SEOUL, Jun. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has sent around 310 trash-carrying balloons across the border overnight, South Korea’s military said Monday, amid escalating tensions over the North’s repeated balloon campaign to which South Korea has responded with the resumption of loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts after six years. The latest batch of waste-loaded balloons sent [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The ruling People Power Party (PPP) said Tuesday it will push for a law revision allowing compensation for any citizen who suffers damage from North Korea’s trash-carrying balloons. During a party meeting, PPP floor leader Choo Kyung-ho noted the lack of legal grounds to compensate South Korean citizens who [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South and North Korea had no cross-border trade last year and Seoul’s humanitarian aid to Pyongyang hit an all-time low amid frozen inter-Korean ties, the unification ministry said Friday. It marked the first time that the two Koreas logged no cross-border trade since 1989, when they began trading, according [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Around 90 balloons suspected to have been launched by North Korea have been found scattered across South Korea, including the capital Seoul and areas near the militarized border, according to military officials on May 29. Some of the balloons have landed while others remain aloft, the officials said. Troops are [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Fireworks modeled after North Korea’s largest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) have become available for purchase, in what observers say is another point of pride for the reclusive regime. On Sunday, North Korea’s state-run Korean Central TV showed footage of fireworks shaped like the Hwasong-17 ICBM displayed on shelves at [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea dismantled a fire station built with the South Korean government’s budget at the Mount Kumgang resort on the North’s east coast last month, the unification ministry said Friday. The ministry in charge of inter-Korean affairs voiced “strong” regret over North Korea’s “unilateral” removal of the South Korean [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a congratulatory message to Russian President Vladimir Putin for formally starting his fifth term as Moscow’s leader, state media said Wednesday, amid deepening military cooperation between the two nations. Putin began his fifth term Tuesday, extending his 24-year rule for another six [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has approved the entry of more than 80 Chinese students seeking to study in the North in the first such acceptance of overseas students after years of stringent border lockdowns aimed at fending off the pandemic. Late Thursday, the Chinese Embassy in North Korea released a photo [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea appears to have violated trademark rights as it displayed clothing with a famous animated character from Disney-Pixar’s 2010 movie “Toy Story 3″ at the latest fashion exhibition, photos carried by state media showed Friday. Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear, the main antagonist of the film, also known as Lotso Bear, [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea placed its second military spy satellite in space Monday to beef up its space-based surveillance of North Korea and deter its nuclear and missile threats amid Pyongyang’s own push to launch more satellites. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched the reconnaissance satellite from the John F. Kennedy Space [...]