SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of South Korean adults are in favor of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un making an address at the National Assembly if he comes to Seoul, a poll showed Monday. The survey of 503 South Koreans nationwide by local pollster Realmeter showed 46.7 percent of respondents consenting to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — More than six out of 10 South Koreans are in favor of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s potential visit to Seoul on hopes for peace on the Korean Peninsula, a poll showed Thursday. In a survey of 500 adults nationwide, 61.3 percent of respondents said that they welcome Kim’s [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Paper dolls of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sold by EBS Media, an affiliate of the Educational Broadcasting System (EBS), are stirring up controversy in South Korea. With the public outcry continuing to grow, the distributor of the products that signed an agreement with EBS Media has decided to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — With media outlets speculating on the possibility of having a helicopter carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-un land near Baengnokdam Lake on Mt. Halla in Jeju, critics are weighing on the actual feasibility of the plan. Baengnokdam is a crater situated at the peak of Mt. Halla (1,960 meters [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — One of the two dogs given to President Moon Jae-in by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as a gift after their third summit in Pyongyang in September has given birth to puppies, Moon said Monday. The North’s leader gifted the pair of Pungsan-breed dogs, one male named Songkang, and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s spy agency is analyzing a soil sample collected from around North Korea’s nuclear test site, which Pyongyang demolished in May, lawmakers said Friday. In a briefing to the parliamentary intelligence committee this week, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) also said it is monitoring North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s health [...]
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 [...]