SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) - North Koreans have shown enthusiastic support for the nuclear scientists and officials who contributed to the North’s latest nuclear test, the North’s media said Thursday. Waving decorative flowers on streets in Pyongyang, about 100,000 North Koreans cheered a procession of vehicles carrying the scientists and officials, according to the North’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowed efforts Friday to improve ties with South Korea, saying that he is open to talks with Seoul in an open-minded manner for unification. In his New Year’s message delivered live on the North’s television, Kim said North Korea is open to having candid [...]
SEOUL, Dec.28 (Korea Bizwire) – Kim Jong-un the North Korean leader who is also known to be a chain smoker, was spotted smoking a cigarette and then throwing the butt away inside the subway. The North Korean Central News Agency reported footage of Kim Jong-un participating in the test drive of a subway developed with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to reveal his new aides in a major community party convention to be held in May next year, a South Korean government think tank said Tuesday. The reclusive North is also unlikely to conduct a nuclear test in 2016, raising the possibility [...]
SEOUL, Dec.9 (Korea Bizwire) – A parody video of North Korea’s founding father Kim Il-sung, the late leader Kim Jong-il and current leader Kim Jong-un dancing is gaining popularity on YouTube. The 25 second long video clip named ‘I got it from my ABAY (meaning ‘father’ in North Korean)’ had reached 171,013 views as of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stated that his country has developed not only nuclear weapons but also hydrogen bombs, according to Pyongyang’s state media Thursday. He made the remark while inspecting a historic site for the communist nation’s arms industry a day earlier, according to reports. The North has [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The female flight attendants of Air Koryo are drawing attention with their gorgeous smiles and savvy style. According to Yonhap News, five female flight attendants from Air Koryo were featured on the cover of the September issue of Chosun, a monthly illustrated magazine published in North Korea that targets foreign [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Various insurance products are said to have appeared in North Korea, including mobile phone insurance and insurance for fruit farms. The Korea National Insurance Company (KNIC), the state-run insurance company in North Korea, revealed on their homepage that issues related to mobile phone insurance were discussed at the annual [...]
Seoul, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — It was reported by The Telegraph, the British daily newspaper, that a farm manager in North Korea was executed after turtles at a farm he operated starved to death. The man was executed in mid-May, right after North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un visited the farm. When the farm [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Pyongyang International Airport in North Korea recently opened a modern, Kim Il-Sung-free airport terminal. As the North Korean government is currently focused on earning foreign money through tourism, the new airport deprived of any Kim Il-sung portraits, which dominate all government buildings in North Korea, is interpreted as a [...]