North Korea is reopening to tourists after almost five years, but will anyone go? | North Korea
North Korea plans to welcome foreign tourists again at the end of the year, travel agencies say, but experts warn that the long-awaited opening could come at the expense of political tensions and the country’s harsh winter. North Korea quickly sealed its borders and banned international visitors as the COVID-19 pandemic spread in early 2020, […]
South Korea Finds Toxic Substances in Shein and Temu Products
South Korean authorities said on Wednesday they had found high levels of toxic substances in women’s accessories sold by Chinese e-commerce giants Shein, AliExpress and Temu. South Korea is coming under intense scrutiny of products from fast-growing Chinese online retailers for alleged unfair business practices, shoddy craftsmanship and poor quality control. Korea Fair Trade Commission […]
Carmakers Scramble to Calm Revolt Against EVs in South Korea After Battery Fires
Mercedes-Benz and BMW have reportedly revealed the names of their electric vehicle battery suppliers in South Korea after recent EV explosions sparked a widespread backlash against electric cars. Bloomberg Reports Mercedes-Benz Group AG and the South Korean units of BMW AG have taken a big step toward transparency by publishing the names of their electric […]
North Korea to partially reopen its borders to torusim
North Korea is set to partially resume international tourism this year for the first time in about five years, travel agents said. Koryo Tours, a Beijing-based travel agency specializing in tourism to North Korea, said on Thursday that tourism to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea will resume in December of this year. The tours […]
Trump says North Korea, Russia ‘at the top of their game’ but won’t ‘do anything bad to Iran’
Former President Donald Trump warned on X-Space that authoritarian leaders in North Korea and Russia would be “at their best” under a Biden administration, but said he would “not do anything bad to Iran” if re-elected in 2024. “know [Russian President Vladimir] Putin. I know. [Chinese] President Xi Jinping [Jinping]. know [North Korean dictator] “Kim […]
How China and North Korea could reunite as comrades in war
The next war in East Asia will engulf the region, and it will not just be about Taiwan, argue Markus Garlaskas and Matthew Kroenig. A new article in Foreign Policy magazine. Increased military activity by China and North Korea this month suggests that the two regimes are considering fighting. For example, two days before Foreign […]
North Korea floods: Putin pledges aid after Kim Jong-un rebuffs Seoul’s offer of assistance | North Korea
Devastating floods have damaged thousands of homes and left an unknown death toll, but reports from South Korea say the number of dead and missing could be as high as 1,500, and Russia has pledged humanitarian aid to North Korea. President Vladimir Putin offered condolences and humanitarian aid after record rains on July 27 flooded […]
Bringing Japan and South Korea together as U.S. security partners
The announcement was made jointly by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Japanese Foreign Minister Harumi Kimura and South Korean Foreign Minister Shin Won-sik earlier this week. A new agreement The rather lengthy title is “Memorandum of Cooperation on the Trilateral Security Cooperation Framework.” The agreement marks another major step toward realizing Washington’s long-held goal of […]
Olympics Apologizes for Confusing North Korea and South Korea
The International Olympic Committee (IOC), which oversees the ongoing 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, apologized to South Korea this weekend for mistakenly referring to the South Korean delegation as the “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea” (DPRK) at the opening ceremony. DPRK is the official name of the communist North Korea, with which South Korea (officially […]
North Korea vows to ‘totally destroy’ enemy as regime marks end of Korean war | North Korea
As it declared an end to fighting in the Korean War, North Korea vowed to “totally annihilate” its enemies in the event of war if ordered by leader Kim Jong Un, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Sunday. The Korean Central News Agency said senior military officials, including Colonel Ri Ung Ryong and Lt. […]