WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Commercial satellite imagery shows no signs of preparations for a nuclear blast at North Korea’s underground test site, the website 38 North said Friday. “As a result, a fourth nuclear test seems unlikely in the near-term, for at least the next two to three months,” the website said. “However, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea approved the shipment of unprocessed sweet potatoes to North Korea last month by a civilian group here, an official said Monday, amid speculation that Seoul may be easing restrictions on humanitarian aid for the impoverished neighbor. “The 20 tons of sweet potato aid at the end [...]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The United States announced retaliatory sanctions on North Korea on Friday in response to the communist nation’s alleged cyber-attacks on Sony Pictures, warning the actions are just the “first aspect” of its response. President Barack Obama signed an executive order authorizing additional sanctions on North Korean individuals and entities [...]
SEOUL, Dec 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The income gap between South Korea and North Korea hit a high point in 2013, according to a report from Statistics Korea. The annual growth rate of North Korea’s gross national income (GNI) per capita reached a lowest growth rate in seven years. The per capita GNI in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea again denied its involvement in the hacking of South Korea’s nuclear power station operator Sunday, calling the allegation “a trumped-up plot against the communist country.” The state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) has suffered a series of cyber attacks that has raised safety concerns in a [...]
BEIJING, Dec 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Hundreds of thousands of Chinese Web users have flocked to illegal video-streaming sites to see the “The Interview,” a Sony Pictures parody film about a plot to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. The satire film, which debuted in some 300 theaters across the United States on Christmas Day, has [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea, the United States and Japan will sign a pact next week on sharing their military intelligence about North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs in the face of Pyongyang’s evolving security threats, officials here said Friday. The three countries have been working on the signing of an agreement [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – According to Yonhap News Agency on August 31, “Jogook,” a monthly magazine published by the General Association of North Korean Residents in Japan carried an article reporting that the state-run First Department Store in Pyongyang has made an effort to improve its services. The article explained that salespeople in the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Daum Communications has started providing map services for North Korea from 5 pm on August 29. This is the first occasion among domestic online portals. The map services are available on desktop computer, mobile web, and mobile app. Until now, users could find important landmarks only such as Pyungyang, Kaesong, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — News reports said that Kim Jong-un, the strongman of the world’s most intriguing hermit kingdom, North Korea, is, interestingly, an avid fan of Manchester United and its superstar Wayne Rooney. Some of Britain’s local news sources including Manchester’s local newspaper, “Manchester Evening News” and “Mirror” reported on August 27 that Kim [...]