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Tue, September 29, 2020 | 20:08

Gov't in hot seat over detained South Koreans in North Korea

Gov't in hot seat over detained South Koreans in North Korea

The South Korean government's silence on its citizens detained in North Korea is drawing criticism from those who are claiming that Seoul is intentionally avoiding the issue so as not to ruffle feathers in Pyongyang while pursuing inter-Korean projects.

Kang Seung-woo | 2020-09-11 17:38

North Korea issues shoot-to-kill orders to prevent virus: USFK

North Korea issues shoot-to-kill orders to prevent virus: USFK

North Korean authorities have issued shoot-to-kill orders to prevent the coronavirus entering the country from China, according to the commander of US forces in the South. The impoverished North - whose crumbling health system would struggle to cope with a major virus outbreak - has not confirmed a single case of the disease that has swept the world since first emerging in Ch...

2020-09-11 14:06

North Korea showing no sign of 'lashing out' in near future: USFK chief

North Korea showing no sign of 'lashing out' in near future: USFK chief

North Korea showing no sign of 'lashing out' in near future: USFK chief

North Korea is not showing any signs of provocation, such as rolling out a new strategic weapons system, the head of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said Thursday, while insisting the impoverished North may be too caught up in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and the amplified effects of sanctions. "There's people suggesting that perhaps there'll be a rollout of a new weapons system. ...

2020-09-11 09:17

North Korea issues shoot-to-kill orders to prevent virus: USFK

North Korea's child mortality rate nearly six times higher than South Korea in 2019: UN report

North Korea's child mortality rate nearly six times higher than South Korea in 2019: UN report

North Korea's child mortality rate in 2019 was nearly six times higher than that of South Korea, a recent United Nations report showed. According to the report from the U.N. Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME), North Korea's child mortality was estimated at 17 per 1,000 births in 2019, greatly reduced from 43 deaths in 1990, but still significantly higher...

2020-09-10 11:49

Resumption of North Korean weapons testing only matter of time: US expert

Resumption of North Korean weapons testing only matter of time: US expert

North Korea appears to be ready to resume its nuclear and weapons testing in the near future, a former U.S. intelligence official said Wednesday, stressing the need for "stronger" incentives or punishment for the communist state. "Another big element we need to think about is that additional weapons testing is probably just a matter of time," said Markus Garlauskas, a former ...

2020-09-10 09:06

North-South Korean couples try to bridge 75-year division

North-South Korean couples try to bridge 75-year division

On their second date last year, feeling a little drunk at a seaside restaurant, Kim Seo-yun let slip a revelation to her South Korean love interest: She had fled North Korea a decade ago, something that sometimes made her feel ashamed in a country where North Korean defectors can face discrimination. Her companion, Lee Jeong-sup, jokingly asked if she was a spy but then told ...

2020-09-09 11:04

Kim Yo-jong disappears from public radar

Kim Yo-jong disappears from public radar

Kim Yo-jong, North Korea's de facto second-in-command, has been out of the public eye for more than a month, leaving the South Korean government and experts scrambling to find out what has happened to the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong-un.

Kang Seung-woo | 2020-09-08 20:32

North Korea provides unprecedented, nearly real-time reports on typhoons

North Korea provides unprecedented, nearly real-time reports on typhoons

A journalist stands in a flooded street, his umbrella helplessly turned inside out in the strong wind, as he continues an onsite report about the effect of Typhoon Haishen amid a torrential downpour.

2020-09-08 16:56

Will North Korea opt for provocation on party foundation day?

Will North Korea opt for provocation on party foundation day?

Speculation is growing that North Korea may stage a military provocation to mark its ruling party's foundation day next month, according to diplomatic experts, Sunday.

Kang Seung-woo | 2020-09-06 16:52

North Korean leader holds party meeting during visit to typhoon-hit area

North Korean leader holds party meeting during visit to typhoon-hit area

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited typhoon-hit areas in the country's eastern South Hamkyong Province and presided over a Workers' Party meeting at the scene to discuss recovery efforts, state media reported Sunday. The enlarged executive policy meeting was held on Saturday to gauge the damage from last week's Typhoon Maysak that hit hard its eastern areas where more tha...

2020-09-06 09:42

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