SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Nuclear talks between the United States and North Korea remain in limbo a year after their no-deal summit in Hanoi, with their engagement hamstrung by mutual distrust, domestic politics and, most recently, Pyongyang’s focus on fending off an epidemic. The second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea’s ruling party, introduced the Rungra 4D Simulation Cinema, reflecting back on when the cinema was first highlighted in Sept. 14, 2013 when leader Kim Jong-un visited the facility. “Young citizens may prefer dinosaurs or other movies with scary scenes,” said [...]
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — An offspring of a pair of Pungsan-breed dogs gifted to South Korean President Moon Jae-in by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is growing healthily on an island just south of the inter-Korean sea border, the Incheon municipal government said Monday. The white female puppy, named Haetnim, is one [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – About 70 percent of South Koreans think that a trip to the South by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for a summit with Southeast Asian leaders would have a positive impact on denuclearization talks and inter-Korean relations, a survey showed Thursday. On Tuesday, the country’s spy agency raised the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — More than six out of 10 South Koreans positively evaluate the historic meeting among the leaders of South Korea, the United States and North Korea in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, according to a survey released on Wednesday. The survey, conducted by public pollster Realmeter with [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans on Sunday expressed optimism that the peace process on the Korean Peninsula may quicken after the leaders of the United States and North Korea held a surprise meeting at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom. Earlier in the day, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The world’s spotlight was on the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas and the truce village of Panmunjom on Sunday as U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had a surprise encounter there. In accordance with the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-53 Korean [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The stature of Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, appears to have been elevated, the chief of the parliament’s intelligence committee said Tuesday, citing the spy agency’s closed-door briefing. Rep. Lee Hye-hoon made the remarks, revising her earlier explanation that the standing of Kim Yo-jong appears [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 6 in 10 South Korean adults think North Korea will never give up its nuclear weapons, a poll by Gallop Korea said Friday. The survey of 1,003 adults older than 19, conducted nationwide between Tuesday and Thursday, found 64 percent answered Pyongyang will never abandon its nuclear [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Durty Donald’ and ‘Kim Jong Yum’ are the names of hamburgers invented by a restaurant in Hanoi, Vietnam where the 2019 North Korea-United States Summit will be held between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un. The restaurant, ‘Durty Bird’, came up with the witty burger [...]