SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Beyond the typical display of the newest strategic weapons and hard-bitten warriors at this week’s military parade, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made a more menacing move: the threat to use nuclear arms in case of encroachment on his country’s “fundamental rights.” During Monday’s parade marking the 90th founding [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea held celebrations for the 110th birth anniversary of its late founder Kim Il-sung on Friday evening with fireworks and a mass dance performance in its capital, footage from state media showed. Throngs of masked North Koreans staged large-scale dance celebrations at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang to [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.N. Command (UNC) said Friday that work has begun to reconstruct a bridge used as a venue for talks between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during their 2018 summit in the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas. In a Facebook post, the UNC disclosed [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea appears to be continuing restoration work at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site, including the construction of a tunnel entrance, a new report said, amid concerns that the secretive state may be pushing for another nuclear experiment. Commercial satellite imagery taken between March 24 and April 6 indicates [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Friday released a new collection of commemorative stamps for the 10th anniversary of leader Kim Jong-un’s rise to power with photos of his meetings with world leaders. The 49 sets of stamps, published by the North’s Korea Stamp Corp., include those featuring Kim’s Singapore summit in [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test this week underscores apparent progress in its push for advanced, more reliable nuclear delivery means targeting the United States, experts said Friday. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that at the behest of leader Kim Jong-un, the country successfully [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol faces a key test of his North Korea policy, as the way he handles the North’s launch this week of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) could set the tone for his relations with Kim Jong-un over the next five years. Yoon campaigned under the slogan of [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch Thursday ended its moratorium on nuclear and ICBM tests — an anticipated move denting President Moon Jae-in’s fragile peace drive and presaging a struggle for his successor, Yoon Suk-yeol. The end to the moratorium, a symbol of budding trust with Washington, is [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven out of 10 South Koreans believe North Korea has no intention to completely denuclearize, a survey showed Tuesday, amid signs of the recalcitrant regime doubling down on its nuclear and missile programs. Rep. Kang Dae-sik of the conservative People Power Party revealed the results of last year’s survey [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea appears to have begun to dismantle some of the South Korean-built facilities at the Mount Kumgang resort, a report has said. Citing satellite images taken from March 5-9 by Planet Labs, the Voice of America said Friday (U.S. time) that the roof of the Haegumgang Hotel had [...]