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Sat, December 15, 2018 | 04:29

Pyongyang-run restaurants losing customers in Russia

North Korean restaurants, once the source of foreign cash for the country's nuclear program, are losing customers in Vladivostok, Russia, according to sources familiar with Pyongyang.

North Korea | 2018-12-03 17:00

Hopes grow for inter-Korean relations to advance denuclearization process

Inter-Korean projects, which were put on hold for months after the third summit between leaders of the South and North, are back on track. The long-stalled joint inspection of railway sections in the North began Friday, a key step in the project to connect railways of the South and North.

North Korea | 2018-12-02 17:00

NK defector soldier in late teens or early 20s: source

The North Korean soldier, who defected to the South across the heavily armed border on Saturday, is in his late teens or early 20s, a government source said. The soldier crossed the eastern land border into the South on Saturday morning. The crossing took place near a South Korean guard post in Goseong of Gangwon Province, northeast of Seoul, the source said.

North Korea | 2018-12-02 15:22

Pompeo: US-N. Korea summit to happen 'shortly after first of year'

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday that he expects a second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to take place "shortly after the first of the year." Pompeo also said in an interview with CNN that the U.S. is seeking a "substantive next step" in the denuclearization talks with the North and that the Trump administration will...

North Korea | 2018-12-02 10:02

Politics should remain separate from humanitarian assistance to North Korea

Politics should be kept separate from efforts for humanitarian aid, the head of the North Korean office of an international Red Cross organization has said, adding that any link between them could be "dangerous" as it could turn assistance into a "negotiation tool." Bart Vermeiren, head of mission of the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), made the r...

North Korea | 2018-12-02 09:37

Kim Jong-un inspects fishery stations, in first reported activity in 13 days

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected fishery plants in the country's eastern coastal region in his first reported public activity in 13 days, according to state media, Saturday. Kim visited three fishery processing factories run by the Korean People's Army (KPA) and carried out “field guidance,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.

North Korea | 2018-12-01 12:18

North Korea soldier defects to South Korea: JCS

A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the eastern land border, Saturday, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). South Korean border guards detected the soldier crossing the military demarcation line at 7:56 a.m. with their surveillance equipment, the JCS said.

North Korea | 2018-12-01 10:44

South Korean train travels to the North for joint railway inspection [PHOTOS]

The train, made up of six cars and carrying dozens of South Korean officials and experts, left Dorasan Station, just south of the inter-Korean border, around 9:05 a.m. for Panmun Station, near the North's border city of Kaesong. The train will be used to inspect 1,200 kilometers of rail track in the North through Dec. 18. The inspection is part of a summit agreement between t...

North Korea | 2018-11-30 10:28

South Korea pushes for groundbreaking ceremony for inter-Korean connections

South Korea is sticking to the plan to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for inter-Korean railway and road connection projects this year as the two Koreas are to begin a joint inspection of the rail system in North Korea this week, a unification ministry official said Thursday.

North Korea | 2018-11-29 15:03

Man wrongly imprisoned as North Korean spy wins big state compensation

A South Korean man imprisoned for 13 years on fabricated charges of spying for North Korea has won a huge state compensation through a court battle, officials said Wednesday. The Seoul Central District Court ruled recently that the state must pay a compensation of 1.3 billion won (US$1.15 million) and its penalty interest to Na Jong-in and his family to compensate for their m...

North Korea | 2018-11-28 11:28

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