SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – In a remarkable display of soft power, Russia and North Korea have deepened their military and diplomatic relationship through the exchange of exotic animals, signaling a new facet of their growing alliance. On November 20, Russia gifted North Korea a collection of animals, including a lion, two brown bears, two [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A senior North Korean general was wounded in a Ukrainian strike in Russia’s western Kursk region, the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing Western officials. The newspaper on Thursday (U.S. time) said it is the first time Western officials have said a high-ranking North Korean military officer has become [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A North Korean weaponry exhibition featured the country’s latest arms, ranging from suicide bombing drones to solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missiles, North Korean reports and photos showed Friday. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that the “National Defense Development-2024″ exhibition opened in Pyongyang the previous day, showcasing [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea again sent balloons carrying trash toward South Korea on Monday, the military here said, resuming its balloon campaign after about a three-week hiatus. North Korea floated some 40 balloons in the early hours, with approximately half of them falling in the Seoul metropolitan area and surrounding Gyeonggi [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The unification ministry said Monday it is reviewing measures to reclaim loans granted to North Korea for building inter-Korean roads and train tracks after the North blew them up in October. The unification ministry unveiled the tentative measures as part of its policy plan for the second half of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen the performance test of suicide attack drones, and stressed the need for prompt full-scale mass production, the North’s state media reported Friday. Kim provided on-site guidance for the tests of various types of suicide attack drones, produced by an affiliated institute of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of North Korean defectors delivered propaganda leaflets to Ukraine on Monday, encouraging North Korean soldiers deployed in Russia to defect, as thousands of North Korean troops have been sent to support Russia’s war against Ukraine. The “Defectors’ Propaganda Corps,” comprising North Korean soldiers-turned-defectors and defectors whose sons [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Ukraine’s defense intelligence agency has released an audio clip of what it claims to be intercepted radio communications between North Korean soldiers in Russia speaking in coded military terms. The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) uploaded a post on Sunday (local time) of what it claimed to be intercepted [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea staged GPS jamming attacks for the second consecutive day Saturday, affecting several ships and dozens of civilian aircraft, South Korea’s military said. The jamming attacks were conducted in the North’s Haeju and Kaesong areas, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, warning vessels and civilian aircraft [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – The front-line deployment of North Korean troops in support of Russia’s war effort in Ukraine would pose significant risks that extend beyond the battlefield to impact the security environment on the Korean Peninsula, also marking a significant development since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, analysts said. Concerns [...]