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S. Korean Special Forces in UAE a ‘trip wire’ in Yemini civil war: lawmaker

A South Korean Special Forces unit dispatched to the United Arab Emirates has become a “trip wire” in the ongoing Yemeni civil war, an opposition lawmaker said, calling for the unit’s immediate withd...

September 6, 2018
Defense
NK releases footage of Kim’s meeting with S. Korean envoys

North Korea’s state-run media on Thursday released footage of its leader Kim Jong-un’s meeting with South Korean envoys, offering a glimpse of the event to the reclusive regime’s residents. As part ...

September 6, 2018
North Korea
More NK denuclearization measures needed to declare end to Korean War: experts

Despite the two Koreas’ efforts to declare an official end to the Korean War within the year, it is unlikely to be achieved without significant measure for denuclearization by North Korea, analysts s...

September 6, 2018
North Korea
Two Egyptian asylum seekers on hunger strike hospitalized

Two Egyptian asylum seekers on a hunger strike to demand refugee status were sent to a hospital Wednesday after losing consciousness. According to the civic activist group Friends of Asia, Anas El A...

September 5, 2018
Social affairs
[Newsmaker] NK efforts to stage ‘grand celebration’ undaunted

With Chinese leader Xi Jinping skipping North Korea’s 70th anniversary celebrations, attention is now on what to expect at the reclusive country’s major national event. According to Chinese and Nort...

September 5, 2018
North Korea
Military exemption: performance booster or unfair privilege?

When the Korean national soccer team won the gold medal at the Asian Games on Sunday, English Premier League star Son Hong-min, along with 20 of his teammates, received exemptions from mandatory mili...

September 4, 2018
Defense
Military clips intelligence unit‘s power to surveil service members

Since its establishment in 1950, the Defense Security Command had exercised enormous power over military affairs. At the heart of this lay its authority to monitor military personnel, keep their reco...

September 3, 2018
Defense
Seoul seeks to stop referencing NK as ‘main enemy’ in defense paper

With the South Korean government accelerating its efforts to reduce tension and build trust with North Korea, the military is seeking to stop referencing North Korea as its official enemy in a defens...

August 22, 2018
Defense
Kaesong office plan sparks worries over sanction violation

With the two Koreas seeking to establish an inter-Korean liaison office at the Kaesong industrial park in North Korea, the construction project appears to demonstrate underlying differences between S...

August 21, 2018
North Korea
Kim Jong-un denounces international sanctions

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un conducted inspections of a massive tourism construction site on the country’s east coast, describing it as the epitome of standing up to international sanctions, the N...

August 17, 2018
North Korea
[Eye Plus] DMZ Peace Park: wildlife paradise at the Cold War’s last frontier

After the Korean War ended with an armistice agreement in 1953, two Koreas declared a 4-kilometer-wide Demilitarized Zone along the demarcation line that separated them, to prevent accidental skirmis...

August 16, 2018
Travel
S. Korea seeks to repatriate war remains stored in Hawaii

South Korea is in discussion with the US about repatriating the remains of its soldiers killed during the Korean War, a Defense Ministry official said Wednesday, as the US has informed the government...

August 15, 2018
Defense
Hopes high for possible Pompeo visit to Pyongyang

With speculation rising over US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s trip to North Korea, expectation has been heightened that the visit would provide a breakthrough for stalled denuclearization talks. ...

August 15, 2018
North Korea
Two Koreas need to learn from China’s ‘one country, two systems’

The Korea Herald is publishing a series of articles featuring inter-Korean relations to mark the paper’s 65th anniversary that falls on Aug. 15. Following is the last installment. -- Ed SEJONG -- ...

August 14, 2018
North Korea
UN sanctions exemption needed to recover war remains in NK: US official

If US officials were to enter North Korea to recover the remains of American soldiers from the Korean War, equipment and payment incurred in the process should be exempt from the UN sanctions impose...

August 12, 2018
North Korea

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