by ZoominKorea | May 3, 2019 | News, News Headlines, NK News, NK-SK Relations, SK News, US-NK Relations
INTER-KOREA RELATIONS Visiting Panmunjom’s Joint Security Area After Demilitarization Guards are no longer armed while tourist visits are allowed. Civilians also get to walk on the footbridge where President Moon and Chairman Kim had a private chat during their...
by ZoominKorea | Dec 4, 2018 | Korea-Japan Relations, N-S Relations, News, News Headlines, NK News, NK-SK Relations, Peace and Militarism, US-DPRK, US-NK Relations
NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS South Korea’s Moon Urges North Korea’s Kim to Visit Seoul South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivered a message on December 1 urging North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to pay a reciprocal visit to Seoul within the year for the promised summit...
by ZoominKorea | Nov 13, 2018 | N-S Relations, News, News Headlines, NK News, NK-SK Relations, US-NK Relations
U.S.-DPRK Relations High-level Talks Postponed Talks between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean Workers’ Party Vice Chairman Kim Yong-chol scheduled to take place on November 8 have been postponed. Although the officially stated reason for the...
by ZoominKorea | Jan 6, 2017 | NK News, SK News, US-ROK Alliance, Weekly News
SOUTH KOREA NEWS South Korea’s Ongoing Political Circus In her first public appearance since the South Korean national assembly voted to impeach her, Park Geun-hye met with a select group of reporters on January 1 to deny all allegations against her and accuse her...
by ZoominKorea | Sep 23, 2016 | News, News Headlines, NK News
The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Tomás Ojea Quintana, called this week for increased support for the victims of Typhoon Lionrock, which devastated the northeastern part of...
by ZoomKorea | Aug 26, 2016 | News Headlines, NK News, Stop THAAD
In the midst of the U.S.-South Korean Ulchi-Freedom Guardian joint military exercises, North Korea successfully launched a missile from a submarine stationed on the coast of the East Sea. The Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) reached 500 km in distance...