Seoul, April 21 (IANS) The commander of the US military stationed in South Korea, Gen. Xavier Brunson, has lodged a protest against the unification minister’s recent remarks that allegedly leaked classified US information about North Korea’s nuclear facility, a lawmaker said on Tuesday. Unification Minister Chung Dong-young has come under fire for referring to the North’s Kusong region as one of the sites hosting the country’s uranium enrichment facilities in a parliamentary session last month.B…
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Seoul, April 15 (IANS) North Korea’s economy has entered a recovery phase thanks to closer relations with Russia and China, overcoming a period of recession, the unification ministry in Seoul said on Wednesday. The unification ministry made the assessment in its five-year plan for inter-Korean relations, covering 2026 to 2030, submitted to the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, reports Yonhap news agency.The unification ministry said that North Korea has “formed and i…
Seoul, April 7 (IANS) The unification ministry of South Korea on Tuesday assessed North Korea’s swift response to President Lee Jae Myung’s expression of regret over drone flights by South Korean individuals as “meaningful progress” moving forward the establishment of peace and coexistence on the Korean Peninsula. Late Monday, Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, issued a statement that said her brother assessed Lee as “frank and broad-minded,” some 10 hours after…
Seoul, March 11 (IANS) Ham Jin-woo, a North Korean defector-turned-journalist who went missing in 2017 in border areas between North Korea and China, has been officially recognised by the government as one of seven South Koreans detained in the North, officials said on Wednesday.The unification ministry has newly added Ham to the list of South Koreans held captive in North Korea after consulting with relevant government agencies, according to a ministry official.North Korea has detained seven So…
Seoul, Jan 29 (IANS) South Korea’s unification ministry said on Thursday that pending bills granting the South Korean government control of non-military access to the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) do not conflict with the armistice as the bills require advance consultation with the United Nations Command (UNC). The ministry’s stance came a day after the UNC voiced strong opposition to the bills, calling them “completely at odds” with the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-53 Korean War.”The ongo…
Seoul, Jan 12 (IANS) South Korean Police and military officials launched a joint investigation on Monday to investigate North Korea’s claims of drone incursions across the inter-Korean border.On Saturday, the North’s military claimed that South Korea violated the North’s sovereignty by sending drones into its territory in September and on January 4, but Seoul’s defence ministry denied the claim.The joint team of some 30 police and military officials has started investigating the alleged incursio…
Seoul, Dec 31 (IANS) The unification ministry said Wednesday it will prioritize confirming the fate of separated families’ relatives in North Korea if strained inter-Korean relations begin to improve.Under the 2026-2028 plan for supporting families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, the ministry said it will make efforts to resume exchanges between such divided families at the government level and facilitate civilian-level exchanges between them, Yonhap news agency reported.”When there is prog…
Seoul, Dec 26 (IANS) South Korea’s unification ministry said Friday it is in talks with related government agencies to review measures to allow public access to the Rodong Sinmun, the main newspaper of North Korea’s ruling Worker’s Party, and other North Korean materials. In South Korea, public access to North Korean media and publications, including the Rodong Sinmun, is denied as they are classified as “special materials” due to concerns that they include content praising and promoting North K…