SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin were set to hold a rare summit in Russia, with the two isolated leaders expected to advance an arms negotiation and bolster military cooperation. Analysts have predicted that North Korea may agree to supply Russia with ammunition and weaponry [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Both facing growing isolation, North Korea and Russia are turning to one another for a mutually beneficial partnership, purportedly surrounding weapons, rivaling that of South Korea and the United States, which have advanced their security and economic ties. In an anticipatedsummit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The White House called on North Korea not to provide any weapons to Russia on Monday, ahead of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s widely anticipated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Adrienne Watson, spokesperson for the White House National Security Council (NSC), underscored that the two countries will likely [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho met with the U.N. special rapporteur for North Korea’s human rights and vowed close cooperation to improve Pyongyang’s dismal rights records on Monday. Elizabeth Salmon has been visiting South Korea since last Monday for a nine-day trip to meet with government officials, North Korean defectors [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s defense ministry said Monday it sees the “possibility” of a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Russian President Vladimir Putin, amid speculation about Kim’s possible trip to Russia. The assessment by defense ministry spokesperson Jeon Ha-kyu came amid media reports that Kim and Putin could [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul High Court has recommended that the government reverse its 2020 decision to revoke the organizational license of a North Korean defectors’ group for sending anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets over to the North, sources said Thursday. The recommendation was made Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by the Fighters for [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has lifted an entry ban imposed on its citizens staying abroad over COVID-19 concerns, state media reported Sunday, reopening its border following more than three years of its stringent virus restrictions. The North’s national emergency epidemic prevention headquarters announced that North Korean “citizens abroad have been allowed [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for preparing for a possible war in an “offensive” manner, the North’s state media said Thursday, as South Korea and the United States plan to stage joint military drills later this month. Kim made the remarks while presiding over an enlarged meeting [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Civic groups on North Korea’s human rights said Wednesday they have sent an open letter to President Yoon Suk Yeol calling for discussing the issue of abductees and detainees in the North during his upcoming summit with the leaders of the United States and Japan at Camp David. The [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea frequently released water from a dam near the inter-Korean border in July despite South Korea’s request for prior notice, Seoul’s unification ministry said Tuesday. Some of the floodgates of the Hwanggang Dam were opened to discharge water on July 20, 24 and 27, without the North notifying [...]