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[INTERVIEW] Separated families cry out for humanitarian policy for reunion

[INTERVIEW] Separated families cry out for humanitarian policy for reunion

Joy Lee Powell Gebhard, an 84 year-old Korean American, still vividly remembers the moment she said goodbye to her mother. It was Dec. 3, 1950, after the Chinese People's Army had intervened in the Korean War pushing the South Korean Armed Forces and the United Nations forces backwards. Lee was a 15 year-old girl just ahead of entering a high school in Pyongyang, the capital ...

Jung Da-min | 2019-10-06 14:30

US-North Korea talks end in contrasting assessments

US-North Korea talks end in contrasting assessments

North Korea and the United States walked away on Saturday with opposing assessments of nuclear talks in Sweden, which Pyongyang said broke down but Washington called "good discussions." The United States accepted host Sweden's invitation to resume talks in two weeks' time, State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said. The discussions followed months of stalemate after a F...

2019-10-06 09:39

North Korea, US to hold preliminary nuclear talks in Stockholm

North Korea, US to hold preliminary nuclear talks in Stockholm

The two sides are expected to have "preliminary contact" in Stockholm in the morning (local time) before their first official negotiations since the no-deal summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi in February.

2019-10-04 11:16

North Korea fired submarine-launched missiles: Cheong Wa Dae

North Korea fired submarine-launched missiles: Cheong Wa Dae

South Korea's National Security Council (NSC) expressed strong concern Wednesday about North Korea's test of what is believed to be a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). In connection with North Korea's firing of a projectile earlier in the day, the NSC is placing "weight on the possibility" that it was a SLBM test, Cheong Wa Dae said.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2019-10-02 10:55

North Korea fires short-range projectiles toward East Sea

North Korea fires short-range projectiles toward East Sea

North Korea fired unidentified short-range projectiles toward the East Sea on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, ahead of the envisioned resumption of the stalled denuclearization talks with the United States. The projectiles were launched from an area in the eastern coastal town of Wonsan earlier in the day, the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said without providing...

2019-10-02 09:45

North Korea, US agree to resume nuke talks

North Korea, US agree to resume nuke talks

North Korea and the United States agreed to resume their working-level nuclear talks this week, Pyongyang's state media reported Tuesday, citing a statement from a senior diplomat. First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui said that Washington and Pyongyang agreed to hold "preliminary contact on Oct. 4 and hold working-level negotiations on Oct. 5," according to the North's of...

2019-10-01 18:04

International lawyers' groups urge Seoul to repatriate North Korean waitresses

International lawyers' groups urge Seoul to repatriate North Korean waitresses

Two international lawyers groups have called for the “repatriation” of 12 North Koreans who came to South Korea in 2016, accusing the government of conspiring to abduct them from China.

Kang Seung-woo | 2019-10-01 17:01

Expert proposes opening inter-Korean biomedical cluster

Expert proposes opening inter-Korean biomedical cluster

The recent outbreak of African swine fever in South Korea - roughly four months after North Korea reported an outbreak of the disease near its border with China - is a chilling reminder that infectious diseases do not respect borders. Since the outbreak was confirmed at a pig farm in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, an area near the heavily-armed border with North Korea on Sept. 17, ...

Jung Min-ho | 2019-10-01 13:48

North Korean ambassador urges US to come to nuke talks

North Korean ambassador urges US to come to nuke talks

North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations urged the United States Monday to come to denuclearization negotiations with a new proposal acceptable to Pyongyang. In an address to the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Ambassador Kim Song said it is up to Washington to turn any future negotiations into a "window of opportunity" or "an occasion that will hasten the crisis."

2019-10-01 09:15

Bolton claims North Korea will never give up nukes voluntarily

Bolton claims North Korea will never give up nukes voluntarily

Bolton claims North Korea will never give up nukes voluntarily

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will never give up his nuclear weapons voluntarily under the current circumstances, former U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said Monday, offering regime change in Pyongyang as a solution to consider. Bolton, who was dismissed earlier this month by President Donald Trump due to clashes over North Korea policy and other issues, made the...

2019-10-01 09:09

North Korean ambassador urges US to come to nuke talks

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