SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea appears to be working to secure multiple warhead missile capabilities, analysts said Tuesday, after the North unveiled leader Kim Jong-un’s visit to a lab for a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) under development. Kim inspected the production of a new high-powered solid-fuel engine for ICBMs, saying it [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un departed Pyongyang on Monday afternoon aboard his special armored train, a source familiar with the matter said, with Kim expected to make his debut on the multilateral diplomatic stage at a military parade in Beijing. “Kim left Pyongyang aboard a train this afternoon and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is likely to use his personal bulletproof special train when he travels to Beijing to attend China’s large-scale military parade next week, sources said Friday. Kim is scheduled to attend a high-profile military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Wednesday to mark the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will attend China’s large-scale military parade next week, marking his first trip to China in six years, and his first joint appearance with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, news reports said Thursday. China will hold a high-profile military parade Wednesday [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The presidential office on Wednesday expressed regret over the latest criticism of President Lee Jae Myung’s recent peace overtures by the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying that her remarks “distort” Seoul’s sincere efforts to restore inter-Korean trust. Earlier in the day, the North’s state media reported [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Prime Minister Kim Min-seok said Tuesday that South Korea will continue to send “complex” messages to North Korea aimed at fostering peace while safeguarding security, although Pyongyang has shown little interest in engaging in dialogue with Seoul. Kim made the remarks during his first press conference since taking office [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea increased the number of loudspeakers against South Korea installed along border areas between May and June, but none of them are currently in operation, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Friday. The move came as North Korea remains unresponsive to South Korea’s completion of dismantling its [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has not responded to South Korea’s move to hand over the body of a North Korean national found on a western island in June, Seoul’s unification ministry said Tuesday. The North has snubbed Seoul’s call to respond to the South’s plan to transfer the body of a [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — New Unification Minister Chung Dong-young on Friday emphasized the need to restore communication channels and resume dialogue with North Korea, calling them his top priorities as he took office. “Restoring communication channels and resuming dialogue (between the two Koreas) are tasks I must pursue as soon as possible,” Chung [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea and China have called for a bilateral military friendship and unity in a banquet held in Pyongyang to celebrate the 98th anniversary of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the North’s state media report showed Wednesday. China’s top envoy to Pyongyang, Wang Yajun, hosted the event at [...]