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These transactions were purportedly to secure government support and guarantee for Ssangbangwool’s business ventures in North Korea and facilitate his planned visit to Pyongyang when Lee was serving as governor of Gyeonggi Province. [read post]
12 Jun 2024, 5:05 am by Beatrice Yahia
South Korea’s main opposition leader was indicted yesterday on bribery charges in a reported scheme to transfer funds to North Korea and facilitate a visit to Pyongyang while he served as a provincial governor. [read post]
4 Jun 2024, 4:57 am by Beatrice Yahia
  South Korea announced yesterday it will nullify a 2018 rapprochement deal with North Korea to punish Pyongyang for launching trash balloons, even after the North said it would halt its campaign. [read post]
The balloons were launched in retaliation to balloons flown into North Korea by South Korean activists, who attempted to share propaganda against the DPRK state through pamphlet-based anti-Pyongyang propaganda. [read post]
17 May 2024, 4:18 am by Beatrice Yahia
Over 300 U.S. companies unknowingly hired foreign nationals with ties to North Korea, sending $6.8 million of revenue overseas in a fraud scheme that helped Pyongyang fund its nuclear weapons program, the Justice Department said yesterday. [read post]
1 May 2024, 9:31 am by Jillian C. York
” Because they know that if you want San Francisco to be 100% safe for children, you’re going to be Pyongyang, North Korea! [read post]
23 Apr 2024, 5:18 am by Beatrice Yahia
KCNA said yesterday’s launch was the first demonstration of North Korea’s nuclear-weapons management system and described the drill as aimed at signaling the strength of the country’s nuclear forces. [read post]
22 Apr 2024, 5:29 am by Beatrice Yahia
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9 Apr 2024, 4:58 am by Beatrice Yahia
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The post Russia vetoes renewal of UN expert panel monitoring North Korea appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
28 Mar 2024, 4:58 am by Beatrice Yahia
  Putin’s foreign intelligence chief visited North Korea this week to bolster bilateral cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang and discuss broader regional security, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said today. [read post]
25 Mar 2024, 5:24 am by Beatrice Yahia
 GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS  North Korea said today that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida offered to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “as soon as possible,” but stressed that prospects for such a meeting would depend on Tokyo tolerating Pyongyang’s weapons program and ignoring its past abductions of Japanese nationals. [read post]
20 Mar 2024, 5:10 am by Beatrice Yahia
North Korea successfully tested a solid-fuel engine for its new-type intermediate-range hypersonic missile, state media reported today, claiming a progress in efforts to develop a more powerful missile designed to strike U.S. targets in the region. [read post]
18 Mar 2024, 4:42 am by Beatrice Yahia
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20 Feb 2024, 3:47 am by Beatrice Yahia
Kim Yo Jong, Kim’s sister and a senior Pyongyang official, thanked Putin on her brother’s behalf, saying, “the gift serves as a clear demonstration of the special personal relations between the top leaders of the (North Korea) and Russia,” according to state news agency KCNA. [read post]
15 Feb 2024, 4:47 am by Beatrice Yahia
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25 Jan 2024, 4:51 am by Beatrice Yahia
North Korea launched a test flight for a new missile type, state media outlets said yesterday. [read post]
South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday criticized North Korea‘s move to define the South as a “hostile country,” saying it showed Pyongyang’s “anti-national and ahistorical” nature. [read post]
Since its first nuclear test in 2006, North Korea has been subject to a United Nations arms embargo. [read post]