SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Friday condemned the arrival of a U.S. B-52 bomber in South Korea, threatening that U.S. strategic assets deployed on the Korean Peninsula will become the “first targets of destruction.” Pyongyang’s criticism came in response to the landing of the nuclear-capable bomber, a key U.S. strategic asset, at an [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to build a “forward-looking” and “far-reaching” relationship with Russia during his meeting with its foreign minister, state media said Friday, as the two countries move to strengthen military ties amid speculation over their suspected arms deal. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made [...]
TOKYO, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A Japanese air tanker has departed from Israel carrying dozens of its own nationals and 19 South Koreans, a Japanese media company reported Friday, in a move seen as reciprocation for Seoul’s help in bringing back Japanese people on its plane last week. The Air Self-Defense Force aircraft left [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state-run oil company said Friday it is inspecting the readiness of local storage facilities to prepare for a potential release of reserves should the ongoing Middle East crisis escalate. “If the crisis escalates, including a scenario of the war expanding to other parts of the Middle East, [...]
INCHEON, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A court sentenced a teenager to three years in prison Friday for attempting to open a passenger plane’s emergency exit door midair under the influence of drugs. The Incheon District Court also ordered the 19-year-old to undergo 40 hours of a drug addiction treatment program after convicting him of [...]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Russia could play a role in facilitating North Korea’s possible effort to establish a “nuclear triad” that consists of three key delivery platforms, a U.S. expert said Thursday. The prediction came amid speculation that Pyongyang may seek military technology assistance from Moscow in return for its alleged delivery of [...]
SEOUL & TOKYO, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Last week, as Japan faced mounting criticism for charging its citizens for chartered evacuation flights from Israel while South Korea provided free assistance to its citizens, the Japanese government decided to align with South Korea’s approach and offer complimentary evacuation support. In a recent development, the Japanese government has [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Close to half of all law school students in South Korea were found to be high-income earners. In some law schools, the proportion of high-income students exceeded 70 percent. According to data from the Korea Student Aid Foundation regarding the income status of law school students for the 2022-2023 period, 44 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A total of 2,154 infants born in the country between 2015 and 2022 were not documented after birth, the state audit agency said Thursday. The Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) disclosed the findings during its routine audit of the health ministry, in the wake of a series of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of cases of distorted facts on South Korean history identified by the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) rose over the past three years, but the proportion of corrections being made almost halved, government data showed Thursday. The number of inaccuracies on South Korean history compiled by [...]