SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Friday called on its people to climb up Mount Paektu in winter to better learn about “revolutionary spirits.” The Rodong Sinmun, the main newspaper, reported that around 120,000 people at some 2,400 organizations have gone up Mount Paektu so far along the path on which North [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — After facing harsh criticism for making use of a map that marks the entirety of Mount Paektu’s Cheonji crater lake in northern North Korea as Chinese territory in all of its products, Apple Inc. has corrected the error. The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), a South Korean civic [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Apple Inc. is being criticized for listing all of Mount Paektu’s Cheonji crater lake in northern North Korea as part of Chinese territory on its map application on iPhones, iPads and Macbooks. The Voluntary Agency Network of Korea (VANK), a South Korean civic organization, said Tuesday that searching for [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean officials have been successful in releasing smelt into Heaven Lake on Mt. Paektu. According to state-owned media reports, North Korean officials were able to confirm that the fish were indeed living in Heaven Lake, a year after they were released. According to the reports, North Korean researchers [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The Chinese government has revealed plans to construct a high-speed railway that will connect Mount Paektu in North Korea with China’s Liaoning Province at a cost of approximately 1.7 trillion won. A Chinese government website, posted an announcement on the construction of the high-speed railway connecting Baihe County situated [...]