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N.K. Cheering Squad Stages Surprise Performance During Trip to Tourist Attraction

N.K. Cheering Squad Stages Surprise Performance During Trip to Tourist Attraction

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea’s cheerleaders visiting the South for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics staged a surprise performance Tuesday during their trip to a tourist attraction in Gangneung, a sub-host city of the Olympics. Some 80 members of the squad visited Ojukheon, the birth home of Yi I, a 16th [...]

N. Korean Art Troupe to Arrive in Seoul Saturday for Rehearsal: Unification Ministry

N. Korean Art Troupe to Arrive in Seoul Saturday for Rehearsal: Unification Ministry

SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A North Korean art troupe will come to Seoul Saturday to rehearse for its second and final performance in South Korea, the unification ministry said Friday. The 140-strong troupe, named the Samjiyon Orchestra, has been staying on the Mangyongbong-92 ferry, which is docked at the eastern port of Mukho, [...]

Speculation Grows as North Korea Sends Key Figures to PyeongChang

Speculation Grows as North Korea Sends Key Figures to PyeongChang

PYEONGCHANG, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Speculation is growing over Pyongyang’s true intentions behind the decision to send top political figures to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. North Korea’s de facto chief of state Kim Yong-nam is set to visit South Korea as part of the country’s Winter Olympics delegation, becoming one of the most prominent political [...]

S. Korean, U.S. Nuke Envoys Discuss Ways to Resume Denuclearization Talks

S. Korean, U.S. Nuke Envoys Discuss Ways to Resume Denuclearization Talks

SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The top nuclear envoys of South Korea and the United States discussed ways to channel the reconciliatory mood created by North Korea’s participation in the upcoming Winter Olympics into resumption of talks aimed at “peacefully” resolving the nuclear stalemate, the foreign ministry said Monday. Lee Do-hoon, special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, and his U.S. counterpart, [...]