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Fri, November 15, 2019 | 23:49

Reunions of separated families 'top priority' if inter-Korean talks resume

Reunions of separated families 'top priority' if inter-Korean talks resume

Reunions of family members separated by the Korean War (1950-53) will be the top priority if inter-Korean talks resume, South Korea's unification minister said Friday.“The government will continue to seek ways to fundamentally resolve the issue,” Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul said at Imjingak, a park in Paju, south of the demilitarized zone separating two Koreas.

Jung Min-ho | 2019-09-13 15:58

It's 'wrong' to block separated families from being reunited: Moon

It's 'wrong' to block separated families from being reunited: Moon

It's 'wrong' to block separated families from being reunited: Moon

President Moon Jae-in said Friday his administration will keep doing its best to create opportunities for separated families in the two Koreas to be reunited as often as possible. He was speaking in a special KBS program on the issue of family members residing on the other side of the border following the 1950-53 Korean War. It was aired for Chuseok, one of the most important...

2019-09-13 15:57

Reunions of separated families 'top priority' if inter-Korean talks resume

Trump says he expects to meet North Korean leader at some point this year

Trump says he expects to meet North Korean leader at some point this year

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he expects to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at some point later this year.At the White House, Trump was asked by reporters if he plans to meet Kim this year and whether he has a new proposal for denuclearization negotiations with Pyongyang."At some point, yes," Trump said of the potential meeting. "Certainly, (the North Ko...

2019-09-13 09:12

Inter-Korean liaison office generates 'half success'

Inter-Korean liaison office generates 'half success'

The inter-Korean liaison office opened a year ago with much fanfare amid thawing relations between Seoul and Pyongyang, but the symbolic channel of communication ended up only half successful in terms of advancing bilateral relations. Sept. 14 marks the first anniversary of the opening of the joint communication office in the North Korean border city of Gaeseong.

Lee Min-hyung | 2019-09-11 16:02

Trump fires Bolton, citing strong disagreements

Trump fires Bolton, citing strong disagreements

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has fired National Security Adviser John Bolton due to strong disagreements and will name a replacement next week. The announcement comes after months of rumors that Trump and Bolton clashed on policy, including on how to denuclearize North Korea. Some of their disagreements were exposed in public, with Trump playing down North...

2019-09-11 09:23

North Korea tested super-large multiple rocket launcher under Kim's guidance

North Korea tested super-large multiple rocket launcher under Kim's guidance

North Korea said Wednesday that it tested a super-large multiple rocket launcher the previous day under the guidance of leader Kim Jong-un. On Tuesday, South Korea's military said that the North fired two short-range projectiles from its western region toward the east, saying both flew about 330 kilometers. Kim "gave field guidance to the test-fire of super-large multiple roc...

2019-09-11 09:19

Dennis Rodman, who hangs with Trump and Kim, says Korea peace deal 'could still work'

Dennis Rodman, who hangs with Trump and Kim, says Korea peace deal 'could still work'

Former U.S. basketball star Dennis Rodman, one of a handful of Westerners to have met North Korean head of state Kim Jong Un, and a friend of U.S. President Donald Trump, said on Monday he thought the two leaders could work out a deal. "I think that it could still work. I just think that we need to stay on the right path to make it work," said Rodman, who was at the June 2018...

2019-09-10 10:04

North Korea fires unidentified projectiles toward East Sea

Trump: Meetings are good thing after North Korea offers nuke talks

Trump: Meetings are good thing after North Korea offers nuke talks

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that meetings are a good thing and he'll see what happens, after North Korea proposed denuclearization talks this month. Trump made the comment to reporters at the White House shortly after North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui made the offer in a statement carried by the country's official media.

2019-09-10 09:43

North Korea fires unidentified projectiles toward East Sea

North Korea fires unidentified projectiles toward East Sea

North Korea fires unidentified projectiles toward East Sea

North Korea fired unidentified projectiles twice from a western region toward the East Sea on Tuesday, South Korea's military said, just hours after the communist nation offered to resume nuclear talks with the United States. The projectiles were launched in an easterly direction from an inland area in the South Pyongan Province, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said w...

2019-09-10 07:47

North Korea reports five deaths, damage in typhoon

North Korea reports five deaths, damage in typhoon

North Korean state media said Sunday five people had been killed in a powerful typhoon that destroyed farmland and damaged hundreds of buildings. Typhoon Lingling, called Typhoon-13 in North Korea, hit the reclusive nuclear-armed state on Saturday afternoon, reported the official KCNA news service.

2019-09-08 21:45

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