WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Two U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill calling for the expansion of sanctions against North Korea’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, a congressional website showed Wednesday. On Monday, Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Joe Wilson (R-SC) introduced the bill, entitled “To provide for the imposition of sanctions with [...]
NEW YORK/SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol issued a stark warning against military cooperation between North Korea and Russia on Wednesday (U.S. time), saying any arms deal between the two countries would be considered a “direct provocation” against South Korea. Yoon made the remark during a keynote address to the U.N. [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States is trying to stop North Korea’s potential arms support to Russia “wherever we can,” its top diplomat said Wednesday, as last week’s summit between the two isolated regimes deepened concerns about their military cooperation. Speaking in an interview with broadcaster NBC, Secretary of State Antony Blinken [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Foundation (KF) said Thursday it plans to hold an annual security forum with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington next week to discuss the South Korea-United States alliance and North Korea. The South Korea-U.S. Strategic Forum will kick off Monday (U.S. time) for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Russian Embassy in Seoul on Wednesday dismissed reports that Moscow and Pyongyang discussed military cooperation at last week’s bilateral summit. On Tuesday, Seoul’s foreign ministry summoned Russian Ambassador Andrey Kulik over Moscow’s alleged discussions of military cooperation with Pyongyang during the summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A U.S. diplomat expressed concerns Tuesday over North Korean detainees in China who are at the risk of torture if repatriated, calling on Beijing to comply with the international principle of non-refoulement. Jung Pak, deputy special representative for North Korea, made the remarks during a forum on the human [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned North Korea’s continued violation of U.N. Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, but reiterated his commitment to diplomacy to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Biden made the remarks in a speech at the U.N. General Assembly as a recent summit between North [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A special train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in Pyongyang after traveling to Russia for his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the North’s state media reported Wednesday. Kim arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday evening after completing “immortal external revolutionary activities” that will be recorded in [...]
NEW YORK/SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol met with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday (local time) and expressed his wish to continue working with the global body to deter North Korea’s provocations and improve its human rights conditions, his office said. The two met on the sidelines of the U.N. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Leader Kim Jong-un has crossed back into North Korea after a trip to Russia that “opened a new chapter” for the development of the bilateral relations between the two nations, Pyongyang’s state media reported Tuesday. Kim passed through the Tumangang Railway Station on the border between the two countries [...]