SEOUL, Jun. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans on Sunday expressed optimism that the peace process on the Korean Peninsula may quicken after the leaders of the United States and North Korea held a surprise meeting at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom. Earlier in the day, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The world’s spotlight was on the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas and the truce village of Panmunjom on Sunday as U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had a surprise encounter there. In accordance with the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-53 Korean [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The third and last hiking trail along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that demarcates the two Koreas is expected to open in the border town of Paju in September, officials said Sunday. The western section of the DMZ trail in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, about 30 kilometers northwest of Seoul, appears [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The stature of Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, appears to have been elevated, the chief of the parliament’s intelligence committee said Tuesday, citing the spy agency’s closed-door briefing. Rep. Lee Hye-hoon made the remarks, revising her earlier explanation that the standing of Kim Yo-jong appears [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Thousands of South Koreans asked the government Friday to endorse their travel to Mount Kumgang in North Korea, demanding the resumption of suspend tours to the scenic mountain. According to the Movement for One Korea, a civic group, 6,150 citizens added their names to the applications submitted to the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Monday that it has distributed thousands of posters to schools in North Korea aimed at raising the awareness of dangers of unexploded bombs, a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War. The ICRC completed distribution of the posters to schools in [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has confirmed an outbreak of African swine fever, possibly adding to the country’s already dire food situation and prompting South Korea to guard against the possible spread of the animal disease in areas bordering the North. North Korea reported the outbreak of the swine fever at a [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has begun attracting foreign tourists to an annual international marathon event to be held in Pyongyang next year, with a tour agency saying it will be the “most amazing race of your life.” The Pyongyang International Marathon, also known as the Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon, will be [...]
CHEORWON, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A 15-kilometer trail in Cheorwon, a landlocked county and symbolic border town, brings trekkers deep inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the forefront of 66 years of inter-Korean tensions where the two Koreas have begun to take nascent but concrete steps to build peace. The first group of civilians is [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — On a recent Friday morning, a small number of mostly teenaged students trained their eyes on their American teacher, repeating short English sentences after her and raising their hands from time to time to ask questions. At a glance, they look no different from ordinary students in South Korea, [...]