SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Colleges in North Korea are providing online programs for students amid an extended vacation, as the country is making all efforts to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, state media showed Monday. North Korea has not officially confirmed any coronavirus infections, but it has reportedly extended the winter [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has been mobilizing elite research centers to come up with scientific measures to prevent an outbreak of the coronavirus and other infectious diseases, the country’s main newspaper said Sunday. North Korea has not reported any case of COVID-19 virus infection, but it has called for nationwide efforts [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo called for tighter defense of the sea border with North Korea on Thursday, the 10th anniversary of the communist nation’s deadly sinking of the South’s warship Cheonan. The Cheonan went down near the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the de facto maritime border between [...]
VLADIVOSTOK, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Russia’s Embassy in North Korea has released photos showing all priests and worshippers wearing masks during a recent Mass service at a Russian Orthodox church in Pyongyang in an indication that the country is on high alert for the coronavirus. “The service was carried out in compliance with all [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has placed around 10,000 people under quarantine over coronavirus concerns and released about 40 percent of them as they showed no symptoms, according to state media reports. North Korea has not reported an outbreak of COVID-19, which emerged in neighboring China in late December, but it has [...]
WASHINGTON, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Two U.S. senators have introduced a bill aimed at helping Korean Americans reunite with family members in North Korea. Sens. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Dan Sullivan (R-AK) on Thursday introduced the bipartisan Korean War Divided Families Reunification Act, which directs the U.S. secretary of state to prioritize arranging reunions [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The United Nations Command (UNC) has said it stands ready to approve requests for entry into the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas in order to support aid provision, diplomatic meetings and other inter-Korean projects despite coronavirus concerns. “Things are quieter since #NorthKorea closed its borders due to #COVID19, [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean state media on Wednesday slammed South Korean movies and dramas for engaging in “anti-republic” propaganda with fakes and fabrication about the communist state. Uriminzokkiri did not specify its targets for criticism, but they might include such recent hits as TV drama “Crash Landing On You” and blockbuster [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has allowed female workers to stay home if they have no other family members to take care of children after nurseries were closed and the opening of schools was postponed due to coronavirus concerns, state media reported Wednesday. Last week, the North said that it extended the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Nuclear talks between the United States and North Korea remain in limbo a year after their no-deal summit in Hanoi, with their engagement hamstrung by mutual distrust, domestic politics and, most recently, Pyongyang’s focus on fending off an epidemic. The second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North [...]