SEOUL (REUTERS) – North Korea will convene two key meetings, including one to review the country’s anti-epidemic policy, in coming weeks, state media said on Monday (Aug 8), as it claims no new Covid-19 cases since late July. The North Korean Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), the isolated state’s rubber-stamp Parliament, will meet on Sept 7 […]
SEOUL (NYTIMES) – South Korea set off for the moon on Thursday (Aug 4). But it doesn’t want to stop there. “We are also considering using the moon as an outpost for space exploration,” Mr Kwon Hyun Joon, director-general of space and nuclear energy at South Korea’s Ministry of Science, said in a written response […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – North Korea denounced US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Saturday (Aug 6) for supporting deterrence against North Korea during her visit to South Korea this week. Mrs Pelosi and her South Korean counterpart, National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo, vowed on Thursday to achieve North Korean denuclearisation during her stop in […]
SEOUL (AFP) – South Korea’s first-ever lunar orbiter was launched from the US on Thursday (Aug 4) on a year-long mission to observe the Moon, live video showed, with a payload including a new disruption-tolerant network for sending data from space. Danuri – a portmanteau of the Korean words for “Moon” and “enjoy” – was […]
SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) – After US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi captivated the world’s attention with a groundbreaking trip to Taiwan, she received far less fanfare on her next stop. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, who has seen his approval rating drop to near historic depths just three months after taking office, didn’t see it necessary to […]
UNITED NATIONS (REUTERS) – North Korea made preparations for a nuclear test during the first six months of this year, according to an excerpt of a confidential United Nations report seen by Reuters on Thursday (Aug 4). “Work at the Punggye-ri nuclear test site paves the way for additional nuclear tests for the development of […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – North Korea on Friday (Aug 5) said all of its fever patients have recovered, marking the end of its first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, but challenges linger with economic hardships deepening and an unvaccinated population exposed to future resurgences, analysts said. While state media said the “anti-epidemic situation … has entered […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – North Korea warned it will “never tolerate” the United States’ criticism of the isolated country’s nuclear programme, calling Washington the “kingpin of nuclear proliferation” and saying it would not allow any encroachment of its sovereign rights. North Korea has conducted missile tests at an unprecedented pace this year and international experts believe […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her South Korean counterpart vowed on Thursday (Aug 4) to support efforts to maintain a strong deterrence against North Korea and achieve its denuclearisation. A joint statement was issued after Mrs Pelosi met South Korea’s National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo in Seoul, during which they […]
SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Last year South Korea’s total population decreased for the first time since it began taking census data in 1949. The total population is the total number of people who live on the South Korean land, including foreigners. According to the 2021 Census by Statistics Korea last Thursday (July […]
SEOUL (NYTIMES) – Appointment day was finally here. The parents had waited for a month to see the renowned psychiatrist in South Korea about their child’s issues. They entered the room, the doctor arrived, and the door closed. Then the teleprompters turned on, the cameras started rolling, and the producer shouted, “Action!” So began the […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – North Korea reported no new fever cases on Saturday (July 30) for the first time since its acknowledgement in mid-May of a Covid-19 outbreak in the isolated country, state-run media reported. North Korea said earlier this month it was on a path to “finally defuse” its first publicly declared coronavirus crisis even […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country is ready to mobilise its nuclear war deterrent and for any military clash with the United States, state media reported on Thursday (July 28), amid signs the North could conduct its first nuclear test since 2017. Kim made the remarks during a speech […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – North Korea has held a large mask-free public event for the first time since declaring a Covid-19 emergency in May, honouring veterans of the 1950-53 Korean war just days after saying its coronavirus crisis was nearly over. Photos released by state media on Wednesday (July 27) showed thousands of participants at the […]
SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) – North Korea used the anniversary of the armistice that halted fighting on the peninsula 69 years ago to warn of a “second Korean War,” blaming the US and South Korea for inflaming hostilities. “The joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea, which are being carried out with a thick […]
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) – Solar power generation in Japan and South Korea expanded to record levels in May, according to the global energy think tank Ember. Locally produced renewable energy is making it increasingly possible for countries to take advantage of lower-priced electricity that is also insulated from volatility and disruptions. The expansion of solar in […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – US Army Apache attack helicopters based in South Korea are holding live-fire drills with rockets and guns for the first time since 2019, as the allies step up military exercises amid tension with North Korea. Training resumed at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex just south of the heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea and the United States will resume long-suspended live field training during their joint military drills, Seoul’s defence ministry said on Friday (July 22), as they work to curb North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile programmes. The allies are set to kick off their annual summertime exercises next month, after South […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – South Korea’s domestically developed fighter jet successfully completed its first test flight on Tuesday (July 19), a defence agency said, amid a push to replace ageing military jets in the face of nuclear and missile threats from neighbouring North Korea. The next-generation aircraft developed by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) in a project […]
SEOUL (REUTERS) – North Korea is on the path to “finally defuse” a crisis stemming from its first acknowledged outbreak of Covid-19, the state news agency said on Monday (July 18), while Asian neighbours battle a fresh wave of infections driven by Omicron subvariants. The North says 99.98 per cent of its 4.77 million fever […]