Posts Tagged ‘Korea’

South Korea Fires Warning Shots After North Korean Drones Cross Border

Several North Korean drones crossed the inter-Korean border and were detected in the South’s territory on Monday morning, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said. Source

North Korea Supplying Rockets, Missiles to Russian Mercenary Group, Claims US

The United States has claimed that North Korea delivered infantry rockets and missiles to the Russian private military contractor Wagner Group last month for its use against Ukraine. “We can confirm that North Korea has completed an initial arms delivery to Wagner, which paid for that equipment,” White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby […]

US accuses Russia of using weapons from North Korea, Iran in Ukraine in violation of UN resolutions

The US accused Russia on Thursday of using weapons in Ukraine procured from North Korea and Iran – violations of UN Security Council resolutions, Anadolu reports. "The United States can confirm that the DPRK has completed an initial arms delivery to the Russian private military company known as Wagner, which paid for the equipment and […]

North Korea is once again the enemy in the eyes of South Korea

In the 2022 White Paper on Defense, in accordance with the policy of the current administration, the political regime and the army of North Korea are designated as hostile to South Korea. This was reported on December 6, 2022 by South Korean media familiar with the draft document, which will be officially released in January […]

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Into Waters Off Its East Coast

South Korean and Japanese officials say North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into waters off its east coast. Source

The Russian Jews Who Helped Create North Korea

Chabad rabbi Meir Alfasi in North Korea, in what was dubbed the first Chabadnik in the Communist state.. Courtesy of Meir Alfasi By Bill Streifer November 2020 Anno Domini This is the story of a family of Russian Jews, two members of which played a role in the formation of what would later become the […]

South Korea and Saudi Arabia open up a new level of economic partnership

South Korea and Saudi Arabia have had diplomatic relations for more than 60 years, but since 2015, when Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman became actively involved in state affairs, relations between the two countries have received a new impetus for cooperation, expanding from the traditional sectors of oil trading and construction to developing alternative energy […]

South Korea Toughens Stance on Truckers Strike Amid Supply Disruptions

South Korea’s government on Thursday issued a second back-to-work order to thousands of striking truckers, toughening its stance after the ongoing truckers’ strike disrupted the country’s supply chains. President Yoon Suk-yeol approved issuing the order on truckers in the petrochemical and steel industries, just a week after a similar order was issued for truckers in […]

Did North Korea invent a teleporter?

This author wrote in an earlier publication about the attempts to accuse the DPRK of supplying weapons to Russia, however, barely two months after the provocative New York Times article, the United States has revisited the issue, and at an even higher level. On November 2, 2022, the US National Security Council (NSC) for Strategic […]

The US and the ROK will now consider deterring North Korea’s use of nuclear weapons

From reading the previous article, one could get the impression that, against the background of North Korea’s unprecedented missile activity and the likelihood of a seventh nuclear test by Pyongyang, there are growing calls in the US for an end to Pyongyang through sanctions, a pre-emptive strike or the deployment of nuclear weapons on the […]

North Korea Sparks Speculation With Surprise Show Of Kim Jong Un’s Daughter

The little-known daughter’s appearance at a missile launch site may signal she’ll succeed her dictator father, suggested an analyst. Source

Japan: North Korea Missile Test Shows Potential Ability To Hit U.S.

The Japanese defense minister says a North Korean missile test-launched Friday could potentially reach the entire continental United States. Source

South Korea strengthens its economic presence in Africa

As the struggle for multipolarity and resources in Europe and Asia continues, another field of strategic confrontation between world powers is gradually taking shape. The fragmented African continent, with sensitive hotbeds of simmering and re-emerging conflicts, but rich in natural resources, is increasingly attracting investors from all over the world. Leading Asian economies have been […]

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Toward Sea After Threatening ‘Fiercer’ Step

After detecting the launch, South Korean, U.S. and Japanese militaries quickly condemned the launch that they say threatens stability in the region. Source

Relations between the USA and North Korea in the second half of 2022

When considering the increase in tensions in the Korean Peninsula in autumn 2022 – an issue the present author has dedicated several articles to – it is worth looking at how relations between North Korea and the USA have developed in the last few months. On June 8, Jeffrey DeLaurentis, acting US ambassador to the […]

Are North and South Korea rushing blindly towards the danger line?

