SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The unification ministry said Wednesday it will focus on stably managing the situation with North Korea while adhering to its principle-based policy toward Pyongyang, following the short-lived declaration of martial law. The ministry released the statement after a meeting of senior officials, presided over by Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The unification ministry on Tuesday called on North Korea to “immediately and unconditionally” release Choi Chun-gil, a South Korean missionary detained in North Korea and five other nationals on the occasion of marking 10 years since his arrest. Choi is among six South Koreans who have currently been in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s unification minister met with the head of a U.N. agency on population Friday to discuss Seoul’s possible support for its census on North Korea, government officials said. Minister Cho Myoung-gyon held talks with Natalia Kanem, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), who is in Seoul for a forum on population, according to the Ministry of Unification. Cho emphasized the [...]
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, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Unification and Jeil Worldwide have announced the launch of a project called ‘The Piano of Unification’ to draw interest to the topic of unification, and celebrate the 70th anniversary of Korean independence. ‘The Piano of Unification’ project will feature a piano made from the barbed-wire fence dividing [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Monday it will take stern actions against North Korea’s recent military provocation, but it will also seek to boost inter-Korean civilian exchanges to help restore national unity. North Korea said Saturday that it successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine, raising tension on the divided [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s provincial governments Sunday unveiled plans to resume long-suspended aid to and exchange projects with North Korea under a new inter-Korean reconciliation policy by the Park Geun-hye government. Last week, the Ministry of Unification announced plans to promote inter-Korean exchanges in such areas as culture, sports and history to [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday that the volume of inter-Korean trade hit a record high in 2014 on growth in exchanges at a joint industrial complex in the North despite Seoul’s punitive sanctions on Pyongyang. The value of inter-Korean trade reached US$2.343 billion last year, up 106.2 percent from a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government announced that it is willing to resume various inter-Korean projects such as reconstruction of highways and railroads in North Korea for the mutual economic cooperation within this year with one string attached: the restoration of inter-Korean relationship. With the condition, South Korea added that it [...]