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Thu, September 20, 2018 | 05:53

South Koreans cross inter-Korean border for family reunion [PHOTOS]

South and North Korea will begin their weeklong reunion event for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War on Monday. A total of 89 South Koreans will hold the first session of meetings with their families living in North Korea at a Mount Kumgang resort on the North's east coast at 3 p.m. They left for the venue early in the day from Sokcho, South Korea's northeastern tow...

North Korea | 2018-08-20 10:31

War-separated families meet for first time in 65 years

N. Korea demands declaration of end of Korean War

North Korea has called on the United States to declare an end to the 1950-53 Korean War in line with an agreement between their leaders at their Singapore summit in June.

North Korea | 2018-08-19 16:47

Kim's right-hand man visits Cuba

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s purported right-hand man Choe Ryong-hae is visiting Cuba, according to Cuba’s official news agency Prensa Latina last week. It said Choe, vice chairman of the Central Committee of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, arrived in Havana on Aug. 16, as the leader of a delegation.

North Korea | 2018-08-19 16:45

'Non-socialist' lifestyle under crackdown in N. Korea

North Korea is being vigilant against the influx of any “non-socialist” lifestyle amid the reconciliatory mood on the Korean Peninsula, according to sources familiar with Pyongyang. The sources said the authorities were especially keeping an eye on “non-socialist” behaviors in public ahead of the country’s 70th founding anniversary on Sept. 9.

North Korea | 2018-08-19 16:44

N. Korea smuggles tobacco products

North Korea is raising cash by smuggling tobacco products, including counterfeit cigarettes, according to sources familiar with Pyongyang. North Korea is raising cash by smuggling tobacco products, including counterfeit cigarettes, according to sources familiar with Pyongyang.

North Korea | 2018-08-19 16:43

Video games catch on in North Korea

Foreign computer and video games are becoming popular among North Korean youth, according to defectors in Seoul. They say the games vary from "Grand Theft Auto 5," "FIFA Online" and "Project IGI2" and that "every one of" their friends played them when they (the defectors) were in the reclusive state.

North Korea | 2018-08-19 16:37

N. Korea to greet Xi in 'unprecedented manner'

North Koreans are expected to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping in an “unprecedented manner” when he joins Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang to celebrate the 70th founding anniversary of the North’ s regime on Sept. 9, according to analysts. If confirmed, the visit will be the first by the highest-ranking Chinese official since Hu Jintao’s 2005 trip. Such an historic visit fuels op...

North Korea | 2018-08-19 16:35

Xi's N. Korea visit could make US uneasy

Xi's N. Korea visit could make US uneasy

Chinese President Xi Jinping's planned visit to North Korea next month, which was reported Sunday, is expected to provide a watershed moment in negotiations over denuclearizing the North, according to analysts.

North Korea | 2018-08-19 16:33

N. Korea to greet Xi in 'unprecedented manner'

Reunions of separated families to begin Monday

A group of 89 elderly South Koreans gathered in Sokcho, Gangwon Province, Sunday, before crossing the Demilitarized Zone to reunite with their loved ones in the North, Monday.

North Korea | 2018-08-19 16:33

Dream or reality: Separated Koreans to meet after decades apart [PHOTOS]

Lee Soo-nam was 8 the last time he saw his older brother. Sixty-eight years ago this month the boy watched, bewildered, as his 19-year-old brother left their home in Seoul to escape invading North Korean soldiers who were conscripting young men just weeks after invading South Korea to start the Korean War. An hour later his brother, Ri Jong Song, was snatched up by North Kore...

North Korea | 2018-08-19 13:52

Reunions of separated families to begin Monday

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Inter-Korean Summit in Pyongyang [PHOTOS]