SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test this week underscores apparent progress in its push for advanced, more reliable nuclear delivery means targeting the United States, experts said Friday. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that at the behest of leader Kim Jong-un, the country successfully [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Air Force conducted a rare training involving its F-35A radar-evading fighters in a show of airpower Friday, a day after North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Defense Minister Suh Wook oversaw the “Elephant Walk” training and ordered troops to maintain “full” readiness based on the [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol faces a key test of his North Korea policy, as the way he handles the North’s launch this week of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) could set the tone for his relations with Kim Jong-un over the next five years. Yoon campaigned under the slogan of [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch Thursday ended its moratorium on nuclear and ICBM tests — an anticipated move denting President Moon Jae-in’s fragile peace drive and presaging a struggle for his successor, Yoon Suk-yeol. The end to the moratorium, a symbol of budding trust with Washington, is [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The fate of two dogs given to President Moon Jae-in by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as a gift in 2018 has drawn public interest, as they are barred by law from staying with Moon after his retirement slated for May 9. The North’s leader sent the pair of [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven out of 10 South Koreans believe North Korea has no intention to completely denuclearize, a survey showed Tuesday, amid signs of the recalcitrant regime doubling down on its nuclear and missile programs. Rep. Kang Dae-sik of the conservative People Power Party revealed the results of last year’s survey [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea appears to have begun to dismantle some of the South Korean-built facilities at the Mount Kumgang resort, a report has said. Citing satellite images taken from March 5-9 by Planet Labs, the Voice of America said Friday (U.S. time) that the roof of the Haegumgang Hotel had [...]
SEOUL, March. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s recent “reconnaissance satellite” development tests and leader Kim Jong-un’s subsequent visits to its space agency and long-range rocket test site could be carefully calibrated events to heap pressure on the United States, analysts said Friday. The chain of choreographed episodes signals Pyongyang has edged closer to making [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, in the recalcitrant regime’s eighth show of force this year. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launch from around the Sunan area in Pyongyang at 7:52 a.m., and that [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Russia’s attack on Ukraine this week could be a reminder of the grim reality for North Korea: A deal to bargain away its nuclear arms could prove to be a scrap of paper anytime in a world of power politics. Defying warnings and pleas, Russian President Vladimir Putin has [...]