PPP slams abstainers in Assembly resolution on China's forced return of NK defectors Seven opposition lawmakers are taking flak for giving up their votes in the National Assembly adopting a resolution calling on China to stop forcibly repatriating North Korean defectors.Dec 2, 2023By Nam Hyun-woo
Seoul High Court calls off defector group's license repeal over anti-North leafleting The Seoul High court on Friday ordered the government to reverse its decision to revoke the license of a North Korean defectors' group for sending anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets over to the North.Dec 1, 2023
S. Korea imposes sanctions on 11 N. Korean individuals after spy satellite launch South Korea imposed unilateral sanctions Friday on 11 North Korean individuals involved in satellite and ballistic missile development, in response to the North's launch of a military spy satellite last week, Seoul's foreign ministry said.Dec 1, 2023
N. Korean leader calls for increased aerial combat posture amid tension over satellite launch North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called on the air force to enhance its combat posture to immediately respond to military threats by enemies, Pyongyang's state media reported Friday.Dec 1, 2023
US leaves N. Korea on state sponsors of terrorism list in 2022 report The United States has kept North Korea on its list of state sponsors of terrorism, an annual State Department report showed Thursday, noting the reclusive regime repeatedly supported acts of international terrorism.Dec 1, 2023
US slaps additional sanctions against N. Korea in response to spy satellite launch The United States on Thursday sanctioned a North Korean cyber espionage group and eight foreign-based agents of the reclusive regime in response to Pyongyang's spy satellite launch last week, the Department of Treasury said.Dec 1, 2023
South Korea halts Panmunjom tour again over armed North Korean troops in DMZ A tour program to the truce village of Panmunjom on the inter-Korean border has been suspended again as safety concerns increased due to North Korean soldiers armed with pistols in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, the unification ministry said Thursday.Nov 30, 2023
Experts forecast greater difficulties in inter-Korean relations if Trump reelected The possibility of a return of Donald Trump to the White House would likely revive talks between the United States and North Korea and could raise doubts over any commitments made by Washington to Seoul under President Joe Biden, who is struggling in recent polls against Trump, experts said, Thursday.Nov 30, 2023By Jung Min-ho
NK says spy satellite took photos of US bases in San Diego, Japan North Korea said Thursday the country's military spy satellite has taken photos of U.S. military facilities in San Diego and Japan, as well as the Suez Canal in Egypt.Nov 30, 2023
Red flag raised on North Korea's unchecked space ambitions North Korea’s spy satellite, Malligyong-1, which entered Earth's orbit on Nov. 21, is being increasingly perceived as less threatening than initially feared after a technological setback was revealed in its images. The photographs taken by the spy satellite are believed to have a resolution far below what is required for military purposes.Nov 29, 2023By Kang Hyun-kyung
