…m the people, who are on average three inches shorter than their cousins in the South" A difference is also obvious between North and South Korean children. “The height gap is approximately 4 cm (1.6in) among pre-school boys and 3 cm (1.2in) among pre-school girls, and again the South Koreans would be taller.” Prof. Daniel Schwekendiek points out that the height difference cannot…
ther sanctions. The new satellite images, taken by a private US firm, DigitalGlobe, show that preparations are proceeding at the Tongchang-dong launch site in North Korea. An analysis published on the 38 North website by the US-Korea Institute at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) said that ”activity has been ongoing” at the site since last week. ”U…
…anctioned North. North Korea has threatened to shut down Kaesong Industrial Complex reiterating the state of war with South Korea The industrial park funnels more than $92 million a year in wages for 53,400 North Koreans employed there, and its operation has survived despite years of military tensions. The latest threat to close down Kaesong came amid a torrent of bellicose statements by North Ko…
…w would be unthinkable 20 years ago,” says Nat Kretchun, co-author of a groundbreaking report into the changing media environment in North Korea. The paper, entitled A Quiet Opening, interviewed 420 adults who had defected from the country. Among their stories was a glimpse at the lengths people would go to use these illegal mobile phones. “In order to make sure the mobile phone freque…
…North Korea that is increasing military activity,” he said. On March 16, North Korea warned of attacks against South Korea’s border islands, and advised residents to leave the islands. In 2010, North Korea shelled South Korea’s Yeonpyeong island, causing four deaths….
…by North Korea was a long-range one with a capability of hitting the US west coast. However, experts believe North Korea’s most powerful rocket, which it test-fired last December, has a range of 3,700 miles (6,000 km) and can reach no further than Alaska. Kim Kwan-jin told MPs in a parliamentary defense committee meeting that the missile had “considerable range”. “The missi…
…t be justified in any way and North Korea will be held responsible for all the consequences,” the AFP news agency reports. Kaesong complex, just over the border in North Korea, employs more than 50,000 North Korean workers but is funded and managed by South Korean firms. North Korea has announced today it is withdrawing all its workers from the joint-Korean Kaesong industrial zone and suspe…
igars, cognac and gourmet cuisine, while four in five of North Korean children suffer from malnutrition because food is poorly distributed. In March 2011, the World Food Programme (WFP) estimated that 6 million North Koreans needed food aid and a third of children were chronically malnourished or stunted daily potato rations have been cut by a third, to two for each person. 5. At least two inches…
North Korea announces it has ordered artillery and rocket units into “combat posture” to prepare to target US bases in Hawaii, Guam and the US mainland. The announcement, carried by KCNA news agency, follows days of strong rhetoric from Pyongyang. The north Korean move came as South Korea marked the third anniversary of the sinking of the Cheonan warship, which left 46 sailors dead. S…
nt. “I began to read scripts based on party directives – in the end, I was like a parrot.” Oh Kil-nam, now 70, still does not know the fate of his wife and daughters after more than 20 years While he was there Oh Kil-nam came across South Koreans who had been abducted, including two air stewardesses and two passengers from a Korean Air Lines flight that had been hijacked by Nort…
him to 15 years of compulsory labor for this crime,” KCNA said. Kenneth Bae was held last year after entering North Korea as a tourist and he was accused of anti-government crimes Kenneth Bae, 44, was arrested in November as he entered the northeastern port city of Rason, a special economic zone near North Korea’s border with China. He is believed to be a tour operator of Korean desc…
South Korea has decided to raise its alert level to “vital threat” following reports that North Korea is preparing for a missile test. At least one ballistic missile with an estimated 2,000-mile (3,000 km) range is fuelled and ready for launch, US and South Korean sources say. Pyongyang has been making bellicose threats against South Korea, Japan and US bases in the region. The threat…
…inking of a South Korean warship. Overnight, meanwhile, South Korea briefly placed a border military unit on its highest alert. South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye spoke in Daejeon, where the 46 sailors who died when the Cheonan warship sank on 26 March 2010 are buried The alert happened early on Wednesday after a South Korean soldier discovered a “strange object” at the borde…
…. The UN human rights council has set up an inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea for the first time The resolution, which was presented by Japan and the European Union, was approved by all 47 members of the council. “For too long the population of the country has been subjected to widespread and systematic human rights violations and abuses,” Ireland’s Foreign Ministe…
…ations that North Korea is preparing for a missile test. Pyongyang has moved two Musudan ballistic missiles to its east coast. Estimates of their range vary, but some suggest the missiles could travel 2,500 miles. That would put US bases on Guam within range, although it is not believed that the Musudan has been tested before. John Kerry is making his first trip to Asia since becoming secretary of…
…s just north of the military demarcation line dividing the two Koreas. South Korean officials said 126 people had left, with the final 48 expected home by Monday. North Korea has already withdrawn its 53,000 workers and blocked access to the zone in response to joint South Korean and US military exercises….
North Koreans workers have failed to report for work at Kaesong Industrial Complex, suspending one of the few points of co-operation between the two Koreas. Kaesong Industrial Complex is a joint industrial park and there are more than 120 South Korean companies that operate there, employing 53,000 North Korean workers. The complex is seen as a crucial source of hard currency for North Korea. Nor…
…-run Kaesong industrial park is still in operation, however, and over 160 South Korean commuters entered North Korea yesterday to work in its factories. Kaesong Industrial Complex employs an estimated 50,000 North Korean workers and is a source of badly-needed hard currency for the North….
…t a certain flying object was launched from North Korea and fell after flying for just over a minute,” Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka said. South Korea said the rocket exploded into some 20 pieces and fell into the sea. “We are conducting a search operation to retrieve the fallen objects,” a defense ministry official said. Some five hours after the launch, North Korea con…
orbit; the US confirmed an object had been put into space. South Korea, the US and Japan have condemned the launch as a disguised test of long-range missile technology. A UN resolution passed in June 2009 after North Korea’s second nuclear test banned Pyongyang from ballistic missile tests. The US called it a “highly provocative act that threatens regional security”, while UN Se…
untries with advanced space technology. “Welding was crude, done manually,” the official said. North Korea’s recent rocket launch shows it has the ability to fire a rocket more than 6,200 miles South Korea would not be able to tell whether the North had the technology to achieve re-entry until debris from the second and third stages of the rocket launch was analyzed, the defence…
The last seven South Koreans workers have left Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea, after the two Koreas resolved outstanding financial issues. The workers had stayed behind after the other South Korean staff had left to negotiate wages demanded by North Korea. Kaesong Industrial Complex has been at a standstill since North Korea withdrew its 50,000 workers in April. North Korea has previou…
…that the UN Security Council was investigating the claims. If it had supplied the technology or vehicle, China could be violating UN resolutions passed after North Korean nuclear and missile tests in 2006 and 2009, the report suggested. Asked about the matter, White House spokesman Jay Carney said the US would “continue to work with the international community, including China, to enforce s…
…ader Kim Il-sung with the launch. The announcement drew widespread criticism that the launch would violate UN Security Council resolutions. The resolutions were imposed after a similar launch in April 2009. Japan is particularly concerned as the last North Korean rocket was launched over the country. “I have ordered officials to prepare to deploy the PAC-3 and Aegis warships,” Naoki Ta…
South Korea has decided to pull the last of its workers out of Kaesong Industrial Complex in North Korea, as Seoul announced moves to help affected firms. A total of 125 South Koreans left the joint Kaesong complex on Saturday, and the remaining 50 were expected to leave on Monday, officials said. They had been due out at 17:00 local time but were delayed by “details” that needed R…
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