Seoul, Jan 13 (IANS) North Korea has replaced its top officials in charge of guarding leader Kim Jong-un in recent years, Seoul’s unification ministry said on Tuesday. North Korea has changed the chiefs of three major North Korean units defending the security of the North’s leader — the Guard Office of the ruling party, the Guard Department of the State Affairs Commission and the Guard Command — the ministry said in its analysis of the major reshuffle of North Korean officials in 2025.The mini…
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Seoul, Jan 12 (IANS) The South Korean government will continue efforts to ease tensions and build trust with North Korea despite Pyongyang’s recent claim accusing Seoul of carrying out drone incursions into the country, the unification ministry said on Monday.Unification ministry spokesperson Yoon Min-ho made the remarks after President Lee Jae Myung ordered last week the creation of a joint military-police investigation team to look into the alleged drone incursions.On Sunday, Kim Yo-jong, the …
Seoul, Jan 11 (IANS) The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for Seoul to provide a detailed explanation about recent drone incursions, claiming that the drones from South Korea clearly violated the North’s airspace. Kim Yo-jong, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, made the remarks as South Korea’s Defence Ministry denied Pyongyang’s claim about the drone incursions from the South’s military, raising the possibility that …
Seoul, Jan 2 (IANS) South Korea’s Unification Minister Chung Dong-young urged North Korea to return to dialogue Friday, saying South Korea is ready to talk with the North “on any agenda” to ease inter-Korean tensions. Chung made the remarks in his New Year’s message during a ceremony at the government complex in Seoul, stressing that the two Koreas must “end inter-Korean hostilities this year.””The Lee Jae Myung administration, as a sovereign government, will fully support exchanges in the priva…
Seoul, Dec 29 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen a test launch of long-range strategic cruise missiles, calling for the “unlimited and sustained” development of state nuclear combat forces, state media reported on Monday.The drill took place Sunday in the Yellow Sea, demonstrating “the absolute reliability and combat readiness of the North’s strategic counterattack capability,” according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).The strategic cruise missiles flew along the preset…
Seoul, Dec 27 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a message of greetings to Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of New Year’s Day, calling the two countries’ relations a “precious common asset,” the North’s state media said on Saturday.In the message, Kim described this year as a ‘meaningful’ one when the two countries ‘steadily wrote a great biography of the alliance’ through “full mutual support and selfless encouragement,” according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).Kim’…