SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States held a joint government-private forum Thursday on how to counter cryptocurrency theft and other illegal cyber activities of North Korea, a presumed main source of Pyongyang’s financing for its missile and nuclear programs. Co-hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the State [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has registered its indigenous Pungsan breed of dogs as an intangible cultural asset, its state media said Thursday, amid a controversy in South Korea over a pair of such dogs gifted by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in 2018. North Korea’s cultural ministry has listed the breed, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The historical description of North Korea will be modified in a South Korean school textbook to refer to the North’s authorities as a regime, instead of a government, the education ministry said Tuesday. The ministry said its advisory committee has asked a publisher to replace the expression “establishment of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of mobile phones in use in North Korea is estimated at 6.5 to 7 million, marking a steady increase in subscriptions since the 3G network was first launched in 2008, a new research by an American group showed Tuesday. During a press briefing in Seoul, researchers at [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent total lunar eclipse, in which the moon was completely covered by the Earth’s shadow, was observed in North Korea. The North’s Korean Central Television reported related news on Tuesday, saying that the total lunar eclipse started at 6:09 p.m. and ended at 9:49 p.m. in Pyongyang. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Former President Moon Jae-in returned to the state a pair of dogs that he had been in custody of since North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gave them as a gift in 2018, Moon’s side and Presidential Archives said on Tuesday. One male named Songkang and a female named Gomi, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Former President Moon Jae-in’s side said Monday it wants to return to the state a pair of dogs and their puppy he has been keeping after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un gave the pair as a gift in 2018, citing a lack of support from the Yoon Suk-yeol government. [...]
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — From bolstering deterrence cooperation to visiting a strategic U.S. air base, choreographed moves by the South Korean and U.S. defense chiefs sent an unmistakable message: Unceasing North Korean provocations will only reinvigorate the bilateral alliance. The message reverberated throughout Thursday, as Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup and his U.S. counterpart, Lloyd [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea launched a barrage of missiles Wednesday, including one that flew across its de facto maritime border with South Korea for the first time since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, according to the South’s military. In response, South Korea’s fighter jets fired three precision-guided missiles into [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — More than three quarters of North Korea’s missile tests conducted since 1984 were deemed to be successful, data showed Thursday, in an apparent sign of progress in Pyongyang’s relentless push for advanced weapons systems. The U.S.-based James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies produced the data on the North’s testing [...]