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Wed, November 21, 2018 | 05:14

North Korea mass games a hit, get extended run in Pyongyang [PHOTOS]

North Korea has extended the run of its iconic mass games, which it revived last month to mark the country's 70th birthday. Despite a travel ban blocking tourists from the U.S. and pricey tickets for tourists from other countries, the games _ which involve tens of thousands of gymnasts, dancers and flip-card-wielding hordes in the stands _ appear to once again be a hit, filli...

North Korea | 2018-10-26 10:51

US sanctions 2 Singapore firms, individual over North Korea

The United States on Thursday sanctioned two Singapore-based firms and an individual over their alleged money laundering on North Korea's behalf. The Department of the Treasury said it is targeting Wee Tiong, a commodities trading company, WT Marine, a marine fuels company, and Tan Wee Beng, a Singaporean national who serves in senior positions in both firms.

North Korea | 2018-10-26 10:08

North Korean footballers cross the inter-Korea border for tournament

A group of North Korean football players arrived in South Korea on Thursday for an international youth football tournament, Seoul's unification ministry said.

North Korea | 2018-10-25 15:59

'Restart of Gaesong complex impossible under int'l sanctions': Cheong Wa Dae

South Korea currently has no plans to reopen a joint industrial complex in North Korea's border town of Gaesong, officials from the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday. The resumption of the Gaesong complex would be impossible unless international sanctions against the North are first removed, they added.

North Korea | 2018-10-25 10:38

US position on North Korean sanctions unchanged as Koreas push railway project

The United States has not changed its position that sanctions on North Korea must remain in full force despite the two Koreas' push to reconnect railways and roads across their border, a U.S. government spokesperson said Wednesday. South Korea and North Korea plan to hold a groundbreaking ceremony between late November and early December to reconnect and modernize railways an...

North Korea | 2018-10-25 10:25

Businesspeople to visit Gaeseong next week

A group of businesspeople who had operations at the now-closed inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean border city of Gaeseong will visit there next week. They will inspect production facilities there, South Korean officials said Wednesday. However, speculation is rampant that their visit is a step toward reopening the complex.

North Korea | 2018-10-24 17:39

'Restart of Gaesong complex impossible under int'l sanctions': Cheong Wa Dae

'North Korea ready to expand internet access'

North Korea is a country where residents do not have free access to the internet, but the country's science-priority policies are leading to an expansion in the number of new users. On Aug. 31, the Korean Society for Internet Information (KSII), a South Korean institute focusing on information technology, published a paper written by five North Korean scholars, titled “Improv...

North Korea | 2018-10-24 17:28

Two Koreas to create joint military committee

South Korea plans to propose the establishment of a vice-ministerial inter-Korean military committee during the upcoming general-level military talks on Friday. In September, the two Koreas agreed to launch the committee to fulfill a series of inter-Korean military agreements signed during a summit in Pyongyang between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and his northern count...

North Korea | 2018-10-24 17:07

Seoul cancels own military training

Seoul is on track to reduce or cancel planned military drills this year to be in line with the ongoing inter-Korean tension-easing momentum despite concerns that the move weakens the defense readiness here. Last week, the Pentagon said Washington and Seoul will suspend their upcoming joint air defense exercises, the Vigilant Ace scheduled to take place in December as part of a bargaining chip for North Korea to speed up its denuclearization.

North Korea | 2018-10-24 17:07

South Korean business people to visit now-suspended factory park in North Korea: official

South Korean business people who ran factories in the Kaesong Industrial Complex are pushing to visit the now-suspended industrial park in the North Korean border town next week at the earliest, a government official said Wednesday. The official at the Ministry of Unification said that the Seoul government is discussing with North Korea details of the South Korean business ow...

North Korea | 2018-10-24 11:34

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