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Unification Minister considers meeting with NK defectors amid controversy

South Korea’s unification minister is mulling a meeting with a North Korean defector group, a ministry official said Wednesday. The move is being seen as an effort to quell criticism over the ministe...

Oct 17, 2018
North Korea
US seeks Russia's cooperation on N. Korea

WASHINGTON -- The US envoy for North Korea met with his Russian counterparts Tuesday to ensure full coordination on efforts to dismantle the North's nuclear weapons program, the State Department said...

Oct 17, 2018
North Korea
N. Korea hands over S. Korean citizen held for illegal entry

North Korea on Tuesday repatriated a 60-year-old South Korean man who was detained last month after Pyongyang claimed he entered the country illegally, Seoul’s unification ministry said. The man, id...

Oct 16, 2018
North Korea
KEPCO chief says discussions on investment in N. Korea can begin after progress in Washington-Pyongyang talks

Kim Jong-gap, the CEO of the state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (Yonhap) Kim Jong-gap, the CEO of the state-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), said Tuesday that earnest discussions on investm...

Oct 16, 2018
North Korea
Eugene Bell staff to visit N. Korea for 3 weeks for medical aid

The Eugene Bell Foundation, a US-based group that has long provided medical humanitarian assistance to North Korea, especially for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, said that its officials will visit...

Oct 16, 2018
North Korea
US calls for sanctions implementation following inter-Korean rail agreement

WASHINGTON -- The United States on Monday called for the full enforcement of United Nations sanctions on North Korea as the two Koreas moved to establish rail and road links across their border. The...

Oct 16, 2018
North Korea
[Breaking] Koreas agree to start railway, road work by Dec.

The two Koreas have agreed to break ground for the modernization of cross-border railways and roads in late November or early December, said a statement released by South Korea’s Unification Ministry...

Oct 15, 2018
North Korea
Newspaper warns N. Koreans not to have illusions about imperialism, capitalism

North Korea's official newspaper on Monday urged its people not to have illusions about imperialism in order to safeguard socialism. The Rodong Sinmun, the organ of the ruling Workers' Party, said i...

Oct 15, 2018
North Korea
N. Korea opens website for trade, investment

North Korea has recently launched a new website dedicated to external trade and investment in what appears to be a move to induce more foreign investment to aid its economic growth. The "Foreign Tra...

Oct 15, 2018
North Korea
Pope Francis said to hope to visit NK next spring: ruling party chief

South Korea's ruling party chief said Monday that he heard Pope Francis is hoping to visit North Korea next spring as its leader Kim Jong-un has invited him to Pyongyang. Lee Hae-chan, the chairman ...

Oct 15, 2018
North Korea
Moon says world needs to show N. Korea made 'right' decision

PARIS -- The international community needs to prove that North Korea has made the right decision to give up its nuclear ambition, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Sunday, apparently stressing ...

Oct 15, 2018
North Korea
Koreas hold high-level talks to discuss implementation of summit agreement

SEOUL/PANMUNJOM -- South and North Korea are holding high-level talks Monday to discuss the implementation of the summit agreement their leaders reached last month. South Korean Unification Minister...

Oct 15, 2018
North Korea
Koreas to hold high-level talks on Monday

The divided Koreas will hold high-level talks on Monday to discuss the implementation of the summit agreement their leaders reached last month in Pyongyang, South Korea’s Ministry of Unification said...

Oct 14, 2018
North Korea
Koreas to hold high-level talks this week to discuss implementation of summit agreement

South and North Korea will hold high-level talks this week to discuss the implementation of the summit agreement their leaders reached last month, the unification ministry here said Sunday. South Ko...

Oct 14, 2018
North Korea
S. Korea's finance minister asks IMF to help with N. Korea's reform efforts

BALI, Indonesia -- South Korea's finance minister asked the International Monetary Fund on Saturday to play an active role in efforts to help North Korea carry out reforms and open up to the outside ...

Oct 14, 2018
North Korea

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