North Korea Braces for Spring Drought Amid Abnormal Weather Patterns Amid severe natural disasters in many parts of the world, a forecast suggests that extreme weather events could affect North Korea in the coming days."Between late spring and early summer this year, there will be less rain in North Korea, and drought phenomena will appear in several regions, mainly in the southern part of the country, such as South Hwanghae Province," the Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported on Sunday, citing a forecast by the deputy head of the Central Weather Forecasting Team at the North Korean Water Resources and Meteorology Administration.
Putin's Diplomatic Drive: Story Behind the $127M Car for Kim Jong Un After the Ukraine-Russia war in 2022, relations between Russia and North Korea improved. Since then, President Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have met several times, and recently, Putin is said to have gifted Kim a car...
Mystery Surrounds Kim Jong Un's Eldest Son: Heightened Speculation Emerges North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's eldest son is not being shown in public because of his small stature, according to claims. According to the report, Kim's son does not resemble Kim Il-sung...
Inside South Korea's Only Accessible Civilian Control Zone at Camp Greaves① Camp Greaves, the old U.S. military base Visiting the historic U.S. military base, Camp Greaves is anticipated to be more accessible this year. Camp Greaves is one of the oldest U.S. military bases in South Korea. The Gyeonggi Tourism Organization announced its New Year’s goal in 2024: to create major tourist destinations within the […]
Russian Traveler Compares North Korea to Soviet Union: 'Like Stepping Back in Time' "My grandmother told me about life in the Soviet Union, and I feel like I'm back there. Empty streets, no billboards, surreal." Ilya Voscresensky, a Russian travel blogger from St. Petersburg who said he signed up for a trip to North Korea as soon as he heard about it after the war in Ukraine made it difficult to travel to Europe, [CNN] reported on Tuesday...
Fuel Tanks Detach from U.S. F-16 Over Saemangeum Area A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet lost a fuel canister near Gunsan, North Jeolla Province. The aircraft returned to base safely and no one was injured. This is the second such accident this year, and an investigation will be conducted...
North Korea-China Celebrate Air Transport Agreement Anniversary with Cultural Exchange Plans North Korea and China are expected to resume transportation, including air travel, and expand cultural exchanges as the two countries mark the Year of Friendship this year.The DPRK's Committee for Foreign Cultural Liaison and the General Administration of State Aviation jointly hosted a reception at the Okryugwan in Pyongyang on March 22 to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the signing of the DPRK-China Air Transport Agreement and the DPRK-China Cultural Cooperation Agreement. Seo Ho Won, chairman of the DPRK's Committee for Foreign Cultural Liaison, Park Kyong Chol, vice minister of culture, and Ri Young Sun, deputy director of the General Administration of Civil Aviation, attended the event, along with Chinese Ambassador to the DPRK Wang Yazhun, Chinese Ambassador to the DPRK Feng Chun Tai, and Chinese Counsellor Zhou Changting...
North Korean Workers Stage Massive Riot in China Over Unpaid Wages About 2,000 North Korean workers at the Pyongyang Bag Factory in the North Korean city of Pyongyang have staged a strike and riot to protest unpaid wages, symbolizing the regime's loss of control over the population, according to claims...
North Korea Removes 'Unification' from Pyongyang Subway Station Name The Russian Embassy in Pyongyang has changed the name "Unification Station" to simply "Station" on a subway line in the capital, Pyongyang, as North Korea embarks on a massive "erasure of the South."The Russian Embassy in Pyongyang posted on Facebook on Tuesday that embassy staff had toured the Pyongyang subway system, along with photos of the tour.A photo of the route map on a monitor in the Pyongyang subway showed that "Unification Station," located between the Seungri and Yeonghwa stations on the Cheonryima line, was simply labeled "Station."...
Putin Gifts Russian-Made Luxury Car to North Korea's Kim Jong Un Amid deepening ties between North Korea and Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin has presented North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with a Russian-made car for his "personal use. On Tuesday, Reuters reported, citing North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), that Kim received a gift of a Russian-made private passenger car...
