South Korea approved plans on Monday to pursue a $2.6-billion artillery interception system, similar to Israel‘s “Iron Dome“, designed to protect against North Korea‘s arsenal of long-range guns and rockets, the defence acquisition agency said. A large part of the area surrounding Seoul, the capital, is home to about half the population of 52 million, … Read more
North Korea accused the new US administration of adopting “lunatic theory” Thursday, ruling out any engagement with Washington unless it changed course, as President Joe Biden‘s top envoys held talks in Seoul. The comments from Pyongyang‘s first vice foreign minister Choe Son Hui came with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Pentagon chief Lloyd … Read more
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered a nationwide drive to boost the ailing economy ahead of a key party congress in January, state media reported Tuesday. The decision was made during a meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party and comes as the coronavirus pandemic and recent floods have added yet more pressure … Read more
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued a rare apology Friday over what he described as the “unexpected and disgraceful” killing of a South Korean at sea, Seoul‘s presidential office said. Apologies from the North — let alone attributed to Kim personally — are extremely unusual, and the message comes with inter-Korean ties in … Read more