SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Malicious code found in an Android bible app has been linked to a North Korean hacker group. A hacker group thought to be from North Korea has reportedly planted malicious code in modified versions of the Android bible reading app ‘Godpeople’ which has been downloaded through an illegal app [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and the United States have not discussed any military options, including a naval blockade, against North Korea, an official from South Korea’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Friday. The remarks came hours after President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump held their second telephone conversation [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Pilots of South Korean passenger jets homeward bound from the United States may have caught a glimpse of the North Korean ballistic missile that was launched by the Kim Jong-un regime on November 29. According to Korean Air, the pilots of flight KE026 saw an unidentified light while in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean researchers have argued that up to 16 trillion won could be saved if half of South Korea’s imports of mineral resources could be replaced by those from North Korea. Hong Soong-jik, a member of Kookmin University’s Korea Institute of Future, said at a forum on Wednesday that North [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – “The original version is the best one.” After listening to three different versions of the Girls’ Generation hit song “Gee” – in addition to the original recording, two covers by a rock band and an indie artist – the North Korean soldier at Ajou University Hospital told his doctors [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – With news continuing to filter out that the wounded North Korean defector brought to Ajou University Hospital has regained consciousness and is on the road to recovery, lead doctor Lee Kook-jong has won plaudits from many corners for his role in saving the soldier’s life. However, a minor controversy [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The International Olympic Committee said North Korea is qualified to participate in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics irrespective of its recent relisting as a terror-sponsoring state by the United States, a U.S. broadcaster reported Thursday. On Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump put Pyongyang back on the state sponsor of terrorism list in a move to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — For many and for so long, South Korea may have been a must-visit place, as it remains the last front line of the Cold War where hundreds of thousands of troops confront each other along the heavily fortified military border. But witnessing the true reality of division had never [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s foreign minister asked the U.N. refugee agency on Tuesday to make efforts to protect and support North Korean defectors living overseas, her office in Seoul has said. Kang Kyung-wha earlier held a luncheon meeting in Seoul with Filippo Grandi, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, according to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The United Nations Command (UNC) reversed a plan Thursday to make public footage of a North Korean soldier making a desperate defection dash to South Korea earlier this week. It cited concern over unnecessary speculation on what happened at the truce village of Panmunjom on Monday afternoon. The North’s soldier suffered multiple gunshot wounds, chased by his fellow soldiers [...]