North Korea's Latest Move: Erasing South Korea from Public Relations MagazineIn the January 2024 issue (top), the entire Korean peninsula was marked in red, but in the February issue, only the North was marked (Photo = Excerpt from Geumsugangsan magazine) As North Korea continued to erase South Korea since the beginning of the year, it was confirmed that only the North of the Korean peninsula […]
From UC Berkeley to Billionaire: How Masayoshi Son Built His $15.1 Billion EmpireSoftBank CEO Masayoshi SonUK’s Arm stock price surgeAssets increase by $3.8 billion There is a corporate executive whose assets have soared by 5 trillion won due to the sharp rise in the stock price of Arm, a UK semiconductor design company. Bloomberg reported on the 13th that “With the surge in Arm’s stock price, the […]
South Korea's Midnight Surprise: Diplomatic Ties with Cuba Shake Up International RelationsCuba is the only communist country in the Western Hemisphere and the so-called brother country of North KoreaSouth Korean government “Cuba seemed to want to establish a diplomatic relationship without letting know North Korea” Flags of Cuba and South Korea / iunewind-shutterstock.com Late at night on the 14th (Korean time, 10 PM), news of […]
Theft Strikes Women's Sauna in Gangnam: 7 Hair Dryers Valued at $420 Each GoneSeven hairdryers were stolen from a women’s sauna in a newly constructed apartment in Gangnam, Seoul. A notice on the community board of a new apartment in Gangnam has been posted online. The apartment community facility has various amenities for residents, including a sauna and a kid’s cafe. The notice pertains to the theft of […]
South Korea and Cuba Establish Diplomatic Relations After 20 Years of EffortOn the 14th, South Korea and Cuba announced the establishment of diplomatic relations, marking the fruition of the South Korean government’s long-standing diplomatic efforts towards Cuba, a country with no diplomatic ties. UN Headquarters in New York / AP-Yonhap News Agency File Photo The news that the two countries’ permanent representatives to the UN in […]
New North Korean Rocket Launcher Takes Aim at Seoul with Enhanced AccuracyNorth Korea’s National Defense Science Institute has successfully developed a new guided multiple rocket launcher and ballistic guidance system. On the 11th, they conducted a firing test of a 240mm guided multiple rocket launcher to evaluate its accuracy and verify its superiority, according to the Korean Central News Agency on the 12th. / Yonhap News […]
Russia Warns of Possible 7th Nuclear Test by North Korea, South Korea ReactsLast September, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin met and shook hands at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia./AP Yonhap News Lim Soo Suk, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is holding a regular briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of […]
North Korea's War Drums: Experts Weigh In on Kim Jong Un's Strategic CalculationsFormer US and Korean officials express “skepticism” over North Korea’s potential decision to go to warExperts, “Unless Kim Jong Un makes a suicidal level decision, war is unlikely” Opinions vary on the possibility of North Korea’s public declaration of “Occupation of South Korea” and the potential outbreak of war. While some foreign experts express the […]
Son Heung-min's Finger Injury Caused by Teammate Argument, Claims The SunA shocking claim has been made by a British media outlet that a fight with a Korean national team player was the reason for Son Heung-min’s (Tottenham Hotspur) finger injury. Coach Jürgen Klinsmann leads the Korean national soccer team. / News1 The British newspaper The Sun reported on the 14th (Korean time) that “a fight […]
Man in 60s Not Guilty of Embezzling Funds Tied to Former South Korean PresidentIt is suspected, but the evidence alone can’t prove A man in his 60s, who was charged with defrauding a large amount of money by pretending to help embezzle underground funds of former President Park Geun Hye, has been acquitted. On the 12th, the Changwon District Court’s Criminal Division 4 (Chief Judge Jang Yu Jin) […]
North Korea Braces for Spring Drought Amid Abnormal Weather Patterns Amid severe natural disasters in many parts of the world, a forecast suggests that extreme weather events could affect North Korea in the coming days."Between late spring and early summer this year, there will be less rain in North Korea, and drought phenomena will appear in several regions, mainly in the southern part of the country, such as South Hwanghae Province," the Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported on Sunday, citing a forecast by the deputy head of the Central Weather Forecasting Team at the North Korean Water Resources and Meteorology Administration.
