SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean passenger jet carrying dozens of citizens is set to return home from Israel, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, after violence erupted between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. The Korean Air Co. flight carrying 214 passengers, including 192 Korean nationals, departed from Tel Aviv at 1:50 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea may stage various provocations, including a nuclear test, to divert its public’s attention from the country’s ongoing food crisis, South Korea’s defense ministry said Tuesday. The ministry made the assessment in a policy report for a parliamentary audit amid growing tensions after North Korea revised its constitution [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Tuesday denounced Israel over its escalating conflict with the Hamas militant group, saying it is the “consequence of Israel’s ceaseless criminal actions” against the people of Palestine. The criticism marked Pyongyang’s first response to the conflict after Hamas launched rocket attacks on Israel during a major [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier will arrive at a key South Korean naval base later this week, Seoul’s defense ministry said Tuesday, in a major show of force against North Korean threats. Carrier Strike Group 5, which includes the aircraft carrier, the Aegis-equipped USS Shoup destroyer and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new Defense Minister Shin Won-sik vowed Tuesday to push for the suspension of the 2018 inter-Korean military tension reduction agreement, citing its impact on limiting Seoul’s surveillance capabilities against North Korean military activities. Shin made the remarks in his first meeting with reporters after taking office on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea, the United States and Japan staged a trilateral maritime interdiction exercise in waters south of the Korean Peninsula this week for the first time in seven years, the South Korean Navy said Tuesday, amid efforts to strengthen security coordination against North Korean threats. The two-day exercise, which [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol instructed the government Tuesday to thoroughly prepare safety measures for South Korean residents and travelers in Israel amid its escalating conflict with the Hamas militant group. Yoon gave the instruction during a Cabinet meeting, while noting that the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A North Korean official on Tuesday called the country’s military spy satellite an “indispensable strategic option” to counter the United States, which is “getting hell-bent on space militarization.” Following two botched attempts to launch the military spy satellite, named the Malligyong-1, mounted on the Chollima-1 rocket in May and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Less than one in four suspects indicted for alleged stalking crimes have been sentenced to prison terms, whereas the number of suspended sentences and acquittals increased, data showed Tuesday. Of the 959 people indicted for violating the Stalking Punishment Act last year, only 22.73 percent, or 218 suspects, received [...]
PARIS/SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Han Duck-soo held a symposium in Paris as part of his four-nation European trip, ramping up efforts to promote South Korea’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo in the southern city of Busan, his office said Tuesday. After his arrival in Paris, Han participated in the Busan [...]