SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed the Ukrainian military’s first combat engagement with North Korean troops, saying it opened a new chapter of instability in the world. Zelenskyy, in a video address posted on the Ukrainian president’s official website Tuesday (local time), said, “The first battles with North Korean [...]
MOSCOW, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said Tuesday that North Korea’s missile tests were “legitimate” defensive measures in response to what he described as the United States’ “provocations,” Russia’s state-run news agency reported. Rudenko reiterated the stance of Russia’s Permanent Representative to the U.N., Vasily Nebenzya, who has defended [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected flood-hit areas and called for expediting rehabilitation to ensure its completion before a plenary meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) in December, state media reported Tuesday. The visit on Monday to North Phyongan Province, reported by the Korean Central [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea appears to have changed the name of a think tank designed to analyze affairs with South Korea, Seoul’s unification ministry said Monday, as its leader Kim Jong-un has bolstered animosity toward the South. North Korea disclosed the entity named the DPRK Institute of Enemy State Studies for [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea, the United States and Japan held combined air drills, involving at least one B-1B bomber, south of the Korean Peninsula on Sunday, the South’s military said, in a show of force after North Korea’s new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch last week. The trilateral drills took place [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Kyiv’s defense intelligence agency has said Russia appears to have deployed more than 7,000 North Korean soldiers, armed with AK-12 rifles, mortar rounds and other assault weapons, to areas near the border with Ukraine. South Korea and the West have warned that North Korean troops in Russia may soon [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea’s foreign minister, currently visiting Russia for talks, said the strategic value of her country’s relations with Russia holds greater importance in the severe international political landscape, the country’s state media reported Saturday. Choe Son-hui made the remarks during her speech at a ceremony unveiling a plaque honoring [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea fired what appeared to be a new type of solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward the East Sea on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, in a move apparently aimed at bolstering Pyongyang’s leverage head of the U.S. presidential election next week. Thursday’s launch also came hours after [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea’s state-sponsored cyberunit, comprising some 8,400 hackers, has mounted over 10,000 attacks against South Korea this year, South Korea’s cyber operation command said Wednesday. The Cyber Operations Command revealed these findings during a parliamentary audit session, according to Rep. Lee Seong-kweun of the ruling People Power Party and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A joint exhibition aimed at promoting information technology exchanges between North Korea and Russia has opened in Pyongyang, the North’s state media said Wednesday, marking their first such event in 18 years. The exhibition, held at the People’s Palace of Culture, opened Tuesday, according to the Korean Central News [...]