Putin's Diplomatic Drive: Story Behind the $127M Car for Kim Jong Un After the Ukraine-Russia war in 2022, relations between Russia and North Korea improved. Since then, President Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have met several times, and recently, Putin is said to have gifted Kim a car...
Mystery Surrounds Kim Jong Un's Eldest Son: Heightened Speculation Emerges North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's eldest son is not being shown in public because of his small stature, according to claims. According to the report, Kim's son does not resemble Kim Il-sung...
Inside South Korea's Only Accessible Civilian Control Zone at Camp Greaves ① Camp Greaves, the old U.S. military base Visiting the historic U.S. military base, Camp Greaves is anticipated to be more accessible this year. Camp Greaves is one of the oldest U.S. military bases in South Korea. The Gyeonggi Tourism Organization announced its New Year’s goal in 2024: to create major tourist destinations within the […]
Russian Traveler Compares North Korea to Soviet Union: 'Like Stepping Back in Time' "My grandmother told me about life in the Soviet Union, and I feel like I'm back there. Empty streets, no billboards, surreal." Ilya Voscresensky, a Russian travel blogger from St. Petersburg who said he signed up for a trip to North Korea as soon as he heard about it after the war in Ukraine made it difficult to travel to Europe, [CNN] reported on Tuesday...
Fuel Tanks Detach from U.S. F-16 Over Saemangeum Area A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet lost a fuel canister near Gunsan, North Jeolla Province. The aircraft returned to base safely and no one was injured. This is the second such accident this year, and an investigation will be conducted...
North Korea-China Celebrate Air Transport Agreement Anniversary with Cultural Exchange Plans North Korea and China are expected to resume transportation, including air travel, and expand cultural exchanges as the two countries mark the Year of Friendship this year.The DPRK's Committee for Foreign Cultural Liaison and the General Administration of State Aviation jointly hosted a reception at the Okryugwan in Pyongyang on March 22 to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the signing of the DPRK-China Air Transport Agreement and the DPRK-China Cultural Cooperation Agreement. Seo Ho Won, chairman of the DPRK's Committee for Foreign Cultural Liaison, Park Kyong Chol, vice minister of culture, and Ri Young Sun, deputy director of the General Administration of Civil Aviation, attended the event, along with Chinese Ambassador to the DPRK Wang Yazhun, Chinese Ambassador to the DPRK Feng Chun Tai, and Chinese Counsellor Zhou Changting...
North Korean Workers Stage Massive Riot in China Over Unpaid Wages About 2,000 North Korean workers at the Pyongyang Bag Factory in the North Korean city of Pyongyang have staged a strike and riot to protest unpaid wages, symbolizing the regime's loss of control over the population, according to claims...
North Korea Removes 'Unification' from Pyongyang Subway Station Name The Russian Embassy in Pyongyang has changed the name "Unification Station" to simply "Station" on a subway line in the capital, Pyongyang, as North Korea embarks on a massive "erasure of the South."The Russian Embassy in Pyongyang posted on Facebook on Tuesday that embassy staff had toured the Pyongyang subway system, along with photos of the tour.A photo of the route map on a monitor in the Pyongyang subway showed that "Unification Station," located between the Seungri and Yeonghwa stations on the Cheonryima line, was simply labeled "Station."...
Putin Gifts Russian-Made Luxury Car to North Korea's Kim Jong Un Amid deepening ties between North Korea and Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin has presented North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with a Russian-made car for his "personal use. On Tuesday, Reuters reported, citing North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), that Kim received a gift of a Russian-made private passenger car...
