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[Herald Interview] Former nuclear envoy raps Moon’s policy on N. Korea

Jun 23, 2020

Inter-Korean relations under the Moon Jae-in administration were never going to work, as they were built on a misguided belief, as worded by Moon himself in 2018, that North Korea would relinquish it...
New documents on Korean War seized from N. Korea released to public

Jun 23, 2020

South Korea on Tuesday released new documents on the 1950-53 Korean War seized from the North Korean military during the conflict, including evidence proving that the then Soviet Union wiretapped the...
N. Korean defectors' group says it sent leaflets to North overnight

Jun 23, 2020

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 use...
NK paper says S. Korea's push to repatriate remains of Korean freedom fighter 'another provocation'

Jun 23, 2020

A North Korean propaganda outlet claimed Tuesday that the remains of a legendary Korean independence fighter, which South Korea has been seeking to bring to Seoul from Kazakhstan, should be brought t...
N. Korea completes setting up some 20 loudspeakers along border

Jun 23, 2020

North Korea has completed setting up around 20 propaganda loudspeakers in regions along the inter-Korean border, about half of which had been removed under a 2018 summit agreement with South Korea, a...
N. Korea reinstalling propaganda loudspeakers in border regions: authorities

Jun 22, 2020

North Korea is reinstalling propaganda loudspeakers in regions along the inter-Korean border after removing them under a 2018 summit agreement with South Korea, military officials said Monday. After...
Cheong Wa Dae hits back at Bolton’s claims

Jun 22, 2020

Seoul’s top security adviser sends statement to White House, calls for action
NK's liaison office demolition not in breach of military pact with South: minister

Jun 22, 2020

North Korea's surprise demolition of an inter-Korean liaison office last week is not in breach of the latest military tension reduction agreement between the two Koreas, Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong...
[Herald Interview] Former combined forces No. 2 defends 2018 military pact with North

Jun 22, 2020

Kim Byung-joo, former deputy commander of the ROK-US Combined Forces Command, said South Korea should manage military tensions to prevent them from getting out of control, while remaining on guard ag...
NK reinstalls propaganda loudspeakers, gets ready to drop 12 million anti-Seoul leaflets

Jun 22, 2020

North Korea is reinstalling propaganda loudspeakers along the inter-Korean border and preparing to drop 12 million anti-Seoul leaflets here, amid escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula since the...
Military options possible depending on how N. Korea sends leaflets across border: officials

Jun 22, 2020

South Korea is closely monitoring North Korean military movements regarding Pyongyang's plan to send propaganda leaflets across the border while leaving all response options open, including military ...
N. Korea preparing military parade for party anniversary: defense ministry

Jun 22, 2020

North Korea is preparing to hold a large-scale military parade to mark October's 75th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party, the defense ministry said Monday, amid speculation that...
Trump, Kim didn't want Moon at Panmunjom meeting: Bolton memoir

Jun 22, 2020

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump did not want South Korean President Moon Jae-in to join him during his third meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at Panmunjom in June 2019, but at Moo...
N. Korea preparing to send 12m leaflets to S. Korea via 3,000 balloons

Jun 22, 2020

North Korea is preparing to send around 12 million propaganda leaflets to South Korea via some 3,000 balloons, state media reported Monday, saying, "The time for retaliatory punishment" is fast appro...
Leafleting: decisive propaganda or empty provocation?

Jun 21, 2020

The defector activist Park, however, refuted such concerns, saying about 70 to 80 percent of leaflets end up in North Korea. And when the materials are reported to land in the South, Park’s group col...