North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged his nation’s support for Russia in its standoff with the US and its allies. He is making a rare visit to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin at the space facility in Russia’s Far Eastern Amur Region. “Russia has risen for a sacred fight …
Read More »Biden spares two words for North Korean leader
Asked by a reporter if he had a message for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, US President Joe Biden succinctly replied “Hello. Period” on Sunday, his last day in South Korea before moving on to the Japanese leg of his Asian trip. The not-quite-message followed Biden’s acknowledgment that he would …
Read More »Pentagon thought North Korean missile was headed for US – media
US military and aviation officials were briefly convinced that a North Korean missile launch earlier this week could pose a threat to the ‘homeland’, CNN reported, but early readings were soon dismissed as inaccurate. Moments after Pyongyang fired a hypersonic missile off its east coast as part of a weapons …
Read More »‘Ultraviolent’ Korean Netflix hit ‘Squid Game’ should be BANNED from screens over gory violence, 1 in 4 Russians say in new poll
On Monday, the Russian Public Opinion Research Center published a poll of 1,600 people from across the country. Of those questioned, Russia’s older generation, in particular, said they believed the cruelty displayed in the South Korean hit series could incite violent incidents in real life. Some supported the idea of …
Read More »Kim Jong-un touts ‘invincible’ North Korean forces at Pyongyang arms expo, condemns hostile US policies & wargames with Seoul
Speaking at the Defense Development Exhibition Self-Defense-2021 event in Pyongyang on Monday, Kim declared a “a new era of strengthening the national defense force,” saying the military would serve as an “invincible” line of defense, the country’s state media reported. “Today’s grand exhibition… is a demonstration of national power that …
Read More »Pyongyang launches ‘unidentified projectile’ just as North Korean ambassador takes UN stage – reports
The Japanese government announced a “possible ballistic missile” launch from North Korea on Tuesday, according to sources cited by Kyodo News and NHK, while South Korea’s Yonhap News noted that Pyongyang fired at least one “unidentified” projectile into the East Sea, citing the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff, though provided few other details on the purported launch. Reports …
Read More »North Korea says formally ending Korean War would be ‘foolish idea’ unless US scraps its hostile policy
Seven decades after the conflict, the Korean Peninsula technically remains in a state of war as the truce achieved by the North and South back then never transformed into an actual peace treaty, while relations between the neighbors always remained strained. The Korean War between China-backed Pyongyang and Seoul, which …
Read More »South Korean regulator slaps Google with $177mn fine for antitrust violations & abusing market dominance
The fine of $176.64 million (207 billion won) was imposed by South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) on Tuesday, having launched a probe into the tech giant back in 2016 over suspicions it had prevented local affiliates from using operating systems developed by rival firms. The regulator said Google had …
Read More »Watch out, America! A crisis on the Korean peninsula might just be up next…
The world’s eyes are focused on Afghanistan, so much so that the other potential “flashpoints” around the globe have been forgotten. Nowhere is this more relevant than the Korean Peninsula, where North Korea has voiced firm, yet not overwhelming, opposition to a series of joint military drills taking place this week …
Read More »Pizza for Italy & CHERNOBYL for Ukraine?! South Korean TV apologizes for ‘inappropriate’ graphics during Olympic nations parade
The Seoul-based Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) turned heads with its questionable image choices as the games kicked off in Tokyo on Friday. While some countries were represented with more innocuous items – a tantalizing pizza pie was used for Italy, and a juicy hunk of salmon for Norway – others …
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