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[News Analysis] Tough-talking Kim Yo-jong takes lead in NK actions

Jun 17, 2020

Coming to the fore of the youngest member of the North’s ruling Kim family has implications, experts say
[Newsmaker] ‘Our worst fear has turned into reality’

Jun 17, 2020

Kaesong tenant companies in despair as bets on peninsular detente turn into massive losses
Recent NK provocation aims to solidify Kim Yo-jong's status as No. 2: lawmaker

Jun 17, 2020

North Korea's recent detonation of an inter-Korean liaison office may aim to consolidate its economically struggling citizens under the emerging leadership of Kim Yo-jong as the country's No. 2 leade...
N. Korea could redeploy artillery, armored units to border areas: experts

Jun 17, 2020

North Korea could forward deploy artillery and armored units equipped with self-propelled guns and multiple rocket launchers if it sends troops to the inter-Korean industrial complex in the western b...
NK leader absent from public eye amid escalating inter-Korean tensions

Jun 17, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been out of the public view for more than a week as his younger sister has been leading Pyongyang's hard-line handling of relations with South Korea, including the...
S. Korea temporarily halts war remains recovery project in DMZ

Jun 17, 2020

The military temporarily suspended a war remains excavation project in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas on Wednesday, the defense ministry said, following the North's threats to...
Derision, invectives against Moon by NK leader's sister draw ire of S. Korea

Jun 17, 2020

The derisive, invective-filled tirade against President Moon Jae-in by the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is drawing public outrage here and emboldening hawkish calls for a tougher stance ...
Hotline between Seoul, Pyongyang spy agencies possibly in operation

Jun 17, 2020

North Korea's disclosure of Seoul's offer to send special envoys to Pyongyang sparked speculation about what communication lines remain open between the two sides after the North vowed to cut off all...
Unification ministry voices 'strong regret' over NK plan to send troops to Kaesong, Mount Kumgang areas

Jun 17, 2020

The unification ministry on Wednesday expressed "strong regret" over North Korea's plan to send its troops to two inter-Korean business zones near the border disarmed under previous inter-Korean agre...
N. Korea placed explosives inside liaison office right after Kim Yo-jong's statement: sources

Jun 17, 2020

North Korea appears to have begun preparations to destroy the inter-Korean liaison office building by placing explosives immediately after leader Kim Jong-un's sister issued a warning, military sourc...
Gyeonggi orders entry ban in border areas to block anti-North leaflets

Jun 17, 2020

The provincial government of Gyeonggi, which surrounds Seoul and borders North Korea to the north, took one step further in its crackdown on the distribution of propaganda leaflets into the North by ...
Cheong Wa Dae hits back at N. Korea's 'rude, senseless' criticism of Moon

Jun 17, 2020

The office of President Moon Jae-in strongly condemned the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Wednesday for her "rude and senseless" criticism of Moon and warned that it won't tolerate the ...
N. Korea set to raise tensions further with eye on US: experts

Jun 17, 2020

WASHINGTON -- North Korea's destruction of an inter-Korean liaison office is likely the first step in a series of provocations aimed at increasing its bargaining power with Washington and Seoul ahead...
NK to redeploy troops to Kaesong, Mount Kumgang areas, rejects Seoul's offer for envoys

Jun 17, 2020

North Korea said Wednesday it has rejected South Korea's offer to send special envoys and will redeploy troops to two inter-Korean business zones near the border, unrelentingly ratcheting up tensions...
Seoul says it will 'strongly respond' if North further worsens situation

Jun 16, 2020

Hours after North Korea demolished the inter-Korean liaison office in its border town of Kaesong in a surprise provocation Tuesday, South Korea warned of a strong response if the North further worsen...