SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has invited Pope Francis to visit Pyongyang and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will deliver the invitation when he meets the pope next week, a presidential official said Tuesday. Kim said he will “ardently welcome the pope if he visits Pyongyang.” Kim made the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — During a joint visit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in to the top of Mount Paekdu, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un posed for cameras with the hottest photo gesture in South Korea: a finger heart. Kim made the gesture, which crosses the thumb and the index finger to make [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Moon Chung-in, the Special Advisor to South Korean President Moon Jae-in for Foreign Affairs and National Security, said yesterday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s promise to visit Seoul was a single-handed decision made by Kim. Speaking at a briefing held at the press center at Pyongyang’s Koryo Hotel, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in is set to embark on a trip to North Korea this week for his third and possibly most crucial meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Moon will head for Pyongyang on Tuesday, using a direct flight across the heavily-fortified inter-Korean border. The inter-Korean [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has not been seen in public for half a month following his intensive inspections of economic sites this summer, North Korea watchers in Seoul said Tuesday. According to Pyongyang’s media, Kim had visited 30 economic sites between late June and late August, prodding government [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — “Those who go against the Dignity of the Supreme Leadership will not be able to avoid ruthless punishment.” This is an excerpt from one of North Korea’s media propaganda reports. As such, the “Dignity of the Supreme Leadership” refers to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and is indicative [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — It was revealed on Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had proposed basketball matches between North and South Korean teams to South Korean President Moon Jae-in as efforts to initiate cultural exchange between the two countries. An insider at the Blue House said that this was mentioned [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — In a rare move, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has issued an apology for a traffic accident which resulted in the deaths of dozens of Chinese tourists. In a letter of condolence to Chinese President Xi Jinping, Kim said he was ‘sorry’ about the bus crash in his country that killed [...]
PANMUNJOM/GOYANG, Apr. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowed sincere efforts to make progress at their bilateral summit Friday in the Joint Security Area of Panmunjom, which Moon said now symbolizes peace, instead of division. The historic summit began after the leaders met for the first [...]
PYONGYANG/SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean musicians will hold their second and last performance in Pyongyang on Tuesday, this time jointly with North Korean artists, amid thawing tension on the Korean Peninsula. The 160-member troupe will start the two-hour-long concert titled “Spring Comes” at 3:30 p.m. (South Korean time), about an hour earlier [...]