SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has been providing Syria with materials that can be used to manufacture chemical weapons, according to multiple news reports Wednesday based on a U.N. probe. The supplies include acid-resistant tiles, valves and thermometers, the New York Times said. It cited an unreleased document compiled by the U.N. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unification ministry said Tuesday that it has no information about speculation that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s younger sister is pregnant with her second child. Such speculation arose as her belly covered by a coat appeared to protrude when she visited South Korea from Feb. 9-11 as [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Three out of four South Koreans are in favor of North Korea’s participation in the upcoming Winter Olympics, which will be held in the South Korean alpine town of PyeongChang, a poll showed Thursday. The survey was conducted Wednesday after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, in his New Year’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) –The two Koreas held their first contact via a cross-border communication channel in nearly two years on Wednesday as the North reopened the suspended hotline one day after Seoul offered high-level talks. North Korea announced earlier in the day that its leader, Kim Jong-un, ordered the reopening of the channel [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – New government data has revealed that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has made significantly fewer public appearances this year, while focusing on military activities. According to data released by the Ministry of Unification on Wednesday, Kim had appeared in public on 75 occasions from the beginning of this year [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – To no one’s surprise, North Korea remains, at least outwardly, undaunted and defiant in the face of international condemnation over its persistent nuclear weapons program. The official newspaper of the autocratic government, Rodong Sinmun (translated as labor newspaper), lambasted the recent developments in its September 20 issue under the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in ruled out the possibility of redeploying U.S. nuclear weapons in the country Thursday, CNN reported. In an interview with the U.S. cable news channel, he warned it could lead to a nuclear arms race in Northeast Asia. “I do not agree that South Korea [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on a new resolution on Monday in New York, which puts caps on exports of crude oil and petroleum products to North Korea in response to the country’s defiant nuclear test earlier in the month, news reports said. A revised [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A broadcast on September 8 by North Korea’s only official news channel revealed that hydrogen bombs may not have been the only technology development the reclusive nation has been conducting underground. In the Joseon Jungang TV piece, Pyongyang residents are seen riding the subway, with an extra close-up on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea said Friday that more than 70 countries and regions have applied to attend the North Korea-led International Taekwondo Federation’s (ITF) championships to be held in Pyongyang later this month. Preparations for the championships slated for Sept. 15-21 are in the final stage, according to the Korean Central [...]