North Korea's Latest Move: Erasing South Korea from Public Relations Magazine In the January 2024 issue (top), the entire Korean peninsula was marked in red, but in the February issue, only the North was marked (Photo = Excerpt from Geumsugangsan magazine) As North Korea continued to erase South Korea since the beginning of the year, it was confirmed that only the North of the Korean peninsula […]
From UC Berkeley to Billionaire: How Masayoshi Son Built His $15.1 Billion Empire SoftBank CEO Masayoshi SonUK’s Arm stock price surgeAssets increase by $3.8 billion There is a corporate executive whose assets have soared by 5 trillion won due to the sharp rise in the stock price of Arm, a UK semiconductor design company. Bloomberg reported on the 13th that “With the surge in Arm’s stock price, the […]
South Korea's Midnight Surprise: Diplomatic Ties with Cuba Shake Up International Relations Cuba is the only communist country in the Western Hemisphere and the so-called brother country of North KoreaSouth Korean government “Cuba seemed to want to establish a diplomatic relationship without letting know North Korea” Flags of Cuba and South Korea / iunewind-shutterstock.com Late at night on the 14th (Korean time, 10 PM), news of […]
Theft Strikes Women's Sauna in Gangnam: 7 Hair Dryers Valued at $420 Each Gone Seven hairdryers were stolen from a women’s sauna in a newly constructed apartment in Gangnam, Seoul. A notice on the community board of a new apartment in Gangnam has been posted online. The apartment community facility has various amenities for residents, including a sauna and a kid’s cafe. The notice pertains to the theft of […]
South Korea and Cuba Establish Diplomatic Relations After 20 Years of Effort On the 14th, South Korea and Cuba announced the establishment of diplomatic relations, marking the fruition of the South Korean government’s long-standing diplomatic efforts towards Cuba, a country with no diplomatic ties. UN Headquarters in New York / AP-Yonhap News Agency File Photo The news that the two countries’ permanent representatives to the UN in […]
New North Korean Rocket Launcher Takes Aim at Seoul with Enhanced Accuracy North Korea’s National Defense Science Institute has successfully developed a new guided multiple rocket launcher and ballistic guidance system. On the 11th, they conducted a firing test of a 240mm guided multiple rocket launcher to evaluate its accuracy and verify its superiority, according to the Korean Central News Agency on the 12th. / Yonhap News […]
Russia Warns of Possible 7th Nuclear Test by North Korea, South Korea Reacts Last September, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin met and shook hands at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia./AP Yonhap News Lim Soo Suk, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is holding a regular briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jongno-gu, Seoul, on the afternoon of […]
North Korea's War Drums: Experts Weigh In on Kim Jong Un's Strategic Calculations Former US and Korean officials express “skepticism” over North Korea’s potential decision to go to warExperts, “Unless Kim Jong Un makes a suicidal level decision, war is unlikely” Opinions vary on the possibility of North Korea’s public declaration of “Occupation of South Korea” and the potential outbreak of war. While some foreign experts express the […]
Son Heung-min's Finger Injury Caused by Teammate Argument, Claims The Sun A shocking claim has been made by a British media outlet that a fight with a Korean national team player was the reason for Son Heung-min’s (Tottenham Hotspur) finger injury. Coach Jürgen Klinsmann leads the Korean national soccer team. / News1 The British newspaper The Sun reported on the 14th (Korean time) that “a fight […]
Man in 60s Not Guilty of Embezzling Funds Tied to Former South Korean President It is suspected, but the evidence alone can’t prove A man in his 60s, who was charged with defrauding a large amount of money by pretending to help embezzle underground funds of former President Park Geun Hye, has been acquitted. On the 12th, the Changwon District Court’s Criminal Division 4 (Chief Judge Jang Yu Jin) […]
Hot Topics