by ZoominKorea | Dec 30, 2018 | News, News Headlines, NK-SK Relations, Peace and Militarism, SK News, US-ROK Alliance
SOUTH KOREA NEWS Taxi Drivers Stage Nationwide Strike On December 20, an estimated 250,000 taxi drivers staged a nationwide day-long strike, calling for a ban on Kakao’s ridesharing service. Around half the nation’s drivers rallied in front of the National Assembly...
by ZoominKorea | Dec 15, 2018 | News, News Headlines, NK-SK Relations, SK News, US-ROK Alliance
US-ROK ALLIANCE Trump Wants South Korea to Pay More for U.S. Troops President Trump’s demand that South Korea increase its funding for U.S. troops deployed there has reportedly soured on-going negotiations over the Special Measures Agreement (SMA) between the two...
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 | Nov 1, 2018 | Korea-Japan Relations, N-S Relations, News, News Headlines, NK-SK Relations, Peace and Militarism, Stop THAAD, US-ROK Alliance
NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS Two Koreas halt military exercises and close gunports once aimed at each other At 12:01 on November 1, North and South Korea began a halt to land, air, and sea military exercises and began the operation of a designated no-fly zone along the...
by ZoominKorea | Oct 18, 2018 | News, NK-SK Relations, Peace and Militarism, Reunification, US-NK Relations, US-ROK Alliance
NORTH-SOUTH RELATIONS Two Koreas ready to connect their railways; US warns S Korea to stick to sanctions North and South Korea held high-level talks at Panmunjom on October 15 and adopted a joint statement on implementing the Pyongyang Joint Declaration signed at the...
