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North Korea
Mon, July 13, 2020 | 12:06
N. Korea's decision to suspend military action plans against S. Korea 'positive' sign: official
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's recent decision to suspend military action plans against South Korea is a "positive sign," a unification ministry official said Thursday, hoping that it could serve as a starting point for easing tensions and improving cross-border relations.
2020-06-25 17:12
  • Moon strives to revive peace talks with North Korea
US remains focused on denuclearizing North Korea: Pentagon official
US remains focused on denuclearizing North Korea: Pentagon official
The United States remains focused on denuclearizing North Korea amid Pyongyang's increased provocations against Seoul, a senior Pentagon official said Wednesday. David Helvey, acting assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific security affairs, said the North's recent actions underscored the importance of maintaining a strong readiness posture between Washington and Seoul...
2020-06-25 09:58
  • Moon strives to revive peace talks with North Korea
Churches urge to prioritize end of war for peace on Korean Peninsula
Churches urge to prioritize end of war for peace on Korean Peninsula
The alliance of Korean churches urged the government to prioritize signing of a declaration ending the 1950-53 Korean War and of a peace treaty for the establishment of peace on the Korean Peninsula to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the war, amid rising tension between the two Koreas.
Park Ji-won | 2020-06-24 16:41
North Korean leader suspends military actions against South Korea
North Korean leader suspends military actions against South Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has suspended envisaged military action against South Korea, the North's state-run media reported Wednesday, a move seen as diffusing rapidly escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula “temporarily.” However, the South Korean military still remains on alert over possible North Korean provocative actions, given that Pyongyang's decision was to ...
Kang Seung-woo | 2020-06-24 16:23
Return of 147 soldiers' remains
Return of 147 soldiers' remains
The remains of 147 South Korean soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War are laid on seats inside an aerial tanker to be returned to Korea at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii, Tuesday. The remains were part of those brought to the U.S. after joint excavation work in North Korea from 1990 to 1994 and following the summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S...
Kang Seung-woo | 2020-06-24 16:23
North Korea seen removing loudspeakers from border areas: sources
North Korea seen removing loudspeakers from border areas: sources
North Korea was seen removing about 10 propaganda loudspeakers reinstalled recently along the border with South Korea, military sources said Wednesday, after leader Kim Jong-un ordered the suspension of military action plans against the South.
2020-06-24 10:26
  • Kim Jong-un suspends military action plans against Seoul
Kim Jong-un suspends military action plans against Seoul
Kim Jong-un suspends military action plans against Seoul
North Korea suspended "military action plans" against South Korea during a Central Military Commission meeting presided over by leader Kim Jong-un, state media reported Wednesday, raising questions about Pyongyang's intentions behind the decision. The decision came as a surprise because the North had widely been expected to convene a meeting of the Central Military Commission...
2020-06-24 09:44
  • North Korea seen removing loudspeakers from border areas: sources
  • Defector group sends 500,000 anti-NK leaflets
  • North Korea completes setting up 20 loudspeakers along border
Defector group sends 500,000 anti-NK leaflets
Defector group sends 500,000 anti-NK leaflets
A North Korean defectors' group floated hundreds of thousands of anti-North Korea leaflets across the border, Monday night, adding fuel to the already-tense situation on the Korean Peninsula. In response, the police are set to apprehend those who were involved in the campaign that the government believes violates the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Act.
Kang Seung-woo | 2020-06-23 16:55
  • North Korea seen removing loudspeakers from border areas: sources
  • Kim Jong-un suspends military action plans against Seoul
The Korean War: carnage, stalemate and ceasefire
The Korean War: carnage, stalemate and ceasefire
As well as pitting North against South, the Korean War embroiled each side's communist and Western allies - with the Soviet Union and China backing Pyongyang, and a US-led coalition under a United Nations banner supporting Seoul. AFP traces the course of the conflict, which broke out on June 25, 1950 and ended with a ceasefire rather than a peace treaty, leaving the two Korea...
2020-06-23 14:06
  • Mexicans: Forgotten soldiers of 1950-53 Korean War
North Korean defectors' group says it sent leaflets to North overnight
North Korean defectors' group says it sent leaflets to North overnight
A group of North Korean defectors in the South claimed Tuesday it sent anti-North Korea leaflets across the border overnight from the western border city of Paju. Police said one of the balloons used for sending the leaflets was found in a town in the mountainous eastern province of Gangwon. "(We) sent anti-North Korea leaflets over (to the North) between 11 p.m. and midnight...
2020-06-23 13:41
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