SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The parents of American student Otto Warmbier, who died soon after his release from 17 months of captivity in North Korea, called on South Korea’s government Friday to pressure North Korea on its human rights abuses. Fred and Cindy Warmbier made the appeal during a press conference in Seoul [...]
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, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A tour agency which has arranged tour programs to North Korea said Friday that the United States will ban its citizens from traveling to the North soon following the death of an American detainee in the repressive regime. “We have just been informed that the U.S. government will no [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S. Senate has scheduled a hearing that is expected to focus on the death of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who was detained in North Korea for more than a year, its website showed Wednesday. Warmbier, 22, died Monday, days after returning home in a coma following [...]