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September 19, 2017 North Korea

More countries sever ties with North Korea

Blindly pursuing weapons of mass destruction, North Korea is facing further isolation from the outside world, as a growing number of nations are declaring Pyongyang’s ambassadors and officials “perso...

More NK threats may come with UN General Assembly

With another South Korea-US joint military exercise held Monday, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho may deliver a harsh message of defiance against the drill and his homeland’s current nuclear ...

September 18, 2017
North Korea
Herald Corp. chairman appointed to WWF board

World Wide Fund for Nature, the world’s leading conservationist organization, has appointed Jungwook Hong, chairman of Herald Corp. and its premium food brand Organica, as its newest board member. J...

September 17, 2017
People
[Photo News] UN subsidiary hosts youth speech contest for Sustainable Development Goals

SPEECH CONTEST -- The United Nations Project Office on Governance held its first speech contest -- "Let's Talk about SDGs" -- in Songdo, Incheon, on Friday, co-hosted with the Ministry of the Interio...

September 15, 2017
Education
[Newsmaker] Kaesong businesses: Forgotten casualties of N. Korean crisis

South Korean business operators of the now-shuttered joint industrial complex in North Korea’s border city of Kaesong are stuck in a limbo. Amid North Korea’s escalating military provocations and en...

September 14, 2017
North Korea
Seoul working to identify Koreans among IS family members

The Korean government is looking into recent reports that its citizens were sighted among more than 1,000 wives and children of suspected Islamic State group fighters detained in Iraq. “We are curre...

September 12, 2017
Foreign Policy
20 best places to explore autumn in ‘re-created’ Seoul

To celebrate the arrival of autumn, the Seoul Metropolitan Government launched a special map on Monday showing Seoul’s top 20 scenic spots to visit in fall. (Seoul Metropolitan Government) The map ...

September 11, 2017
Social affairs
Seoul closely monitoring NK military activity ahead of anniversary

South Korean authorities are closely watching for any military provocations from North Korea as the anniversary of the regime’s foundation approaches, the Unification Ministry said Thursday. (Yonhap...

September 7, 2017
North Korea
‘Kim Jong-un must be eliminated to end provocations’: expert

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un must be eliminated if North Korea’s threat to global security is to be resolved, an expert here said Wednesday. “Half of the reason behind the current crisis is becau...

September 6, 2017
North Korea
Seoul to consider deploying most powerful US weapons

South Korea will discuss with the United States deploying the “most powerful US tactical weapons” here, in response to North Korea’s sixth test of nuclear weapons, its chief security officer said Sun...

September 3, 2017
Defense
NK rights law remains only symbolic, 1 year after taking effect

A law promoting the protection and advancement of human rights for North Korean citizens and defectors came into force a year ago in South Korea, but it has not been implemented due to an apparent la...

September 3, 2017
North Korea
Explosion 4-5 times more powerful than Nagasaki’s Fat Man bomb: lawmaker

North Korea’s latest nuclear test Sunday, which is presumed to be the most powerful of all conducted by the communist regime so far, sent tremors to South Korea, about 500 kilometers away from the ex...

September 3, 2017
North Korea
South Korea to upgrade Kaesong guidelines amid UNSC sanctions

South Korea’s Unification Ministry said Thursday it will launch a research project that aims to overhaul and upgrade the operational guidelines of the now-suspended Kaesong Industrial Complex. “It i...

August 31, 2017
North Korea
NK’s ICBM deployment could prompt US preventive strike: expert

The US may launch a preventive strike against North Korea if Pyongyang succeeds in fielding an intercontinental ballistic missile, which would demand a choice between homeland defense and regional se...

August 30, 2017
North Korea
North Korean cellphone users top 3.7m

More than 3.7 million North Koreans now use mobile phones, a recent Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency report shows. According to the report, North Korea’s cellphone users topped 3.7 million as...

August 29, 2017
North Korea

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