North Korea hones cruise missile tech with 4 tests in 2 weeks
SEOUL -- With four missile tests in two weeks, North Korea is accelerating its push for more precise cruise missiles with an eye on South Korean and U.S. military targets.
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Signs of rare unrest among North Korean workers in China, researchers say
SEOUL - South Korea's intelligence agency says poor conditions for North Koreans working overseas have led to "incidents and accidents", while researchers report rare protests and unrest in China among workers from a North Korean military-linked trading company.
South Korean prosecutors appeal Samsung chairman acquittal
SEOUL -- South Korean prosecutors on Thursday appealed a Seoul district court ruling earlier this week that found Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong not guilty of stock price manipulation and accounting fraud.
North Korea scraps all economic cooperation with South Korea
SEOUL (Reuters) -- North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly has voted to scrap all agreements signed with South Korea on promoting economic cooperation, the North's official KCNA news agency reported on Thursday, as the two Koreas' relations continue to deteriorate sharply.
‘Seoul wants better ties’: why Yoon isn’t upset over Japan’s demolished monument for wartime labourers
Last week, the authorities in Japan’s Gunma prefecture started demolishing the memorial at a public park in Takasaki city, despite opposition from local groups demanding the monument be preserved. The work is scheduled to be completed on Sunday.
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un says he has lawful right to destroy South
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said he has the legal right to annihilate South Korea, in his latest move to threaten his neighbour after starting the year by eliminating the concept of peaceful unification from his state’s national policy.
North Korea scraps all economic cooperation with South in further blow to inter-Korea ties
The assembly, which takes formal steps to adopt policy decisions of the ruling Workers’ Party, also voted to abolish laws governing economic ties with Seoul, including the special law on the operation of the Mount Kumgang tourism project.
