Monday
January 20, 2020
Gangnam-gu, South Korea
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South Korea on Thursday approved a plan to provide $10 million in humanitarian aid to North Korea through a UN-affiliated international organization.
Alex Wong, the U.S. deputy special representative for North Korea, said in a Senate hearing Wednesday that the United States is ready to negotiate the dismantling of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program.
The U.S. Strategic Command (Stratcom) chief warned Tuesday that North Korea continues to develop nuclear weapons and that the country's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests could pose a threat to the U.S. mainland.
South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense on Tuesday said Pyongyang has already attained considerable success in miniaturizing its nuclear weapons, in response to a similar claim reportedly contained in a confidential UN report.
Thunderous rains over several days have claimed the lives of over a dozen people and displaced more than a thousand, and the government warns the downpours are unlikely to subside this week.
The Ministry of Unification on Thursday approved a private research center’s plan to send an emergency relief package to North Korea to support Covid-19 prevention and control efforts, but it did not disclose the recipient of the aid.
South Korean defense officials came under fire Thursday for not disclosing their detection of a North Korean cruise missile test conducted earlier this month.
A 24-year-old defector’s recent escape to North Korea through a daring border crossing shed new light on the disillusionment many defectors face in South Korea, conditions that may have prompted several dozen boomerangs to the North...
North Korea placed hundreds of people in quarantine over coronavirus fears this month, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), suggesting the regime may be fighting a serious Covid-19 epidemic that could cripple its dilapidated health...
The Blue House's nominee for National Intelligence Service (NIS) chief told a lawmaker panel Monday that the South Korean government should know when to stand its ground or make compromises when its North Korea policies differ from those of the...
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