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Moon’s approval rating surges after Pyongyang Summit
China hikes tariffs on US imports
Two BMW cars catch fire in S. Korea
Unification minister vows support for separated families
Holiday season is crime season, lawmaker warns
Dodgers' Ryu Hyun-jin spins another gem vs. Padres
Moon, Abe to hold bilateral summit this week
S. Korea’s Moon arrives in New York for Trump summit, UN meeting
Second woman accuses Trump court pick of sexual misconduct: New Yorker
[Photo News] Kim Jong-un and his ‘finger heart’

Sept 24, 2018 North Korea

Unification minister vows support for separated families

South Korea’s unification minister said Monday the government will beef up efforts to reconnect families separated for decades since Korean War in various ways in the follow-up negotiations with North Korea. Cho Myung-gyon was speaking to a group of divided families who jointly celebrated the Chuseok holiday at Imjingak park in Paju, just south of the demilitarized zone separating two Koreas. (Yonhap)“For both South and North Korea, the problem of divided families is an urgent task that can’t b

[Photo News] Kim Jong-un and his ‘finger heart’

THE SHAPE OF HIS HEART -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol-ju, along with South Korean officials, pose for cameras with the so-called “finger heart” gesture against the backdrop of Cheonji Lake on top of Mount Paekdu on Sept. 20. The related photos, describing the last day of the inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang last week, were released by Seoul’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Sunday. (Cheong Wa Dae)

Sept 24, 2018
North Korea
Kim Jong-un to visit Seoul in December: CJ chairman

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un plans to visit Seoul in December, the chief of South Korean conglomerate CJ Group has said.Sohn Kyung-shik was a member of the South Korean delegation that accompanied President Moon Jae-in this week for his three-day trip to North Korea. He joined the delegation as the head of the Korea Employers Federation, a major business lobby.During a joint press conference after the third summit, Kim said he made a promise to visit Seoul "in the near future." Moon later add

Sept 22, 2018
North Korea
Trump says he received 'beautiful letter' from NK leader

United States President Donald Trump said he received "a beautiful letter" from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un this week, stressing "very good" relations between the two sides. In his speech in Missouri at a campaign rally on Friday (US time), Trump said, "Chairman Kim Jong-un sent me a beautiful letter two days ago," though he did not elaborate on details.The remarks came less than two weeks after the White House said Trump received a written message from Kim, in which the North Korean leader

Sept 22, 2018
North Korea
Trump says he won't rush into any deal with N. Korea

United States President Donald Trump has said he will not be hasty in making any deals with North Korea, stressing "very good" relations with the communist country's leader.In his speech in Missouri at a campaign rally on Friday (US time), Trump said, "Chairman Kim Jong-un sent me a beautiful letter two days ago," though he did not elaborate on details.Pointing to the release of Americans who had been detained in the North and the return of remains of American soldiers who went missing during th

Sept 22, 2018
North Korea
N. Korea again designated as a food-deficit country

A United Nations agency has listed North Korea as a food-deficit country in need of external assistance, a US broadcaster reported Saturday.In its latest report, the Food and Agriculture Organization put the communist country on a list of 39 countries that need external food assistance, calling for 641,000 tons of crops to be imported to sustain the people, according to the Radio Free Asia. Farmers plant rice on a paddy in South Hwanghae Province in North Korea on May 22, 2018. (Yonhap)This year

Sept 22, 2018
North Korea
Sweden, Switzerland express willingness to send nuke inspection team to NK

Sweden and Switzerland have expressed their willingness to, upon request, send a team to inspect North Korea's possible dismantlement of nuclear and missile programs, a US broadcaster reported Saturday.After holding a summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Wednesday agreed to permanently dismantle the country's only missile engine test facility and launch pads in Dongchang-ri in the presence of international experts. (Pyeongyang Press Corps)Kim also of

