denied any connection to drones or unmanned aerial vehicles recovered by South Korea in recent weeks.
Tag: South Korea
Breaking news: NoKor, SoKor exchange fire over maritime border
South Korean Marines fired artillery shells across a disputed sea border Monday after North Korean shells from a live fire drill conducted by Pyongyang North Korea declared a no-sail warning on Monday for areas off its west coast near a disputed border with South Korea and has notified the South that it will conduct firing drills, a South Korean government official said. The area is near the so-called Northern Limit Line, drawn up at the end of the […]
South Korea Returns Remains Of 437 Chinese Korean War Soldiers
(Reuters)– South Korea on Friday handed over to China the remains of 437 Chinese volunteer soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War. The handover ceremony was held at the Incheon International Airport of South Korea. Head of the Chinese handover delegation and official from the Civil Affairs Ministry Zou Ming andMoon Sang-gyun, an official from the South Korean Defense Ministry, signed a handover protocol. Then Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Qiu Guohong covered coffins containing remains of soldiers of the Chinese People’s Volunteers with Chinese […]
10 killed as resort building collapses in South Korea
(Reuters) — Ten people attending a welcoming party for new university students were killed when a building at a South Korean mountain resort collapsed late on Monday (February 17), emergency officials said, trapping dozens in snow and rubble for several hours. About 560 students had gathered in the auditorium of the golf resort in the mountains in the city of Gyeongju, around 375 km (235 miles) southeast of Seoul. Heavy snow had built up on the roof of the […]
North and South Korea seek better ties at rare high-level talks
(Reuters) – North and South Korea held their first high-level talks in seven years on their armed border on Wednesday, exploring ways to improve ties while the South and the United States geared up for large-scale military drills that have angered Pyongyang. The meeting was set up with unusual speed and great secrecy at the North’s suggestion last week, the latest example of conflicting signals coming from Pyongyang that included an abrupt cancellation of an […]
North Korea proposes meeting with South Korea to discuss family reunion issue
(Reuters) — North Korea proposed to hold a working-level meeting with South Korea to discuss the reunions of families separated since the Korea War that divided the neighbours, the SouthKorean Unification Ministry said on Monday (February 3). “The North Korean side accepted our Red Cross’s (earlier) offer to hold a working-level meeting to discuss the reunion of separated families and proposed to hold a working-level meeting in the northern side of the Panmunjom on February 5 or 6 at a convenient […]
China: Japan’s ‘hype’ on air defence zone spreads tension
(Reuters) – China does not feel threatened by countries in Southeast Asia and is optimistic about the situation in the disputed South China Sea, the Foreign Ministry said, warningJapan not to “spread rumors” it plans a new air defense identification zone. China alarmed Japan, South Korea and the United States last year when it announced an air defense identification zone for the East China Sea, covering a group of uninhabited islands at the center of a bitter ownership spat between China and […]
