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, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean citizens hailed President Moon Jae-in’s visit to Pyongyang on Tuesday, pinning hopes for progress in nuclear talks and inter-Korean reconciliation on the planned summit between Moon and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Many citizens were glued to a television in the waiting area of Seoul Station at [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has not been seen in public for half a month following his intensive inspections of economic sites this summer, North Korea watchers in Seoul said Tuesday. According to Pyongyang’s media, Kim had visited 30 economic sites between late June and late August, prodding government [...]
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, Jun. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — As South and North Korea continue to reconcile their differences, those in South Korea’s media circles are working behind the scenes to resume exchanges with North Korean press halted more than a decade ago. Experts also say it is essential to for South Korean journalists to meet with their [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Pop star Seohyun has expressed hope South Korean musicians’ recent performance in Pyongyang will serve as a stepping stone in improving inter-Korean relations. She joined the 160-member troupe, which held rare concerts on Sunday and Tuesday in reciprocation to North Koreans’ performance in the South in February in celebration [...]
PYONGYANG/SEOUL, April 2 (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap) – The schedule for another concert by a South Korean art troupe visiting Pyongyang has been fixed, Seoul officials said Monday. A 160-member South Korean art troupe, including 11 celebrated Korean pop musicians, plans to perform jointly with North Korean artists on Tuesday afternoon following a successful concert on Sunday. “It has been confirmed that the joint performance will begin at 4 p.m. (Pyongyang time),” a [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Yonhap) — Red Velvet will sing two of its latest hits, “Red Flavor” and “Bad Boy,” during two rare performances by a South Korean troupe in Pyongyang next week, sources well informed of the shows said Monday. They said the girl group submitted a list of five or more songs to a [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea agreed Tuesday to send a 160-member art troupe to Pyongyang for rare concerts in early April ahead of South and North Korea’s planned summit late next month. The South’s art group will visit the North’s capital from March 31 to April 3 for two performances, according to a joint statement adopted after inter-Korean talks at the border truce village of Panmunjom. The art troupe will [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Pyongyang will send a 140-strong orchestra to South Korea to perform in celebration of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics next month. The two Koreas agreed during the talks at the border village of Panmunjom on Monday that the North Korean orchestra known as Samjiyon Band will hold concerts both in [...]