SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South and North Korea have reached an agreement on the land use fee amount for South Korean firms operating a joint industrial park across the border, the Unification Ministry announced Thursday. The deal calls for South Korean firms at Kaesong Industrial Complex to pay US$0.64 per square meter every [...]
SEOUL, Dec.24 (Korea Bizwire) – A video clip of a pizzeria in North Korea taken by a Singaporean photographer is attracting the attention of internet users. Aram Pan from Singapore uploaded a seven-minute video clip called Ryung Song Pizza Restaurant to Youtube. The video contains footage of him and his colleagues going to the pizzeria [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – More than 2,500 North Korean workers have been forced to work in Mongolia and Poland under poor working conditions with their human rights being violated, a South Korean civic group said Wednesday. About 1,800 North Korean workers are being forced to work mainly in Mongolia’s construction sector or in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea won’t accept North Korea’s demands simply to achieve its goal of regular reunions for families separated in the 1950-53 Korean War, Seoul’s point man on Pyongyang said Thursday. Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo was referring to Pyongyang’s demand that the two sides resume a long-stalled tour program to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a landmark mausoleum in Pyongyang on Thursday on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the death of his father. Kim, known to be in his early 30s, assumed power shortly after the death of Kim Jong-il, who had long ruled the communist [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to reveal his new aides in a major community party convention to be held in May next year, a South Korean government think tank said Tuesday. The reclusive North is also unlikely to conduct a nuclear test in 2016, raising the possibility [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – China’s foreign ministry Monday said “communication issues at the working level” triggered the sudden cancellation of a well-publicized concert by an all-female band formed by the North’s leader Kim Jong-un. But, it gave little away on what the “communication issues” were, why the concert by North Korea’s Moranbong Band, [...]
BEIJING, Dec. 12 (Korea Biwire) – Performances by North Korea’s all-female propaganda band in Beijing were canceled, an official at a Chinese theater where it was to perform said Saturday, with members of the band abruptly heading back to Pyongyang. The Moranbong Band had been scheduled to perform for three days in Beijing from Saturday, [...]
SEOUL, Dec.9 (Korea Bizwire) – A parody video of North Korea’s founding father Kim Il-sung, the late leader Kim Jong-il and current leader Kim Jong-un dancing is gaining popularity on YouTube. The 25 second long video clip named ‘I got it from my ABAY (meaning ‘father’ in North Korean)’ had reached 171,013 views as of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un stated that his country has developed not only nuclear weapons but also hydrogen bombs, according to Pyongyang’s state media Thursday. He made the remark while inspecting a historic site for the communist nation’s arms industry a day earlier, according to reports. The North has [...]