SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea on Monday fired four ballistic missiles into the East Sea, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, in an apparent reaction to the ongoing joint military drills between South Korea and the United States. The four projectiles were launched from an area near the North’s Dongchang-ri long-range missile [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Rumors surrounding the recent assassination of Kim Jong-nam, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s half brother, in Malaysia are quickly spreading by mouth in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang, the leader of a group of North Korean defectors here said Friday. “Pyongyang citizens are in a rage as the [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A state-run institute on chemical safety said Monday it has taken a set of measures to secure state-of-the-art equipment for effectively dealing with chemical accidents and chemical terrorism at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics and other major sports events. The measures came on the heels of the revelation that [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s defense chief said Monday that North Korea’s alleged assassination of its leader Kim Jong-un’s half brother appears to be part of Pyongyang’s move to remove any potential challengers to Kim’s power and forestall any outside attempt to overthrow its regime. “The murder of Kim Jong-nam by the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Malaysian government said Thursday that it will turn over the body of Kim Jong-nam, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s half-brother, to North Korea once the investigative process is complete, which officials expect will be as late as the beginning of next week. Although it is customary for a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean military has refuted claims that it will use loudspeakers at the Demilitarized Zone to broadcast news of the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, current North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s half-brother, but it certainly may consider the option. In response to news reports that the South Korean military [...]
BUSAN, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A military source confirmed Wednesday that the USNS Howard O. Lorenzen – capable of tracking and monitoring ballistic missiles – is currently stationed in Busan, South Korea’s largest port, amid recent threats from North Korea that have been raising international concern. The 12,845-ton vessel went into operation in 2014, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s spy agency said Tuesday the latest missile launched by Pyongyang that reached a top speed of Mach 8.5 is capable of flying more than 2,000 kilometers. During the meeting with the National Assembly’s Intelligence Committee, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) said the missile was launched at a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea has misappropriated part of an international relief package to help it deal with the devastation caused by deadly flooding last year for its major infrastructure projects, a U.S. broadcast said Tuesday. A source in the northern Ryanggang Province told Radio Free Asia (RFA) that materials and funds [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea has claimed it successfully test-launched a new medium-range ballistic missile that is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, the country’s state-run media said Monday. The Korean Central News Agency said the Pukguksong-2 strategic weapon system was successfully test-fired Sunday. It added that the missile launched from a [...]