North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has offered an apology to the South Korean people for the killing of a South Korean civil servant by its military earlier this week, Cheong Wa Dae announced Friday. In a formal notice sent to the South, the North conveyed Kim’s message that he feels “very sorry” for “disappointing” President...Read More
North Korea shot a missing South Korean official to death and burned his body earlier this week, the defense ministry confirmed Thursday, condemning its “brutality” and calling for explanations and punishment for those responsible. The 47-year-old official affiliated with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries disappeared from the 499-ton boat before noon Monday while on...Read More
Conflicting reports about North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s health highlight the intelligence challenges faced in dealing with the security-obsessed nation, observers said Wednesday. Admitting the lack of intelligence access, US President Donald Trump said he did not know the status of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s health, in response to reports that Kim was gravely...Read More
The biggest takeaway for Son Heung-min from South Korea’s World Cup qualifying match against North Korea was how physical his opponents played. South Korea and North Korea played to a scoreless draw in Pyongyang on Tuesday, part of Group H action in the second round of the Asian qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup....Read More
The Koreas and the U.S.-led U.N. Command have finished their two-day work to verify the disarmament of the Joint Security Area (JSA) in the Demilitarized Zone, Seoul’s defense ministry said Sunday. They conducted the joint verification work Friday and Saturday following the Koreas’ 20-day land mine clearance operations and then the withdrawal of military posts,...Read More
International media outlets from around the world have been putting out positive assessments of the outcomes of the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit that led to the Panmunjeom Declaration. CNN said on April 27, under the title “North and South Korea vow to end the Korean War in historic accord,” that, “The leaders of North and South...Read More
North Korea’s state media reported Saturday that the inter-Korean summit declaration included “complete denuclearization,” a rare public mention of the phrase that raised hopes of joint efforts toward the hitherto elusive goal. “North and South Korea affirmed the common goal of realizing a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula through complete denuclearization,” the North’s Korean Central News Agency...Read More
The two Koreas are gearing up preparations for the inter-Korean summit, with only four days to go before the historic bilateral talks over denuclearization slated for Friday. Officials of the South and the North will have rehearsals of the meeting between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un over many times this week,...Read More
