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Sun, July 5, 2020 | 00:35

Inter-Korean relations on the line after North Korea's threat

Inter-Korean relations on the line after North Korea's threat

Rather than celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first-ever inter-Korean summit that pledged increased dialogue and cooperation between the two Koreas, bilateral ties are now reverting almost to the situation before the historic event. There has been a buildup of tense confrontation and the possibility of war after Pyongyang recently threatened to end its relationship with...

Kang Seung-woo | 2020-06-14 16:31

Moon to N. Korea: 'Don't backtrack on agreed-upon peace efforts'

Filmmaker gives Korean War orphans voices

Filmmaker gives Korean War orphans voices

Director Kim Deog-young's “Kim Il-sung's Children” is a tale of the doomed fate of thousands of Korean War orphans who found homes in Europe and lived there for several years only to have their “fond” childhood abruptly ended with their forced repatriation to North Korea in 1959.

Kang Hyun-kyung | 2020-06-14 16:02

Seoul urges Pyongyang to keep reconciliatory deals

Seoul urges Pyongyang to keep reconciliatory deals

South Korea held an emergency security meeting on Sunday and pressed North Korea to keep reconciliatory deals as Pyongyang continued to up the ante by threatening to sever inter-Korean relations and even use military action. Seoul's top security officials, led by Chung Eui-yong, director of national security at the presidential office, reviewed the current security situation ...

2020-06-14 14:25

Kim Jong-un's sister threatens South Korea with military action

Kim Jong-un's sister threatens South Korea with military action

The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened military action against South Korea as she bashed Seoul on Saturday over declining bilateral relations and its inability to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border. Describing South Korea as an ``enemy,'' Kim Yo Jong repeated an earlier threat she had made by saying Seoul will soo...

2020-06-14 09:05

Seoul urges Pyongyang to keep reconciliatory deals

N. Korean military ready for action on Seoul, warns leader's sister

N. Korean military ready for action on Seoul, warns leader's sister

North Korea will take its next step against South Korea, for what it claims to be Seoul's betrayal and crimes against the communist state, it said Saturday, adding that its army has been entrusted to plan and take any necessary action. "I feel it is high time to surely break with the South Korean authorities. We will soon take a next action," Kim Yo-jong, first vice departmen...

2020-06-14 01:02

North Korea tells South to 'stop nonsensical' talk about denuclearization

North Korea tells South to 'stop nonsensical' talk about denuclearization

North Korea tells South to 'stop nonsensical' talk about denuclearization

North Korea said Saturday that South Korea should stop "nonsensical" talk about denuclearization, saying Seoul was unqualified to discuss or "poke its nose into" nuclear talks between Washington and Pyongyang. Kwon Jong-gun, director-general of the department of U.S. affairs at North Korea's foreign ministry, made the remark in a statement carried by the official Korean Centr...

2020-06-13 19:16

N. Korea vows to build up military

N. Korea vows to build up military

North Korea said Friday it will not talk with the United States if it sticks to hostile policies, casting doubt over the future of their denuclearization dialogue on the second anniversary of the first summit in Singapore between the leaders of the two countries. In a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Foreign Minister Ri Son-gon said the No...

Yi Whan-woo | 2020-06-12 16:29

North Korea tells South to 'stop nonsensical' talk about denuclearization

N. Korean leader sends congratulatory message to Putin

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday on the occasion of the country's national day, according to state media.

2020-06-12 10:51

North Korea says little reason to maintain Kim-Trump ties

North Korea says little reason to maintain Kim-Trump ties

North Korea says little reason to maintain Kim-Trump ties

North Korea sees little use maintaining a personal relationship between leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump if Washington sticks to hostile policies, state media reported on Friday - the two-year anniversary of the leaders' first summit. U.S. policies prove Washington remains a long-term threat to the North Korean state and its people and North Korea will devel...

2020-06-12 09:36

N. Korean leader sends congratulatory message to Putin

Political dynamics of propaganda leaflets and inter-Korean relations

Political dynamics of propaganda leaflets and inter-Korean relations

While South Korea wants to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first-ever inter-Korean summit on June 15 which it believes helped “thaw” inter-Korean relations, North Korea is increasing its vitriol toward the South over the sending of propaganda leaflets across the border by a defectors' group.

Jung Da-min | 2020-06-11 17:11

50% of South Koreans support law banning sending anti-NK leaflets

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