Category Archives: SEOUL, South Korea

North Korea calls Biden ‘fool of low IQ’ over Kim criticism

Posted on May 21, 2019 by FOX News

North Korea has labeled Joe Biden a "fool of low IQ" and an "imbecile bereft of elementary quality as a human being" after the Democratic presidential hopeful during a recent speech called North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a tyrant.

South Korea vows to send aid to North quickly, may send food

Posted on May 20, 2019 by FOX News

South Korea has vowed to move quickly on its plans to provide $8 million worth of humanitarian aid to North Korea through international organizations and is also considering sending food to the country that says it's suffering its worst drought in decades.

South Korean, 3 Filipinos freed after captivity in Libya

Posted on May 17, 2019 by FOX News

Seoul and Abu Dhabi say that one South Korean and three Filipinos have been released following months of captivity in Libya.

North Korea demands return of cargo ship seized by US

Posted on May 13, 2019 by FOX News

North Korea has called the U.S. seizure of a North Korean cargo ship involved in banned coal exports an "unlawful robbery" and demanded the ship to be immediately returned.

The Latest: Japan says no threat from N. Korea projectile

Posted on May 9, 2019 by FOX News

The Latest on North Korea test firing at least one projectile off its western coast (all times local): 6:30 p.m.

South Korea: North Korea fires an unidentified projectile

Posted on May 9, 2019 by FOX News

South Korea's military says North Korea has fired at least one unidentified projectile from its western area.

NKorea says weapons drill was defensive, criticizes Seoul

Posted on May 8, 2019 by FOX News

North Korea has described its firing of rocket artillery and an apparent short-range ballistic missile over the weekend as a regular and defensive military exercise and ridiculed South Korea for criticizing the launches.

SKorea says NKorea tested ‘new tactical guided weapon.

Posted on May 5, 2019 by FOX News

South Korea's military says North Korea fired a "new tactical guided weapon" during live-fire drills on Saturday, but did not confirm whether it was a ballistic missile.

The Latest: South: NKorea fires several short-range missiles

Posted on May 3, 2019 by FOX News

The Latest on North Korea test firing short-range missiles (all times local): 10:45 a.m.

North Korea fires an unidentified short-range missile

Posted on May 3, 2019 by FOX News

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff says North Korea has fired an unidentified short-range missile from its eastern coast.

Seoul lawmaker: Top Kim adviser in North removed from post

Posted on April 24, 2019 by FOX News

A South Korean lawmaker says that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's most trusted policy adviser apparently has been removed from one of his posts.

North Korea’s Kim arrives in Russia before summit with Putin

Posted on April 23, 2019 by FOX News

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia on Wednesday morning for his much-anticipated summit with President Vladimir Putin in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok.

Police in South Korea investigate suspect in killings of 5

Posted on April 18, 2019 by FOX News

South Korean police are investigating a 42-year-old man accused of setting his apartment on fire and stabbing neighbors trying to flee, killing five people and injuring 13 others.

North Korea test-fires a new tactical guided weapon

Posted on April 17, 2019 by FOX News

North Korea has test-fired a "new-type tactical guided weapon," its state media announced Thursday, a move that could be an attempt to register the country's displeasure with currently deadlocked nuclear talks with the United States without causing those coveted negotiations to collapse.

South Korean president calls for 4th summit with Kim Jong Un

Posted on April 15, 2019 by FOX News

South Korean President Moon Jae-in says he's ready for a fourth summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to help salvage faltering nuclear negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang.

South Korea considering sending special envoy to North Korea

Posted on April 4, 2019 by FOX News

South Korea says it is considering dispatching a special envoy to North Korea in an apparent effort to revive stalled nuclear talks.

S. Korea starts search for war remains, separate from North

Posted on March 31, 2019 by FOX News

South Korea's military is separately searching for Korean War remains at the heavily armed inter-Korean border after North Korea ignored its calls to carry out a previously planned joint search.

Seoul says some N. Korean officials back at liaison office

Posted on March 25, 2019 by FOX News

South Korea says some North Korean officials have returned to an inter-Korean liaison office three days after the North abruptly withdrew its entire staff citing unspecified instructions from "higher-level authorities."

Seoul: North Korea withdrew staff from liaison office

Posted on March 22, 2019 by FOX News

South Korea says North Korea has withdrawn its staff from an inter-Korean liaison office in North Korea.

South Korea police accuse 4 of secretly filming hotel guests

Posted on March 21, 2019 by FOX News

South Korean police say they've arrested four people on suspicion of secretly filming about 1,600 guests in hotel rooms and posting or streaming the footage on the internet.