SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for swiftly rebuilding homes in flood-devastated regions in the country’s northwest, state media reported Monday. Kim made the remarks during a “field guidance” visit to the flood-stricken regions of North Phyongan Province on Sunday, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has stressed the importance of bilateral relations with Cuba in a message, widely seen as an effort to strengthen their long-standing ties, despite a setback over South Korea’s recent establishment of diplomatic relations with Havana. Kim had conveyed cordial greetings to Cuban President Miguel [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea has experienced a rapid surge in smartphone adoption since easing pandemic-related lockdowns two years ago, with a recent analysis suggesting that the number of smartphone users in the country may have reached up to 7 million. Martin Williams, a researcher at the U.S. think tank Crimson Center, published [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military on Monday vowed to take “stern” military measures should North Korea “cross the line” with its ongoing trash balloon campaign or inflict serious damage to the South Korean people. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) made the remark in a statement in response to the North’s [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for increasing the number of centrifuges for uranium enrichment in order to increase its nuclear weapons for self-defense, the state media said Friday. Kim made the call during a visit to the Nuclear Weapons Institute and the “production base of weapon-grade nuclear [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has held celebrative events to mark the 76th anniversary of the regime’s founding, with senior officials visiting a mausoleum to pay tribute to the country’s late former leaders, state media reported Monday. Premier Kim Tok-hun and other key officials on Sunday visited the Kumsusan Palace of the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military said Friday that North Korea has sent more trash-carrying balloons toward the South since the previous night, marking the third straight day of balloon launches. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected North Korea launching some 260 trash balloons from Thursday night to early [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea again started floating balloons into South Korea on Thursday morning, South Korea’s military said, hours after it sent hundreds of balloons across the border the previous day. “As (North Korea) has again been floating balloons since 9 a.m., we advise the public to beware of falling objects [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has launched a nationwide vaccination campaign for children and pregnant women with the support of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), years after they missed out on essential vaccines due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The campaign aims to inoculate over 800,000 children and 120,000 pregnant women with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea is estimated to have earned more than US$6 billion through hacking and other illicit activities over the past seven years despite facing heavy international sanctions, a state-run think tank report showed Tuesday. North Korea’s income through illegal activities from 2017 to 2023, such as smuggling out coal, [...]