Tag Archives: Korea

  American soldier Travis King returned to United States soil on Thursday, September 28, for the first time since being detained by North Korean authorities in July, U.S. officials said.   King has been held by North Korean authorities since July 18, when he intentionally crossed into the Demilitarized Zone …

North Korea announced on Wednesday, September 27, that it had expelled Travis King, the American soldier who crossed into the country in July, according to the country’s state-run media. North Korea’s KCNA television network said King had confessed to illegally entering the country and they had concluded investigations. “The relevant …

Police in South Korea have busted a multinational drug ring that smuggled methamphetamine into the country and arrested three people, including a Nigerian national.    The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency in a statement on Sunday, September 10, 2023, said the drug ring operated networks in Cambodia, China and Nigeria to …

Overseeing the event, Kim Jong Un calls for the rapid development of the country’s navy and its ‘nuclear weaponisation’. North Korea has launched its first operational “tactical nuclear attack submarine”, a key part of leader Kim Jong Un’s plan to develop a nuclear-armed navy to counter the United States and …

North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un is planning to meet with Russian President, Vladimir Putin on a rare trip beyond his country’s borders, US authorities have revealed. The pair will discuss the possibility of Pyongyang supplying weapons for Putin’s soldiers to use on the battlefield in Ukraine and what North Korea …

North Korea has announced that it conducted a simulated “tactical nuclear attack” drill with two long-range missiles equipped with mock atomic warheads, saying the country is ready in the event of nuclear war.   The KCNA news agency, in a report on Sunday, September 3, said the drill was carried …

In South Korea, serving in the military is seen as a rite of passage. If you are familiar with Korean movies or obsessed with them like most of us are, you must have noticed a long-standing practice – compulsory military service for the men.

The new three-way security pact sealed by President Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea at Camp David on Friday was forged with threats by China and North Korea in mind. But there was one other possible factor driving the diplomatic breakthrough: Donald J. Trump. While the former …

A victim from Thursday’s car rampage and stabbing in South Korea was declared dead early Sunday morning, according to officials, the first fatality in the attack, which had injured 14 people and unsettled a nation where mass violence is uncommon. The victim, a woman in her 60s, was declared dead …

The 13.8-foot statue, unveiled in Gumi, South Korea, honors former President Truman on the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice.