SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea has successfully conducted the ground test of a new rocket engine, the country’s state media reported Tuesday, a clear sign that the reclusive country is pushing to bolster its missile capabilities. In the test carried out under the guidance of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, “thrust and [...]
PARIS, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea will eventually collapse like the Soviet Union even if it has nuclear weapons, a French scholar who has studied the reclusive country for many years said. Pierre Rigoulot, the head of Institut d’Histoire Sociale, told Yonhap News Agency in Paris on Thursday that the key to handling [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Two supersonic B-1B bombers arrived at Osan Air Base Tuesday morning, a show of the solid alliance between South Korea and the U.S., and the strong will to retaliate for any provocative actions by the North Korean regime. The bombers left Andersen Air Force Base in Guam and arrived [...]
SEOUL, Sept 12 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea is capable of conducting another nuclear test at any time, South Korean intelligence officials said Monday, citing advanced preparations made by the reclusive country. “North Korea appears to be fully ready to carry out a nuclear test at its Punggye-ri test site on short notice. We are [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – With international sanctions clearly failing to contain North Korea and its obstinate pursuit of nuclear weapons, a group of experts on North Korea, national security, and nuclear weaponry has formed the Woori Nuclear Research Society (WNRS), a group that supports South Korea’s nuclear armament to prepare for rising military [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A large number of social media users called for South Korea to acquire nuclear arms after North Korea detonated its fifth nuclear device Friday, a growing sign that the public wants change in the government’s non-proliferation policy stance. The spike in people calling for independent nuclear capabilities is also [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea on Friday said it “successfully” conducted a nuclear warhead explosion test, hours after an earthquake was detected near the country’s nuclear site in the northeastern region. “The nuclear test finally examined and confirmed the structure and specific features of movement of nuclear warhead that has been standardized [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea appears to have conducted its fifth nuclear test Friday, South Korea’s military said, a move that may be aimed at showing its defiance against the international community. A magnitude 5 earthquake was detected near North Korea’s nuclear site in its northeastern region, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Recent satellite imagery shows fresh activity at North Korea’s nuclear test site, suggesting that excavation and maintenance operations are under way, a U.S. website monitoring the communist nation said Thursday. Satellite imagery taken on Aug. 27 of the North’s Punggye-ri underground nuclear test site shows a small number of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of North Korean defectors coming to South Korea rose 15 percent on-year in the first eight months of 2016, government data showed Wednesday, as the North’s leader is tightening his iron-fisted rule on the country. In the January-August period, 894 North Koreans escaped and arrived in South [...]