SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — More than six out of 10 South Koreans are in favor of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s potential visit to Seoul on hopes for peace on the Korean Peninsula, a poll showed Thursday. In a survey of 500 adults nationwide, 61.3 percent of respondents said that they welcome Kim’s [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean officials have been successful in releasing smelt into Heaven Lake on Mt. Paektu. According to state-owned media reports, North Korean officials were able to confirm that the fish were indeed living in Heaven Lake, a year after they were released. According to the reports, North Korean researchers [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Ri Yong-ho, the North Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs, is planning to visit Vietnam for four days starting today. During his visit, Ri is expected to experience firsthand Vietnam’s Doi Moi policy, a series of economic reforms initiated in 1986 with the goal of creating a “socialist-oriented market economy.” [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea sent about 50 tons of pesticides to North Korea on Thursday to help it combat the spread of pine tree diseases, the unification ministry said. Trucks carrying the chemicals crossed into the North via the western land route at around 8:30 a.m., according to the ministry. They [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South and North Korea agreed Wednesday to launch an 18-day inspection of two railways running through the eastern and western parts of the North later this week as part of efforts to modernize and reconnect cross-border rail lines. In the survey set to kick off Friday, railway officials of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Koreans think it is necessary to ease sanctions on North Korea to accelerate denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, a survey showed Tuesday. According to the survey of 1,000 adults here by the National Unification Advisory Council, a presidential consultative body mainly on long-term inter-Korean ties, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A Chinese-based agency is selling tour programs to spend Christmas Day in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang. According to the website of Young Pioneer Tours, a three-day tour to Pyongyang sells for 475 pounds (US$608) and a four-day program, which also includes tours to the border city of Kaesong and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Blue House has released photos of the newborn puppies of ‘Gomi’, a Pungsan dog owned by South Korean President Moon Jae-in, on Sunday. The Blue House tweeted that Gomi gave birth to her puppies on November 9, and posted pictures of President Moon and First Lady Kim Jeong-sook [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The Koreas connected a 3 kilometer-long tactical road across the Military Demarcation Line inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Thursday to support a joint project to excavate Korean War remains at a notorious battle site. The unpaved road was established at Arrowhead Ridge, or Hill 281, in Cheorwon, 90 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The two Koreas will connect a road across the military demarcation line inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) this week to support a joint project to excavate Korean War remains at a notorious battle site, a government source in Seoul said Tuesday. On Thursday, the two sides will connect the [...]