SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has met with athletes from the national women’s football team and praised their recent victory in the Under-17 Women’s World Cup, state media reported Friday. In the meeting held the previous day, Kim praised them for “highly promoting” the nation’s honor with the World [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a newly completed fish farm in the east coastal city of Sinpho and called for regional development to achieve regional economic self-reliance, state media reported Monday. Kim attended the inauguration ceremony of the Sinpho City Offshore Farm on Saturday, after he ordered [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Ukrainian forces have likely captured a North Korean soldier in what could be the first instance of its kind, a Ukrainian news report has said, as North Korean troops were fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine. Ukraine’s special operations troops reportedly took the soldier during operations in Russia’s western front-line [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it will impose independent sanctions on 15 North Korean IT workers and one entity over their roles in the illicit cyber activities to fund the country’s nuclear and missile development. Fourteen of the 15 individuals, including Pak Hung-ryong, Yun Jong-sik and Ri Il-jin, are suspected [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 3,000 North Korean troops have been killed or wounded in Russia’s western frontline region of Kursk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said, raising concern about the potential deployment of additional North Korean troops and equipment to Russia. Zelenskyy unveiled the figure Monday on the social media platform [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Ukraine’s military unveiled what it claimed were false identification documents carried by North Korean troops killed in the war with Russia, a report showed, amid Kyiv’s claim that Russia is trying to conceal the presence of North Korean soldiers. Citing images shared on the Telegram channel of Ukraine’s special [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea touted the recovery of the country’s flood-damaged northwestern regions as “miracles” in reports released Monday, using the occasion to portray leader Kim Jong-un as a “benevolent father.” “The flood-hit areas of North Phyongan, Jagang and Ryanggang provinces have turned into ideal socialist villages,” the North’s Korean Central [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea appears to be preparing to deploy additional troops and military equipment to Russia, possibly including suicide drones, in support of Moscow’s war against Ukraine, the South’s military said Monday. The assessment came as North Korea is believed to have sent thousands of troops to fight for Russia [...]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hackers linked to North Korea stole more than US$1.3 billion from crypto platforms this year, marking the largest ever annual amount that they have raked in from hacking activities, a report from a blockchain analysis firm showed Thursday. Chainalysis released its analysis on North Korea-affiliated hackers’ activities, saying that [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s spy agency on Thursday said at least 100 North Korean troops dispatched to Russia for combat in Ukraine were killed and 1,000 injured, according to a lawmaker. In a closed-door briefing to the parliamentary intelligence committee, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) also said the Russian military has [...]