PAJU, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) –Chuseok is a traditional Korean holiday celebrated in the fall during the harvest season. People celebrate it to express gratitude to their ancestors for helping with the year’s farming and to wish for a successful harvest in the upcoming year. In simpler terms, Chuseok is a time when Koreans remember [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S. Department of Defense labeled North Korea as a “persistent” threat in an updated key security document released Thursday, warning that its military capability advancements would give the recalcitrant regime options to use nuclear arms “at any stage of conflict.” The Pentagon published the first Strategy for Countering [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s release of a U.S. soldier after months of detention for a border crossing is raising questions over whether it would lead to direct reengagement between Washington and Pyongyang or at least a warming of their strained ties. U.S. officials confirmed Wednesday that Pvt. Travis King was transferred [...]
WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — An American soldier who crossed the inter-Korean border into North Korea in July is in U.S. custody after his release by the reclusive regime, senior U.S. administration officials said Wednesday, capping an intense diplomatic operation facilitated by Sweden and China. Speaking in a press briefing, the officials said Pvt. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has stipulated the policy of strengthening its nuclear force in the constitution at a key parliamentary meeting, as leader Kim Jong-un said trilateral security cooperation between South Korea, the United States, and Japan poses “the worst actual threat.” The decision was made at the ninth session of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Constitutional Court on Tuesday struck down the law banning the sending of propaganda leaflets into North Korea, 2 1/2 years after the law went into force. The revised Development of Inter-Korean Relations Act went into effect in March 2021 to prohibit the launching of anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea is scheduled to convene a key parliamentary meeting Tuesday amid keen attention over whether its leader Kim Jong-un will attend it to deliver any message related to his latest summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. North Korea earlier announced its plan to hold the ninth session of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol issued a stern warning against North Korea on Tuesday, saying the regime will be brought to an end by the South Korea-U.S. alliance if it uses nuclear weapons. Yoon made the remark during a speech marking the 75th Armed Forces Day, which is celebrated on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Monday lambasted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol for making “hysterical” remarks after he warned against possible military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow last week. Yoon said in a U.N. General Assembly speech that any arms deal between Pyongyang and Moscow would be considered a “direct [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held a politburo meeting with top officials to discuss the outcome of his latest summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and called for thorough follow-up measures, state media reported Friday. During the political bureau meeting of the central committee of the Workers’ Party [...]