparently made their return in North Korea in October, with the country’s public health experts advising people to don facial protection to guard against the possible resurgence of COVID-19. The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), monitored in Seoul, on Sunday released photos of elderly people wearing [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Nine out of 10 South Koreans are skeptical about the possibility of North Korea abandoning its nuclear program, a survey showed Thursday, amid a prolonged impasse in inter-Korean relations and denuclearization talks. According to the poll of 1,200 adults by the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies (IPUS) at [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The new U.N. special rapporteur for North Korea’s human rights on Friday expressed concerns over South Korea’s forced repatriation of two North Korean fishermen in 2019. During a press conference in Seoul, Elizabeth Salmon also said the right to send anti-Pyongyang leaflets to the North could be limited if [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean state media outlets mentioned the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for the first time on Sunday, calling him a “a samurai descendant” who committed numerous crimes against Korean people. DPRK Today, a propaganda website, mentioned Abe while slamming South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has lifted a face mask mandate and eased antivirus curbs as the communist state moves toward normalcy after declaring victory in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, state media reported Saturday. Earlier this week, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared victory in his country’s emergency campaign against [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has declared victory in his country’s emergency campaign against COVID-19, state media reported Thursday, three months after the nation reported its first COVID-19 outbreak. Kim made the announcement during a national meeting on anti-epidemic measures he presided over the previous day in Pyongyang, according [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea had no additional suspected COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day, according to its state media Sunday, as the country is redoubling efforts to “completely end” its virus crisis. “No new fever cases were reported” over a 24-hour period until 6 p.m. the previous day, the official [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Interest in beauty is high even in North Korea, where books dealing with a variety of topics including makeup tips and how to get or stay in shape are enjoying popularity. Tokyo-based pro-North Korean newspaper Chosun Sinbo recently reported that a string of new books for women have been [...]
PAJU/SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — About four years ago, the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom was brimming with renewed hopes for peace, as a rare summit between the two Koreas took place there, diluting its image of cross-border tension, albeit temporarily. But such hopes appeared to be fading amid COVID-19 and uncertainties in inter-Korean [...]