Posted on Nov 22th BEIJING – Table tennis will help to foster goodwill for the second time in two decades between the Democratic People Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK), with their players competing alongside each other at an international tournament starting on Tuesday. Paired in doubles teams, players from the [...]

Posted on Nov 22th BEIJING, Nov. 22 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s top official in charge of relations with North Korea on Tuesday asked China to quickly send North Korean defectors to South Korea. Tens of thousands of North Korean defectors are believed to be hiding in China, hoping to travel to Thailand or other Southeast [...]

Posted on Nov 18th North Korea has threatened to dispose of South Korean companies’ assets on its soil outside Mount Kumgang, too, and demanded compensation for economic losses incurred by Seoul’s halting of all cross-border trade following the North’s deadly attack last year, sources said Friday. The North’s latest warnings against the South Korean companies [...]

Posted on Nov 17th The Asia-Pacific region is seen by most as the world’s new center of gravity. But with the Eurasian giant’s significant presence in the Far East, the emerging new architecture among Asian powers has prompted questions about Russia’s role in the region. The mutual threat perceptions between Russia and other Asian nations [...]

Posted on Nov 16th South Korean government sources are quoted as saying North Korea’s military recently tested, in the Yellow Sea, new missiles designed to attack ships. The development is viewed as a new threat to South Korea’s patrol ships and destroyers operating in tense waters off the west coast off the Korean peninsula. North [...]

Posted on Nov 15th The South Korean government has been taking a more “flexible” approach to North Korea since Unification Minister Yu Woo-ik took office in September. The Unification Ministry said Tuesday it had finished sending 1 million hepatitis B vaccines for North Korean children with the help of international aid group Caritas Germany and [...]

Posted on Nov 11th North Korea’s latent nuclear weapons program is rightfully the main point of concern for its neighbors and the international community. But far less publicized is Pyongyang’s ongoing efforts to build upon its capabilities to produce and maintain chemical and biological weapons (CBW). North Korea’s expansion of these programs is no secret [...]

Posted on Nov 2nd SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) — South Korea will use next year’s world nuclear security summit in Seoul to increase diplomatic pressure on North Korea to abandon its atomic arsenal, a key organizer said Wednesday. The Nuclear Security Summit will be held in Seoul on March 26 and 27, attended by top [...]

Posted on Nov 1st South Korea will set up a fund as early as this year to begin raising up to 55 trillion won ($50 billion) to pay for its eventual reunification with North Korea. Individual Koreans at home and abroad will be able to make donations to the fund and the government in Seoul may earmark [...]

Posted on Oct 28th News last month that an alleged North Korean spy tried to kill an anti-Pyongyang activist is a reminder that Kim Jong-il’s spies are active. But some say the attacks aren’t what they used to be. To the unsuspecting eye, 71-year-old Kim Shin-jo blends in easily with life in the greater Seoul [...]