Sept 22, 2018
North Korea
Pompeo hopes for 2nd US-NK summit 'before too long'

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced hope Friday for a second summit between the US and North Korea "before too long," but added there was still work to do.Both sides have floated the possibility of a second meeting between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to move forward negotiations to dismantle the regime's nuclear weapons program.Following an impasse over what denuclearization entails, the talks appeared to be back on track this week, helped largely by a thir

Sept 22, 2018
North Korea
N. Korea's deputy PM admits economy in trouble: S. Korean official

North Korea's deputy prime minister has admitted economic difficulties and called for South Korea's assistance, a South Korean presidential official said Friday, in a rare appeal by the North to try to boost its economy.Ri Ryong-nam (Yonhap)Ri Ryong-nam made the comments in a meeting with top South Korean business executives earlier this week, Kim Hyun-chul, a special economic adviser to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, told reporters of the meeting.The executives, including Samsung Electroni

Sept 21, 2018
North Korea
3 endearing moments of South Korean presidential couple on Paektusan

The candid interactions between South Korea’s presidential couple of Moon Jae-in and Kim Jung-sook are endearing in every way, and what their impact would be on their North Korean counterparts Kim Jong-un and Ri Sol-ju one could only surmise. Moon and his wife don’t put on a stuffy show for the camera. Their open dialogue invites the general public to see them more as the friendly neighborhood couple than distant rulers of the nation. Here are three moments that drew attention:"Here, let me tidy

Sept 22, 2018
North Korea
Will Kim Jong-un go up Jeju Island’s Hallasan?

South Korean President Moon Jae-in had his wish granted Thursday, when he went up Paektusan in North Korea. The question now is whether North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will go up the South’s tallest mountain during his expected trip to Seoul this year. Paektusan is the highest mountain in the North, at about 2,750 meters above sea level, while Hallasan is around 1,950 meters. Abundant folklore and legends involving mythical creatures revolve around both mountains Moon is an avid hiker, whose mou

Sept 22, 2018
North Korea
Kim Jong-un says ‘I can’t quite make the shape’ while trying ‘finger heart’

The South Korean fad of making “finger hearts” has crossed the border to the North, with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un himself trying the gesture while posing for photos on top of Paektusan. The gesture entails crisscrossing the thumb and index finger into a heart shape. According to South Korean presidential office Cheong Wa Dae’s spokesperson Kim Eui-kyeom, Kim Jong-un tried the gesture while posing for photographs with South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Paektusan, in front of the crater

Sept 22, 2018
North Korea
N. Korea had proposed Moon extend stay for another day: official

North Korea had suggested President Moon Jae-in extend his stay in the country for another day, but the South had to turn down the proposal due to its own circumstances, the presidential spokesman said Friday.Presidential spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom also cited a North Korean official as saying that they made preparations for the possibility of Moon staying in the country for another day after visiting Mount Paekdu on Thursday. President Moon Jae-in and north Korea`s Vice Chairman of the State Affair

Sept 21, 2018
North Korea
N. Korea's ambassador to UN begins official work

NEW YORK -- North Korea's new top envoy in the United Nations began his official service Thursday at a time when Pyongyang and Washington are gearing up to resume denuclearization talks.Amb. Kim Song presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the headquarters of the international body here."I convey warm greetings from State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un, our supreme leader," Kim said at the meeting. "I'm pleased to present the credentials signed by Foreign M

Sept 21, 2018
North Korea
US dismisses N. Korea's conditional offer to dismantle nuclear site

WASHINGTON -- The United States on Thursday dismissed North Korea's conditional offer to dismantle a key nuclear site, saying denuclearization must come before concessions.North Korean leader Kim Jong-un expressed a willingness in this week's joint summit agreement with South Korean President Moon Jae-in to permanently shut down the nuclear facilities in Yongbyon if the US took "corresponding measures."Asked if the US was prepared to comply, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the U

Sept 21, 2018
North Korea

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