SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is considering sending a team of personnel to Ukraine to monitor North Korean troops being deployed to support Russia, a government source said Tuesday. Last week, Seoul’s spy agency said North Korea sent some 1,500 special forces to Russia this month to take part in the war [...]
PAJU, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – For over 20 days, residents of Paju, a city in Gyeonggi Province bordering North Korea, have been subjected to an unrelenting barrage of psychological warfare. The weapon: loudspeakers blaring an cacophony of animal cries, ghostly wails, and other unsettling sounds across the Demilitarized Zone. On October 21, Paju Mayor Kim [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Analysts suggest that photographs released by North Korea on October 17, purportedly showing the demolition of inter-Korean liaison facilities, may have been illicitly captured from video footage recorded by South Korea’s military. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korea’s state media outlet, reported on the destruction of road connections [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has referred to South Korea as “a foreign country and an apparent hostile country,” warning that physical force will be used if the North’s sovereignty is violated, state media reported Friday. The remarks were made during his inspection of the headquarters of the 2nd [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean Ministry of National Defense and the White House have voiced concerns over reports suggesting North Korea has sent troops to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, marking a potential escalation in military cooperation between Pyongyang and Moscow. On October 16, South Korea’s Defense Ministry stated they were “closely [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean hackers have stolen an estimated US$3 billion worth of cryptocurrency since 2017, using the funds to support the regime’s nuclear and missile programs, a Microsoft report showed Thursday. Of that amount, between $600 million and $1 billion was stolen just last year, based on Microsoft’s Digital Defense [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea said Thursday its constitution clearly defines South Korea as a “hostile state,” highly suggesting that Pyongyang has amended its constitution in line with leader Kim Jong-un’s order to codify the South as an enemy, not a partner for reconciliation and unification. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) [...]
SUWON, South Korea, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Gyeonggi Province Gov. Kim Dong-yeon said Monday his government is considering designating some of the inter-Korean border areas within the province as “danger zones” to stop North Korean defectors and activists from sending anti-North Korea propaganda leaflets across the border. Kim made the remarks during a parliamentary [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called on officials to fight against corruption and eradicate abuse of power in a message seen aimed at tightening a grip on social discipline and enhancing internal solidarity. Kim’s statement was carried by the Rodong Sinmun, the North’s main newspaper, on Friday in a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has convened a key parliamentary meeting to revise the constitution, state media reported Wednesday, without disclosing details about whether it removed unification-related clauses or stipulated territorial boundaries in line with an order by leader Kim Jong-un. At the 11th session of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) [...]