SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Baek, a 101-year-old male, was found to the be oldest member of the South Korean delegation that will be will be meeting long-lost family members living in North Korea at the inter-Korean family reunions to be held between August 20 and 26 at Mt. Kumgang. From August 20 to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a new survey, 8 out 10 Koreans think that South and North Korea will eventually become a unified nation in the long run. Most of the individuals surveyed said that the first thing that the South Korean government should do, in terms of its policy on North [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The bereaved family members of the victims of the mysterious mid-air bombing of a South Korean passenger jet in 1987 on Monday sued the culprit, Kim Hyun-hui, a female North Korean former terrorist, for libel and obstruction of business, while calling for reinvestigation of the case. Prior to filing [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and North Korea will try to continue their peacemaking mood through sport by sending joint teams to the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia. The Koreas agreed to field joint teams in three sports — basketball, canoeing, and rowing — at this year’s Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games, which will [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Following formal approval by the government, feature films produced in North Korea will be screened at the 22nd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFAN) to be held for ten days starting tomorrow. Festival organizers included the special screening of nine North Korean films following the conciliatory mood of the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Student-run organizations of all ages have come together to launch a support group that advocates for a so-called “unification train” bound for the North Korean capital of Pyongyang by way of Yongsan Station in Seoul. The network of students composed of members of youth organizations and college student unions [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Experts on North Korea say that an increasing number of citizens of the secluded state are buying bottled water for their personal consumption. One explanation for the increase in demand is attributed to the lack of clean water and proper water purification facilities. But another reason for the newfound [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent summit between North Korea and the U.S. has many people wondering if South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s “new economic initiative” will gain momentum now that North-South relations have begun to thaw. During President Moon’s own meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Moon gave Kim a USB [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A student committee at Seoul National University (SNU) on Friday proposed holding talks with its counterpart at Kim Il Sung University, North Korea’s most prestigious school of higher learning, in Pyongyang this year to promote exchanges between students of the two schools. The committee seeking inter-Korean exchanges in cooperation [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Better relations between North Korea and the United States could open up the hermit state to Western brand franchises, a notion that local industry watchers said Friday is possible but premature at this stage. If such a day does come, decisions and preparations would be made by the overseas [...]