SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s state TV has aired a documentary film praising the country’s success in tackling the coronavirus pandemic last year amid efforts to prevent another outbreak. The documentary, aired on the Korean Central Television on Monday night, introduced Pyongyang’s antivirus measures since the country announced its first COVID-19 case [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 3,600 South Koreans died last year without having a chance to reunite with their family members in North Korea after the 1950-53 Korean War-driven separation, government data showed Saturday. A total of 3,647 people died last year among around 134,000 applicants who had registered with the government [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A North Korean YouTuber is offering a peek into the daily life of Pyongyang residents. The YouTube channel Olivia Natasha – YuMi Space DPRK Daily offers video updates on daily life in North Korea. DPRK stands for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The channel, which launched in June [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A North Korean hacker group has attempted to steal user passwords with phishing mails by disguising itself as a domestic portal site, a cybersecurity firm said Monday. ESTsecurity recently published an analytical report on malicious code on its corporate blog. The newly-detected phishing emails used a “Daurn” domain that [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean military deployed fighter jets in recent days in response to radar sightings of unidentified objects wrongly assumed to be drones from North Korea. On Wednesday morning, an unknown object was detected by radar, with the military scrambling fighter jets on standby to Incheon and northern Gyeonggi [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean drones’ infiltrations into South Korea’s airspace this week have demonstrated a new layer of complexity in its national security posture that has focused largely on the recalcitrant neighbor’s missile and nuclear threats rather than such small, hard-to-intercept flying objects, analysts said Tuesday. The South’s defense authorities were [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea is likely to push forward with the development of its strategic and tactical nuclear weapons as well as reconnaissance satellites next year as Pyongyang seeks to strengthen its nuclear and missile capabilities, according to an expert Friday. “For the goal of the North Korean version of possessing [...]
GWANGJU, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A pair of dogs that were gifted to former President Moon Jae-in by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have found a new home at a public zoo in the southwestern city of Gwangju, officials said Friday. Moon returned the dogs to the government early last month, citing legal grounds [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Large shopping malls furnished with a variety of convenience facilities are enjoying rising popularity in North Korea as places to spend leisure time in everyday life. Highlighted in the December edition of North Korea’s monthly propaganda magazine Kumsu Kangsan were scenes of people shopping at the three-story Kwangbok Department [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has modernized agricultural facilities in a bid to help tackle its food shortage as it seeks to achieve its economic goals set for this year, according to Pyongyang’s state media Friday. The North has modernized livestock breeding farms in the northeastern border city of Rason, along with [...]