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Surveillance satellite footage from the United States shows a 'dramatic' rise in rail movement along North Korea's border with Russia.
Friday, a U.S. observer reported that this week's satellite imagery revealed a "dramatic" increase in rail traffic along the North Korean-Russian border, prompting concerns about potential arms transfers following the summit between the two countries last month.
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South Korea will hold its first military procession in ten years.
South Korea will hold its first military parade in a decade on Tuesday, showcasing its advanced armament in the face of deteriorating relations with North Korea's nuclear arsenal.
Pyongyang routinely holds massive military parades, whereas such events are traditionally held in Seoul...
Competition intensifies in Seoul as parties vie for control of the assembly.
South Korea's ruling and opposition lawmakers campaigned throughout Gangseo in western Seoul over the long holiday weekend, as the district will choose a new chief in a by-election next week.
With the general election still six months away, the by-election in Gangseo-gu on October 1...
South Korea will hold its first military procession in ten years.
South Korea will hold its first military parade in a decade on Tuesday, showcasing its advanced armament in the face of deteriorating relations with North Korea's nuclear arsenal.
Pyongyang routinely holds massive military parades, whereas such events are traditionally held in Seoul...
On Chuseok, Yoon hosts a luncheon meeting with Korean atomic explosion victims in Hiroshima.
On the occasion of the Chuseok holiday, President Yoon Suk Yeol convened a luncheon with a group of Korean victims of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima.
The meeting at Cheong Wa Dae's Yeongbin-gwan guesthouse with 42 atomic bombing victims and family members from Japan and 43 oth...
A South Korean court denies a corruption arrest warrant for opposition leader Lee.
Wednesday, a South Korean judge denied an arrest warrant for the country's opposition leader, citing a lack of evidence that he posed a clear risk of destroying evidence. Lee Jae-myung, who awaited the decision in a detention facility where he would have been held if the judge had approved hi...
South Korean legislators approve to dismiss the prime minister.
The opposition-controlled legislature of South Korea has passed a motion urging President Yoon Suk-yeol to dismiss the prime minister for alleged incompetence and policy failures.
Thursday, lawmakers voted 175-116 in favor of seeking Han Duck-soo's dismissal.
The motion, s...
Senior officials from South Korea and the United States have reached a consensus that North Korea and Russia's cooperation in the arms trade violates UN sanctions.
On Friday, senior South Korean and United States diplomats and defense officials reached a consensus that military collaboration between North Korea and Russia is a grave violation of US sanctions and that the allies would guarantee that there is a price to pay for this violation. They also agree...
China is crucial to mitigating potential Arms agreement between Russia and North Korea, according to an expert.
China holds the key to preventing a potential arms agreement between Moscow and Pyongyang, according to an expert on North Korean military and politics, as Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un prepare to meet in Russia's Far East.
Kim arrived aboard h...
The highs and lows of relations between Russia and North Korea
The United States, which first disclosed that the visit was imminent, stated that Kim and Putin were likely to discuss North Korea supplying Russia with weapons for Ukraine's brutal civil conflict. This would be a role reversal from the 1950-1953 Korean War, when the Soviet Union supplied amm...
"Any Nuclear Attack Would Bring Down the Kim Jong Un Regime," South Korea warns.
Pyongyang had stated that the deployment of a US nuclear-capable submarine and other strategic assets in the region could satisfy the requirements for the use of nuclear weapons.
Yonhap News Agency reported on Friday that South Korea has warned North Korea that any nuclear attack from t...
Teacher wounded in latest South Korean knife attack at school
South Korean police have taken into custody a suspect believed to have wounded a high school teacher with a knife on Friday in Daejeon. This is the second apparent random knife attack in the country in the past two days.
The only description provided by the Daejeon Metropolitan Police A...
Dongdaemun Vibe, a summer festival, will happen toward the end of July.
The Dongdaemun Vibe festival, which takes place later this month, marks the beginning of the summer season at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza.
Dongdaemun Design Plaza, located in the heart of Seoul, will play host to the annual summer event, as was announced on Friday by the Seoul Design Fo...
NK Students Win Top Places In US Firm’s Hacking Contest
US news station Radio Free Asia reported on Thursday that university students from North Korea won all of the top prizes at a hacking contest held by US software company HackerEarth in May.
At May Circuits 2023, a coding race for developers, three students from Kim Chaek University of T...
Next-generation Korean destroyer models are revealed by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries.
The models of a next-generation Korean destroyer and other combat ships in development will be unveiled by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries.
On June 4, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries declared that it will take part in MADEX 2023, the International Maritime Defense Industry Exhibition, which wil...
With South Korea, the top EU diplomat addresses Ukraine's munitions need.
Josep Borrell, the top diplomat for the European Union, claimed to have met with South Korea's defense minister on Saturday to talk about Ukraine's ammunition requirements.
The Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's premier security gathering, was the backdrop for the discussion as Sou...
LG Energy Solution and Hyundai Motor Group Set Up a Joint Venture for NA Battery Cell.
Hyundai Motor Group said on May 26 that it had signed a deal with LG Energy Solution to set up a joint venture factory in the U.S. to make battery cells for electric vehicles (EVs) by 2025.
The joint venture factory will be built in Bryan County, Georgia, where the Hyundai Motor Group M...
A large number of US and South Korean forces will conduct live-fire drills in an area close to the border with North Korea.
Despite North Korea's warning that it won't accept such a hostile invasion rehearsal, South Korea and the US were about to launch huge live-fire drills along the border with North Korea. Despite North Korea's warning that it won't accept what it deems a hostile invasion rehearsal ...
First Q1 current account deficit in 11 years in South Korea
The Bank of Korea released data on Wednesday showing that the first three months of 2023 saw a deficit in South Korea's current account balance for the first time in 11 years due to weak exports. A record-high loss of $4.21 billion in January followed by $520 million in February contributed t...
South Korean cigarette sales increase in 2022.
Despite the government's anti-smoking campaign, cigarette sales in South Korea rose by 1.1% in 2022 over the previous year, according to the Finance Ministry.
According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, South Korean consumers purchased 3.63 billion packs of 20 cigarettes in 20...