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South Korean Defence Minister Han Min-koo presided over an emergency meeting on Friday (February 5) in Seoul with military officials over North Korea’s planned missile launch. Han said his army is capable of detecting the missile launch. “Our Aegis destroyer has proved its capacity and readiness by firstly detecting North Korea’s missile launches three times in the past,” said Han at the meeting. The North notified U.N. agencies late on Tuesday (February 2) of its […]
South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se on Friday (February 5) held a meeting with the U.S., Japan, EU and Australian ambassadors to South Korea amid the threat of a North Korean satellite launch. U.S. ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, Japanese Ambassador to South Korea, Koro Bessho, Ambassador of the European Union to South Korea, Gerhard Sabathil, and Australian Ambassador to South Korea, Bill Paterson, attended the meeting at South Korea’s foreign ministry in Seoul. […]
(Reuters) — South Korea said on Wednesday (February 3) North Korea’s announced plan to launch a satellite is really a plan to launch a long-range missile and warned that the North will pay a “severe price” if it goes ahead. North Korea should immediately call off the planned launch, which is a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, the South’s presidential Blue House said. Seoul’s warning came after the North notified U.N. agencies late […]
South Korea said on Wednesday (January 27) it suspected North Korea of attempting cyber attacks against targets in the South, following a nuclear test by the North this month that defied United Nations sanctions. South Korea has been on heightened military and cyber alert since the January 6 test, which Pyongyang called a successful hydrogen bomb test, although U.S. officials and experts doubt that it managed such a technological advance. “At this point, we suspect […]
South Korean President Park Geun-hye called on Friday (January 22) for a meeting of five countries, excluding North Korea, to discuss that country’s nuclear program alongside long-stalled “six-party talks” that include Pyongyang. Park’s comments on Friday come amid a flurry of diplomatic exchanges involving Washington and Beijing as the international community seeks to impose fresh sanctions on North Korea for its fourth nuclear test on January 6. “In the past, six-party talks had usefulness as […]
South Korea fired warning shots on Wednesday (January 13) near an “unidentified flying object” over its border with North Korea, the South Korean defence ministry said, while a news agency said it was a suspected North Korean drone. The object’s appearance follows North Korea’s claimed hydrogen nuclear bomb test last week, which angered Beijing, Pyongyang’s sole major ally, as well as Seoul and Washington. “This afternoon around 14:10 (0510GMT) an unidentified flying object intruded the […]
The United States and its ally South Korea are in talks towards sending further strategic assets to the Korean peninsula, South Korea’s defence ministry said, a day after a U.S. B-52 bomber flew over South Korea in response to North Korea’s nuclear test last week. “The United States and South Korea are continuously and closely having discussions on additional deployment of strategic assets on the Korean peninsula,” Kim Min-seok, spokesman at the South Korean defence […]
South Korea said on Monday (January 11) that the government would impose tougher entry restrictions to a joint factory park run with North Korea, limiting its workforce staying in the park to “minimum necessary level” from Jan. 12. The spokesman at South Korea’s Unification Ministry told a news briefing that the government was taking stronger measures to protect its citizens after North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test last week. “Considering the safety of our […]
South Korean residents living near the inter-Korean border were on alert against North Korea’s possible retaliation after the country resumed loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts towards the North. South Korea unleashed a high-decibel propaganda barrage across its border with North Korea on Friday (January 8) in retaliation for its nuclear test, a step that has angered the isolated North in the past. The broadcasts, in rolling bursts from walls of loudspeakers at 11 locations along the heavily […]
South Korea unleashed a high-decibel propaganda barrage across its border with North Korea on Friday (January 8) in retaliation for its nuclear test, a step that has angered the isolated North in the past. Seoul decided to restart the broadcasts against Pyongyang after Pyongyang announced this week that it had successfully tested a hydrogen nuclear device. The broadcasts, in rolling bursts from walls of loudspeakers at 11 locations along the heavily militarised border, blare rhetoric […]
South Korea said on Friday (January 8) it was not yet considering shutting down the Kaesong industrial complex run jointly with North Korea, located north of the rivals’ border, after the North’s latest nuclear test this week. “We’re not at the stage that we can say whether we will close (the Kaesong Industrial Complex) or pull out (people),” said South Korean Unification Ministry spokesman, Jeong Joon-hee, at a news briefing. The Unification Ministry also said […]
South Koreans expressed concerns on Wednesday (January 6) after North Korea’s nuclear test. North Korea’s state TV on Wednesday announced the reclusive country had successfully conducted a test of a miniaturised hydrogen nuclear device. One Seoul resident said he was worried about North Korea’s claim that it had used a hydrogen bomb for its fourth nuclear test. “I hear this is the first time it has ever used a hydrogen bomb for its nuclear test […]