The events we all can see unfolding on the Korean peninsula at the moment are a good example of the “security dilemma,” in which a country upgrades its military potential to protect itself from its neighbor, but that neighbor sees its actions as an act of aggression and upgrades its own military, thus triggering an […]

‘They Completely Failed’: The Fatal Mistakes That Led to South Korea’s Halloween Tragedy

SEOUL — The lone police sergeant was in agony. With furrowed brows, he implored the Halloween revelers around him to avoid going down a narrow, slanted walkway that connects the Itaewon bar district to the nearest subway station. He knew something they didn’t: Halfway down that slope, people who fell had formed a dam of […]

North Korea Keeps Up Barrage Of Weapons Tests With Launch Of ICBM

The ICBM test, which was followed by two short-range ballistic launches into the sea, was condemned by neighbors and the U.S. Source

Two American Students Among 153 Dead in South Korea Halloween Stampede

Two American college students and 24 other foreigners were among the 153 confirmed deaths in a crowd surge at a Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea on Saturday night. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a national week of mourning on Sunday as Korean “K-pop” acts canceled concerts and promotional events. The stampede occurred around […]

Saudi’s MBS to cancel upcoming visit to South Korea, say sources 

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman might cancel his upcoming visit to South Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported yesterday. The agency quoted South Korean sources as saying that it was "difficult for Bin Salman to visit Korea this year," adding that a reschedule was "underway." Bin Salman last visited the South Korean capital of Seoul […]

US Remains Open to Dialogue Despite North Korea’s Repeated Missile Launches: Official

The United States remains open to dialogue with North Korea despite the growing tensions caused by the latter’s missile launches and warplanes deployment near the border of South Korea, a U.S. official said Friday. North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile into the sea and blasted about 560 artillery shots into the maritime buffer zones […]

North Korea’s October rocket launches: international reactions

Following on from our previous article on the escalation of tensions in October 2022, we will look at the international reaction to North Korea’s rocket launches. The first thing that should be noted is that the launches did not cause any particular concern in either Russia or China. There was no outbreak of heated rhetoric […]

North Korea Launches 2 Missiles Toward Sea After U.S.-South Korea Drills

The launch came hours after the United States and South Korea wrapped up two days of naval drills off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast. Source

South Korea Slams North’s ‘Obsession’ With Nukes After 4th Missile Test In A Week

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol warned of an “overwhelming response” from South Korean and U.S. militaries should nuclear weapons be used. Source

North Korea Tells UN It Will Continue Its Nuclear Buildup

North Korea’s representative to the United Nations, Kim Song, told the General Assembly on Monday that the communist state plans to continue developing its nuclear arsenal so long as it feels intimidated by the United […] The post North Korea Tells UN It Will Continue Its Nuclear Buildup appeared first on News Punch. Source

South Korea Says North Korea Test-Fired Missile Toward Sea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired at least one unidentified ballistic missile toward its eastern sea. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff on Sunday did not immediately say what type of missile it was or how far it flew. The launch came a day after South Korean officials […]

South Korea Says North Korea Test-Fired Missile Toward Sea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired at least one unidentified ballistic missile toward its eastern sea. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff on Sunday did not immediately say what type of missile it was or how far it flew. The launch came a day after South Korean officials […]

South Korea requests Interpol red notice in search for disgraced crypto developer Do Kwon

(Natural News) The co-founder of the stablecoin TerraUSD, Do Kwon, is officially a wanted man in his native South Korea. Last week, a court there issued an arrest warrant for him, and prosecutors say he’s wanted for violations of capital markets law. Kwon’s company, Terraform Labs, is behind the algorithmic stablecoin as well as its […]

North Korea denies exporting arms to Russia amid Ukraine war

North Korea slammed US intelligence reports of weapons transfers to Russia during the war in Ukraine, stating that it has not and has no plans to do so and labelling the claims as an attempt to tarnish the hermit nation’s image. In a state media report on Thursday, an unnamed North Korean defence official told the […]

China’s No.3 Offical Visits South Korea Amid Intensified US-China Strategic Rivalry

South Korea is a technological powerhouse and a key part of the global supply chain. It’s now also caught in the intensified strategic rivalry between the United States and China. Both superpowers are wanting the East Asian nation to pick a side. Following many visits from top U.S. officials, Beijing last week sent Li Zhanshu, […]

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