WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho renewed calls Monday for China to help North Korean defectors move to a country of their choice and ensure their human rights are protected based on the “international norm.” Kim made the remarks in a keynote speech read out by an aide to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unification ministry handling inter-Korean affairs said Monday that it will cooperate with the international community to put a brake on Pyongyang’s evolving money laundering schemes. During its plenary meeting in Paris last week, the Financial Action Task Force, an intergovernmental anti-money laundering body, decided to maintain North [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s vice defense minister has renewed Seoul’s opposition against forced repatriation of North Korean defectors in China, the latest in a series of diplomatic pressure being put on Beijing to address the issue. South Korea’s Vice Defense Minister Kim Seon-ho made the remark in talks with Lt. Gen. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of four unidentified individuals from North Korea expressed intent to defect to South Korea on Tuesday, a government source said, with the military confirming it has secured them in waters off the eastern port city of Sokcho. “I understand that four people coming from North Korea expressed [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Friday condemned the arrival of a U.S. B-52 bomber in South Korea, threatening that U.S. strategic assets deployed on the Korean Peninsula will become the “first targets of destruction.” Pyongyang’s criticism came in response to the landing of the nuclear-capable bomber, a key U.S. strategic asset, at an [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to build a “forward-looking” and “far-reaching” relationship with Russia during his meeting with its foreign minister, state media said Friday, as the two countries move to strengthen military ties amid speculation over their suspected arms deal. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made [...]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Russia could play a role in facilitating North Korea’s possible effort to establish a “nuclear triad” that consists of three key delivery platforms, a U.S. expert said Thursday. The prediction came amid speculation that Pyongyang may seek military technology assistance from Moscow in return for its alleged delivery of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has no choice but to seek “powerful” sanctions against North Korea and Russia if Moscow provides military technology to Pyongyang in return for a suspected supply of North Korean weapons to Russia, Seoul’s point man on Pyongyang has said. The United States said last week that North [...]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States has observed North Korea and other countries trying to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to accelerate writing malicious software as part of their illicit cyber activities, a senior Washington official said Wednesday. Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies on the National [...]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top envoy at the United Nations on Wednesday criticized China’s reported repatriation of North Korean refugees last week as a “grave” human rights incident and called on the international community to raise voices for their protection. Ambassador Hwang Joon-kook made the remarks as human rights advocacy groups [...]