SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Paper dolls of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sold by EBS Media, an affiliate of the Educational Broadcasting System (EBS), are stirring up controversy in South Korea. With the public outcry continuing to grow, the distributor of the products that signed an agreement with EBS Media has decided to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Koreans think it is necessary to ease sanctions on North Korea to accelerate denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, a survey showed Tuesday. According to the survey of 1,000 adults here by the National Unification Advisory Council, a presidential consultative body mainly on long-term inter-Korean ties, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A Chinese-based agency is selling tour programs to spend Christmas Day in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang. According to the website of Young Pioneer Tours, a three-day tour to Pyongyang sells for 475 pounds (US$608) and a four-day program, which also includes tours to the border city of Kaesong and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Koreas connected a 3 kilometer-long tactical road across the Military Demarcation Line inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Thursday to support a joint project to excavate Korean War remains at a notorious battle site. The unpaved road was established at Arrowhead Ridge, or Hill 281, in Cheorwon, 90 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The two Koreas will connect a road across the military demarcation line inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) this week to support a joint project to excavate Korean War remains at a notorious battle site, a government source in Seoul said Tuesday. On Thursday, the two sides will connect the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid the prolonged international sanctions on North Korea, the health of the North’s infants and pregnant women is in a very vulnerable state, a South Korean government think tank said Tuesday. The Seoul-based Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs said in a report that North Korea’s maternal mortality [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The East Asia Institute (EAI), a Seoul-based think tank, on Thursday launched an English-language website on North Korea to provide “comprehensive and balanced” information. The Global North Korea (http://www.globalnk.org) compiles statements, data and reports released by the governments, public agencies and research institutes of South Korea, the United States, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — With media outlets speculating on the possibility of having a helicopter carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-un land near Baengnokdam Lake on Mt. Halla in Jeju, critics are weighing on the actual feasibility of the plan. Baengnokdam is a crater situated at the peak of Mt. Halla (1,960 meters [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — One of the two dogs given to President Moon Jae-in by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as a gift after their third summit in Pyongyang in September has given birth to puppies, Moon said Monday. The North’s leader gifted the pair of Pungsan-breed dogs, one male named Songkang, and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of mobile phones in use in North Korea is estimated at around 6 million, with each device selling for US$100 to $200, South Korean Minister of Unification Cho Myoung-gyon said Monday. Cho made the remark during a session of the National Assembly’s Special Committee on Budget and [...]