SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Cho Kyung-ja (alias), a 33-year-old North Korean defector, is busy operating an espresso machine, preparing four cappuccinos, grinding, temping, frothing and sometimes wiping away beans that scatter here and there. As she lays the four cups down on a table, she shyly smiles as she says, “Excuse me. Here [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite a recent chill in inter-Korean relations, more than seven out of 10 citizens living in Seoul still believe that South and North Korea should be unified, a survey showed Wednesday. According to an online poll of 2,000 citizens conducted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, 74.2 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 3,000 South Koreans who had applied for reunions with their long-lost relatives in North Korea have died this year without having their wishes fulfilled, according to government data. A total of 3,147 South Koreans, registered as members of separated families since 1988, died from January to November this [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea brought in its first advanced high-altitude unmanned aircraft, Global Hawk, on Monday in a move expected to boost the country’s surveillance capabilities against North Korea, officials said. The RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) arrived at an Air Force base in Sacheon on the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Special forces of South Korea and the United States carried out regular combined drills last month at a South Korean air force base under the scenario of raiding an enemy camp and capturing an agent, apparently targeting North Korea. According to photos released by the U.S. military, the U.S.’ [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — If there are cows in South Korea, there are ostriches in North Korea, providing meat in addition to leather, bone and feathers. A North Korean propaganda outlet DPRK Today reported Sunday that an ostrich farm in Pyongyang uses ostrich by-products to produce a number of quality products. In particular, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Wednesday blasted Japan for its crimes against Koreans during the 1910-45 colonial rule period, calling it a “shameless country” that continues to refuse to apologize for its past wrongdoings. “There is such a shameless country as Japan which swims against the trend. Japan still refuses to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — In North Korea, corporal punishment, which was previously allowed under the guise of “the punishment of love,” is gradually decreasing, according to a report. The report, based on testimonies from 150 North Korean defectors by the North Korean human rights group People for Successful Corean Reunification (PSCORE), said that [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven out of 10 South Koreans are supportive of government efforts to resume a long-suspended inter-Korean tour program at Mount Kumgang on North Korea’s east coast, a recent poll showed Wednesday, amid the North’s threat to end the cross-border project. According to the survey, conducted by the National Unification [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The parents of American student Otto Warmbier, who died soon after his release from 17 months of captivity in North Korea, called on South Korea’s government Friday to pressure North Korea on its human rights abuses. Fred and Cindy Warmbier made the appeal during a press conference in Seoul [...]