SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid the growing possibility of an American preemptive attack on North Korea over nuclear threats, the Japanese government is being accused of overplaying the danger in order to gather support for reforms to its constitution that would grant Japan the right to go to war with other countries again. [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea stole more than 100 million won (US$88,100) in the virtual currency bitcoin from 2013-2015 as part of efforts to increase the country’s hard currency, Radio Free Asia reported Thursday. Choi Sang-myong, a senior official at South Korea’s cybersecurity firm Hauri Inc., told the U.S.-based media outlet that [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea vowed Tuesday to take the “toughest” counteraction against the United States as Washington is sending its strategic assets near the Korean Peninsula for what the North calls an invasion of Pyongyang. The North’s warning was made after the U.S. dispatched the USS Carl Vinson, a nuclear-powered aircraft [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — As North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is constantly testing U.S. President Donald Trump’s resolve, the Pentagon is reacting with a clear warning message by placing a host of formidable strategic assets near the Korean Peninsula. The return of the Carl Vinson Strike Group, which belongs to the San Diego-based [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean military confirmed Monday the United States is sending a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to waters near the Korean Peninsula again due to concerns about North Korea’s provocations. The Pacific Command, based in Hawaii, announced earlier that the Carl Vinson Strike Group is on its way to the [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a congratulatory message to Syria over the founding anniversary of the country’s ruling party, Pyongyang’s media said Friday, amid global condemnation against Damascus’s suspected chemical weapon attack on civilians. The North’s leader sent the message to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to mark [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has successfully test-launched a new 800-kilometer range ballistic missile that can reach anywhere in North Korea, defense sources said Thursday. It could send another strong warning message to North Korea, which is continuing its nuclear and missile development in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, they said. [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Army and Navy staged a large-scale joint live-fire exercise Tuesday, responding to North Korea’s war threats and signs of preparations for additional nuclear or missile tests. The artillery drills, held just south of the eastern border with the North, involved the military’s new 230mm Chunmoo multiple rocket launchers, according to the Army. [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea said Tuesday that it is holding a photo exhibition about leader Kim Jong-un’s achievement ahead of next week’s anniversaries of his ascension to the top posts of the country. On April 11, North Korea will mark the fifth anniversary of Kim’s election as first secretary of the [...]
WASHINGTON, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The United States blacklisted one North Korean trading firm and 11 individuals Friday as it further tightens the financial screws on Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programs. Paeksol Trading Corp. was sanctioned for involvement in trading in North Korean coal and minerals, a key source of hard currency [...]