SEOUL, Apr. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea appears to have deviated from its signature stiff recitation of its daily weather broadcast and decided to add some “human touch” to it, as the state television network has revealed some noticeable changes in the style of delivering news. The North’s Korean Central Television (KCTV) has begun [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The United Nations Command (UNC) said Tuesday it approved the opening of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas for a hiking trail in the east coast border town of Goseong. The Goseong course is one of three “DMZ Peace Trail” sites proposed by the South Korean government [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean smartphones are reportedly showing technological progress as they now offer facial recognition as well as wireless charging features. Sogwang, a North Korean state media outlet, introduced North Korea’s newly developed smartphone, the Pyongyang 2425, on its official website. “The Pyongyang 2425 comes with enhanced features, praised by [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Alipay, China’s leading mobile payment platform, said Saturday that it does not provide any commercial service for a major hotel in Pyongyang and has “strict measures” in place to block such transactions there. The denial came a day after Beijing-based Koryo Tours, which specializes in tours to North Korea, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Monday they began a preliminary probe into North Korean-style posters that appeared on walls at several universities nationwide lampooning the current Moon Jae-in government over its key policies. The National Police Agency said it is gathering facts on a number of 112 calls made since Saturday with [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea launched an independent excavation of Korean War remains in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Monday, with Pyongyang unresponsive to its call to work together as agreed, Seoul’s defense ministry said. Under last year’s bilateral military accord aimed at reducing tensions and building trust, Seoul and Pyongyang had [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Half of South Koreans believe that the United States and North Korea will not reach an agreement on the issues of denuclearization and the lifting of economic sanctions, a poll released Sunday showed. According to the Korea Society Opinion Institute (KSOI) poll of 1,008 adults nationwide, 50 percent said [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Koreans consider positively the possibility of improvement in North Korea’s human rights situation, a recent survey showed Thursday. The survey conducted on 1,000 adults late last year showed that 65 percent of the respondents were positive about a possible improvement, according to the Database Center [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 60 percent of South Koreans are supportive of the resumption of two suspended cross-border projects, saying they could contribute to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, a survey of a presidential consultative body showed Tuesday. According to the survey conducted by the National Unification Advisory Council on [...]
SUWON, Mar. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A municipal government in South Korea said Thursday it is pushing to co-host a border-crossing marathon event with North Korea. The Gyeonggi Province government said it aims to stage the “DMZ Peace Marathon” event to celebrate the first anniversary of the summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean [...]