SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s military is expected to resume exercises in buffer zones set under a 2018 inter-Korean military accord as they have become effectively invalid after North Korea’s recent artillery firing, officials said Tuesday. On Monday, the South’s military said it will resume artillery firings and drills near the sea [...]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A U.S.-headquartered political risk consultancy named North Korea, Russia and Iran an “axis of rogues” in a report on its forecast of this year’s “top risks” on Monday, warning their deeper alignment and mutual support will pose a growing threat to global stability. Eurasia Group released the “Top Risks [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea plans to introduce artificial intelligence (AI)-powered surveillance technology in some front-line outposts to replace outdated systems and better detect threats along the border with North Korea, the state arms agency said Tuesday. The new system with enhanced monitoring capabilities will be introduced in eastern front-line general outposts [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un attended a New Year’s Day performance by young students and emphasized the importance of education, state media said Tuesday. Kim made the remarks as he attended the performance at the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren’s Palace in Pyongyang the previous day, according to the Korean Central News [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has invited people who contributed to attaining this year’s key economic goals to Pyongyang for New Year’s celebrations, state media reported Friday. North Korea is preparing to hold celebration events in the capital to mark the start of the new year, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea will continue to escalate its nuclear threats against the United States and South Korea next year while seeking to improve its capabilities to strike back with a nuclear weapon if it comes under a nuclear attack, experts said Wednesday. Jun Bong-geun, a professor emeritus at the state-run [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The recent ’2023 Survey on North Korean Defectors’ conducted by the Korea Hana Foundation reveals significant improvement in the economic activities and settling environment of North Korean defectors residing in South Korea. The survey, published on December 27, indicates an increase in the employment rate of defectors to 60.5% this [...]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Prospects for the resumption of dialogue between the United States and North Korea appear to be growing dimmer as Washington’s diplomatic overtures have fallen on deaf ears, fanning skepticism about bilateral reengagement. Deepening skepticism in Washington was highlighted last week when Kurt Campbell — President Joe Biden’s top Indo-Pacific [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unification minister said Monday the government will make efforts to assuage foreign investors’ concerns about heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, saying his country has been beefing up a readiness posture against North Korea’s potential provocations. Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho made the remark during his meeting with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has held a meeting to hand out gifts to participants in the latest national conference of mothers, state media reported Wednesday, in an apparent move to secure their loyalty amid a declining birth rate. The central committee of the ruling Workers’ Party provided the participants with significant [...]