ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — It’s been 60 years since the City of Roanoke and Wonju, South Korea were established as sister cities. Now, Roanoke and Wonju are celebrating the milestone. On May 16, a 25-member delegate including Wonju Mayor Won Gang Soo and a K-pop group arrived in the Star City to commemorate their relationship. […]
North Korea fired ballistic missiles off its east coast on Friday, South Korea’s military said, a day after South Korea and the US flew powerful fighter jets for a joint drill that the North views as a major security threat. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launches were made from the North’s east […]
North Korea fired a ballistic missile off its east coast on Friday, South Korea’s military said, a day after South Korea and the US flew powerful fighter jets for a joint drill that the North views as a major security threat. A statement from South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff gave no further details about […]
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has again denied that her country has exported any weapons to Russia, labelling outside speculation on the countries’ arms dealings as “the most absurd paradox”. The US, South Korea and others have accused North Korea of supplying artillery, missiles and other conventional weapons to Russia […]
The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday denied widespread allegations that Pyongyang is shipping weapons to Russia, calling the claim “absurd”. South Korea and the United States have repeatedly accused North Korea of supplying weapons to Moscow, despite a raft of UN sanctions on both countries that would ban any such arms transfers. Analysts have also […]
Faced with other more pressing developments in Ukraine and Gaza, the Biden administration has largely kept the threat of North Korea’s nuclear program on the back burner. But tensions around the Korean peninsula have been ratcheting up for years, opening a new and uncertain chapter in a pitched standoff that, just six years ago under […]
Russia is believed to be using North Korean missiles and shells in its invasion of Ukraine. North Korean shells are often defective and blow up before being fired, reports claim. South Korean intelligence said Monday it suspects the weapons may date from the 1970s. Russia is using North Korean artillery shells in its invasion of […]
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s SK Hynix has agreed to sell its nearly 50% stake in its foundry unit based in China to a Chinese state-owned enterprise, according to regulatory filings and media reports. SK Hynix System IC said in a regulatory filing that it plans to sell a 21.3% stake in its foundry unit […]
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Wednesday welcomed a U.S. decision to extend automakers’ eligibility for electric vehicle tax credits for cars containing Chinese graphite through 2026. The U.S. is trying to wean the electric vehicle battery chain away from China through its Inflation Reduction Act which is being closely monitored by automakers as they […]
South Korea’s election commission said polls that handed a stinging defeat to President Yoon Suk Yeol‘s party were closely monitored, contrary to social media posts that presented baseless voter figures as evidence of tampering. The figures, which purported to show that more than 95 percent of overseas voters backed the opposition party, are not based […]
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia has been quietly shipping refined petroleum to North Korea at levels that appear to violate a cap imposed by the United Nations Security Council, the White House said on Thursday, suggesting new sanctions could result. The disclosure came on the first day after a U.N. panel of experts […]
(Bloomberg) — South Korea is discussing participation in the Aukus security pact as a research partner, Defense Minister Shin Wonsik said, the latest major country in the Indo-Pacific to examine cooperating with the US-led group. Most Read from Bloomberg At an annual meeting of South Korean and Australian officials, Shin said there were discussions about […]