SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has imposed fines on seven members of a local civic group for their unauthorized contact with North Koreans in China last month, officials said Monday. Without the government’s approval, they held a meeting with their North Korean counterparts in Shenyang in late May to discuss how to [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Key ruling party members of North Korea and Cuba have held talks to discuss ways to further develop their friendly ties, Pyongyang’s state media said Wednesday. The talks were held in Cuba on Monday between the North Korean delegation led by Kim Yong-chol, vice chairman of the Workers’ Party [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Ministry of Unification said Tuesday that a small number of North Korean restaurant staff have recently escaped their workplace in China. The confirmation comes a day after local media reported two or three North Koreans are moving to a third country after fleeing a Pyongyang-run restaurant in [...]
WASHINGTON, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea’s ambassador to Geneva reportedly downplayed U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump’s willingness to hold talks with the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, as a gesture for campaign purposes. “It is up to the decision of my supreme leader whether he decides to meet or not, but I think his [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s defense ministry said Monday it has responded to North Korea’s latest offer for military talks by saying that the North’s denuclearization steps should be a top priority. The government said it sent its reply to Pyongyang earlier in the day as North Korea on Saturday proposed holding [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea held a mass celebration in the center of Pyongyang on Tuesday to mark the end of its ruling party congress that conferred on its leader Kim Jong-un a new title. The four-day congress that concluded on Monday gave Kim the chairmanship of the ruling Workers’ Party of [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Sunday that North Korea’s offer for inter-Korean dialogue is merely a propaganda ploy that lacks sincerity, calling on Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons program. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un proposed holding military talks between the two Koreas in a bid to ease tensions along [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The top nuclear envoys of South Korea and the United States agreed Tuesday to “actively” push for three-way consultations involving China over the implementation of new U.N. sanctions on North Korea and its denuclearization, Seoul’s Foreign Ministry said. Kim Hong-kyun, South Korea’s special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to visit North Korea this week, a high-level U.N. source said Sunday, a surprise trip that raises hope for progress in inter-Korean relations and efforts to resolve the North Korean nuclear standoff.’ Ban’s visit to Pyongyang will be the first time in his capacity [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – For foreign travel agencies, the annual Pyongyang Marathon is apparently a good business opportunity. They are promoting a variety of tour programs to the secretive communist nation in connection with the event. The next one will be held on April 10 next year. Young Pioneer Tours, based in China, [...]