SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of National Defense has said it is ‘regretful’ that the environmental safety and noise test of the THAAD anti-missile system in Seongju in North Gyeongsang Province took place without the participation of local residents. “The Ministry of National Defense asked local residents to participate in the safety [...]
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 60 percent of Americans are in favor of sending troops to defend South Korea in the event of an attack by North Korea, a survey showed Monday, indicating a strengthened commitment toward the Asian ally. The survey, conducted by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs with support [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has allowed electronics companies to join a weapons procurement project with a foreign contractor for the first time, enabling them to sell products in return for a contract, an industry source said Monday. Under an “offset” procurement program, a foreign contractor is obliged to undertake [...]
NORTH KOREA, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on July 28 that Azalea 3, the smartphone launched by North Korea in the first half of this year, is known to have an outer appearance similar to that of the iPhone 6, but is devoid of internet service. The radio station also stated [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Chung Wang-ok, 78, never thought that he would not be able to see his eldest brother again when his sibling was forcibly enlisted and taken by North Korea’s army during the 1950-53 Korean War. It was not a temporary farewell, but a decades-long painful wait with no promise of [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A North Korean jet airliner for international flights has been grounded for eight months due apparently to the decline of passengers amid international sanctions on North Korea’s continued nuclear and missile tests, a U.S. broadcaster reported Tuesday. One of Air Koryo’s An-148 airplanes, whose flight number is P-672, has [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government is pushing to revise the missile guidelines developed with the United States to double the maximum weight of warheads on Seoul’s ballistic missiles from the current 500 kilograms to counter growing threats from the North, sources said Monday. The Seoul government proposed the revision in [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A tour agency which has arranged tour programs to North Korea said Friday that the United States will ban its citizens from traveling to the North soon following the death of an American detainee in the repressive regime. “We have just been informed that the U.S. government will no [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A U.N. point man on the human rights situation in North Korea welcomed the South Korean government’s decision to seek dialogue with Pyongyang on Friday, saying that it is a “reassuring step forward” lowering tensions between the two Koreas. Special Rapporteur Tomas Ojea Quintana still emphasized that at the [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Unification Ministry on Wednesday approved Hyundai Asan Corp.’s bid to contact North Korea as the company seeks to visit the North next month to mark the anniversary of the death of its former chairman. The operator of the now-suspended inter-Korean tour to Mount Kumgang on North Korea’s [...]