Seoul, Jan 12 (IANS) A Seoul court on Monday held the first hearing of former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s trial on charges of benefiting the enemy over allegations of dispatching military drones to Pyongyang in 2024. The hearing took place at the Seoul Central District Court behind closed doors, with Yoon, former Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun and Yeo In-hyung, former head of the Defence Counterintelligence Command, in attendance.Yoon and the two others have been indicted on charges of aiding the …
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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 10 (IANS) South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Saturday ordered a prompt investigation into alleged drone incursions into North Korea, warning that such acts would constitute “a grave crime” threatening peace on the Korean Peninsula and national security if confirmed. North Korea claimed earlier in the day that South Korea had infringed on its sovereignty with drone incursions last September and again earlier this week, but Seoul’s defence ministry rejected Pyongyang’s accusations….
Seoul, Jan 10 (IANS) North Korea claimed on Saturday that South Korea infringed on its sovereignty with drone incursions in September last year and earlier this week, saying that Seoul should be ready to ‘pay a high price’ for what it called a provocation.But South Korea’s defence ministry rejected Pyongyang’s claim, saying the South’s military did not operate drones on the dates asserted by the North.A spokesperson of the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army issued a statement denouncing S…
Seoul, Jan 8 (IANS) A North Korean party magazine stressed the importance of designating the state leader’s successor in a publication in March last year, shortly before leader Kim Jong-un’s daughter, Ju-ae, resumed public appearances following a brief hiatus.Amid speculation that Ju-ae is being groomed as Kim’s potential successor, the publication has gained attention as it may have been aimed at setting the stage for the ruling family’s third hereditary transfer of power.”Geunroja,” which mean…
Seoul, Jan 6 (IANS) The appearances of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s daughter, Ju-ae, at the centre of recent public events appear aimed at projecting socialist imagery that portrays society as one great family, a Seoul official said on Tuesday. An official at the unification ministry in Seoul made the assessment after Kim’s teenage daughter captured headlines by appearing at back-to-back public events alongside her father, reports Yonhap news agency.Photos carried by state media showed Ju-a…
Seoul, Jan 6 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited the construction site of a memorial for the North’s soldiers killed in Russia’s war against Ukraine, hailing their sacrifice as an ‘eternal cornerstone’ for Pyongyang, state media reported on Tuesday.Kim “visited the construction site of the Memorial Museum of Combat Feats at the Overseas Military Operations” in Pyongyang the previous day and dug the first shovelful of earth for the museum’s tree planting, the Korean Central News Ag…
Seoul, Jan 5 (IANS) North Korea test-launched hypersonic missiles in Pyongyang the previous day that successfully struck targets in the East Sea, with leader Kim Jong-un in attendance, state media reported on Monday.”A sub-unit under a major firing strike group of the Korean People’s Army conducted a missile launching drill” to evaluate the country’s war deterrence and the readiness of the weapon system, as well as to verify its capacity to fulfill missions, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)…
Washington, Jan 4 (IANS) A US military command said it is aware of North Korea’s missile launches this week while reaffirming its security commitment to allies in the region. The Indo-Pacific Command issued a statement after Pyongyang lobbed multiple ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Sunday morning (Korea time), marking its first missile test this year.”We are aware of the missile launches and are consulting closely with our allies and partners. Based on current assessments, this event d…
Seoul, Jan 3 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected the construction site of a greenhouse farm in the northwestern city of Sinuiju for his first ‘field guidance’ of the year, Pyongyang’s state media reported on Saturday.Kim traveled by his private train to the Sinuiju Combined Greenhouse Farm the previous day, whose construction is nearing completion, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).North Korea has been building a large greenhouse farm in vast areas of Wihwa Isla…