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Death Of North Korean Official Could Push Country Into War With South Korea
A prominent figure in the North Korean government, Kim Yang-gon, died in an automobile accident on Tuesday. Kim Yang-gon was highly regarded as a top aide to North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un, and he […]
North Korea Might Unsurprisingly Be Lying About Success Of Missile Tests
A recent submarine ballistic missile test in North Korea ended in failure, according to one South Korean lawmaker. The politician allegedly made the report during a private parliamentary meeting that was conducted on Monday by […]
Spring Air Aims To Be First Chinese Budget Airline With South Korea Route
Spring Airlines in China has announced that it is set to become the very first budget airline to offer flights to North Korea. The airline company has already applied to the Civil Aviation Administration of […]
South Korean UN Secretary General Scheduled First Visit In 20 Years To North Korea
The on again off again visit to North Korea by United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is on again. Mr Ban, was previously South Korea’s foreign minister. North and South Korea have technically been […]
South Korean Child Monitoring App Found To Contain Substantial Security Flaws
A popular child surveillance app in South Korea has been taken off the market after security experts questioned the safety of the software. The app, which is known as “Smart Sheriff”, has been removed from […]
South Korean Government To Replace Aging History Textbooks With Its Own Version Of History
In a move which should resonate with its communist northern neighbor,South Korea’s government says it will introduce plans to control the history textbooks used by schools. At present, schools can choose from textbooks published by […]
North Korea Releases Detained New York University Student
New York University student Won-moon Joo, who has been in detention in North Korea since April, has been released according to South Korean officials. They say Joo was handed over to them today at the […]
Ageing Population, Longer Work Weeks Mean South Korean Grandparents Now Charge As Much To Babysit As Professional Sitters
Grandparents in South Korea are being increasingly sought to babysit their grandchildren as parents are forced to put in longer hours at the office. Traditionally this service would be paid for by the grandparent’s children […]
China Refuses To Quash Speculation It Just Secretly Met With North Korea
China’s Foreign Ministry has refused to confirm or deny if talks took place between Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior officials from North Korea over the weekend. Secretary of the North Korea’s Workers Party Central […]
North Korean Dictator Kim Kong-Un Fires Heads Of Military, Says Country’s ‘Nuclear Deterrent’ Reason For Peace Deal
North Korea’s supreme leader has surprisingly fired members of his ruling party’s military commission in a brazen response to heightened tensions between the North and South Koreas. Kim Jong Un’s dismissal of party officials has […]
South Korea Invades Iran With Large Trade Delegation As Sanctions Rollback Leads To Huge Business Opportunities
South Korean government officials, flanked by public and private companies, have travelled to Iran to seek oil and gas deals in the wake of the lifting of sanctions against the fourth largest oil producing country […]
North And South Korea Agree To De-Escalate Tensions After North Apologizes
North Korea has officially apologized for maiming two South Korean border guards by planting landmines and the hermit nation promised to take additional steps to prevent a similar incident from happening again. The news was […]
South Korea Resumes Propaganda Broadcasts, Demands ‘Clear Apology’ From North Korea
The South Korean military continued loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Monday after no progress was made in around the clock peace negotiations. South Korean officials demanded a “clear apology” from North […]
North Korea Moves Invasion Forces To Forward Bases As Tensions Continue To Rise
South Korean military sources said Monday that North Korea has deployed amphibious landing craft with special forces onboard them to the front lines, as the country keeps increasing its combat readiness despite on-going talks to […]
Over One Million North Koreans ‘Volunteer’ To Join War Against The South
While discussions continued in an attempt to de-escalate the Korean border conflict, South Korea claims it is detecting suspicious troop movements in the North. The report comes on the heels of North Korean state media […]
Trump Calls North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un Either ‘Mad’ Or ‘A Genius’
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump called North Korean leader Kim Jong-un either “mad” or “a genius” on a Friday radio broadcast in Birmingham, Alabama. While the straight shooting remarks made headlines, Trump appears to be […]
North Korean Internet Goes Down In Suspected Hack Attack As Tensions Continue To Rise
In the midst of escalating tensions between the two Koreas, North Korea’s Internet has gone offline twice in the past 12 hours. The Internet outages follow a series of moves and countermoves by North and […]
South Korea Shells North Korea In Response To Morning Rocket Attack
South Korea fired dozens of artillery rounds towards the North after North Korea launched a shell towards a South Korean loudspeaker that was blaring anti-North propaganda. The incident happened mid morning on Thursday, local time. […]
North Korea Vows To Destroy South Korean Propaganda Loudspeaker
After South Korea started to once again broadcast propaganda via loudspeaker into neighboring North Korea, the hermit kingdom has threatened to attack the speakers and destroy them. The speakers began broadcasting anti-Pyongyang propaganda following the […]
South Korea Resumes Propaganda Broadcasts After Soldiers Injured In Landmine Attack
For the first time in 11 years, South Korea restarted propaganda broadcasts aimed across the border with foe North Korea in retaliation for what investigators believe was the North Korean planting of landmines. The recently […]
Samsung Working On Super Vivid 3D Displays For Its Mobile Phones
Korea’s Electronic Times reported late this week that Samsung is pushing for the mobile industry to skip 4K high resolution displays and go straight to 11K ones, a significant performance increase over current display technology. […]
Three North Korean Sailors Defect After Rescue By South Korea
South Korea announced on Tuesday that three sailors from North Korea have made the decision to stay in the South after the South Korean Coast Guard rescued the three, as well as two others, after […]
Video Games Shown To Be Promising Treatment For Alcohol Addiction
Video games and simulated environments have been a source of recreation and entertainment for decades. Now they may also provide a solution to treat alcohol addiction. A preliminary study out of South Korea, involving ten […]
North Korea Sentences Two South Koreans To Hard Labor For Life
In what is sure to inflame relations between the hardline South Korean government and its neighbor, North Korea, the North announced today that two South Korean citizens detained inside the hermit kingdom on charges of […]
North Korea Looks For Sympathy Claiming Drought Hurting Farm Production
North Korea is tugging at the heart, and purse, strings of the global community, saying it has been hit by its “worst drought in a century” and has suffered extensive damage to agriculture. In a […]
North Korean Soldier Walks Over DMZ And Defects
One North Korean soldier has apparently had enough of Kim Jong Un and his corrupt regime. The unnamed soldier walked across one of the world’s most heavily defended borders to defect to the South, according […]
Anxiety Running High As South Korea Confirms 9 MERS Deaths And 100 New Cases
South Korean health officials said on Wednesday that more than 100 people are now confirmed to have been infected with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus. The number of officially confirmed cases is now […]
MERS Virus Outbreak Continues To Worsen As 6 Now Dead In South Korea
The picture in South Korea, the country hardest hit by the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, continued to worsen this weekend. South Korea reported its sixth death from MERS on Monday, and said it has […]
South Korea Tests Powerful New Missile In Latest Sign Its Growing Tired Of Its Erratic Neighbor
North Korea isn’t the only one with missiles on the Korean peninsula. South Korea on Wednesday tested a new ballistic missile that can hit all of North Korea, developed under a new agreement with the […]