SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — According to Prof. Kim Kyong-nam of Seoul National University (SNU) Hospital on Wednesday, there is a gap of 10 or more years when comparing average life expectancy in North and South Korea. North Korean men live an average of 66.2 years, compared to 72.9 years for women. This is [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Durty Donald’ and ‘Kim Jong Yum’ are the names of hamburgers invented by a restaurant in Hanoi, Vietnam where the 2019 North Korea-United States Summit will be held between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un. The restaurant, ‘Durty Bird’, came up with the witty burger [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Following North and South Korea’s joint bid to the International Olympics Committee (IOC) to host the 2032 Summer Olympic Games in the Korean peninsula, Seoul is devising blueprints to turn the Seoul-Pyongyang Olympics into a “platform of peace”. The plan includes hosting several events at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), [...]
INCHEON, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The Human Chain Movement, where more than 500,000 participants will come hand in hand to create a human chain along 500 kilometers of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) at the border of the two Koreas, will hold its opening ceremony at Boleum Island in Incheon. Hosted by DMZ Peace Chain, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Fewer young students in South Korea perceive North Korea as an enemy than a year ago, while a larger number of them regard the North as a cooperative partner, a poll showed Tuesday. In the poll of 82,947 elementary, middle and high school students by the education and unification [...]
SEOUL/HANOI, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un flew to Singapore on a rented Air China plane, instead of his aged official jet, last June for his first summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. What he will use to travel to Vietnam’s Hanoi for a second meeting with Trump is a point [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Six in 10 South Koreans expect some substantial outcome from the second summit between North Korea and the United States, slated for Feb. 27-28 in Vietnam, a poll showed Monday. In the survey of 501 South Korean adults nationwide conducted by pollster Realmeter last Friday, 62.5 percent issued an [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States have postponed the announcement of plans for their combined springtime military exercises until after the second summit between Washington and Pyongyang slated for late this month, a government source said Friday. If the allies press ahead with their annual training programs, ongoing preparations [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 60 percent of the South Koreans seeking reunions with family members separated from them by the 1950-53 Korean War are aged 80 or older, government data showed Tuesday, highlighting the urgency of the issue. Among 55,987 South Korean survivors who have registered to be reunited with their long-lost [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The role of Sweden is in the spotlight with the United States and North Korea meeting in the Scandinavian country to have working-level discussions for the second U.S.-North Korea Summit to be held next month. Steven Biegun, U.S. special envoy for North Korea negotiations and Choe Son-hui, North Korean [...]