Category: North Korea

The Untold Story of 10,000 North Korean Orphans in Eastern Europe: Interview With Director Kim Deog-Young

In the early 1950s, more than 100,000 children were orphaned by the Korean War, but neither of the two sides, North and South, had the resources to care for them. Orphans of South Korea were sent to the United States and Western Europe for adoption. Meanwhile, North Korea distributed its orphans across Eastern Europe to…


North Korea ‘Repeatedly’ Released Dam Waters Without Warning: South Korean Official

North Korea has “repeatedly” released water from a dam near its border with South Korea without giving prior notice, which is a requirement of the two nations’ inter-Korean agreement, according to a South Korean official. Pyongyang released water from the Hwanggang Dam to adjust the water level and alleviate the heavy rainfall, Yonhap News Agency…


North Korea Denounces Pelosi’s Visit to South Korea

North Korea has denounced U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to South Korea, calling it an attempt by Washington to provoke “South Korean conservative forces into confrontation” with Pyongyang. Pelosi traveled to South Korea on Aug. 4 after visiting Taiwan, where she met with top South Korean legislators and National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo to…


South Korea Plans to Lift Ban on North Korea TV, Newspapers Despite Tensions

SEOUL, South Korea—South Korea plans to lift its decades-long ban on public access to North Korean television, newspapers, and other publications as part of its efforts to promote mutual understanding between the rivals, officials said Friday, despite animosities over the North’s recent missile tests. Divided along the world’s most heavily fortified border since 1948, the…


US Recovers $500,000 From North Korea-Backed Hackers Targeting Hospitals

The U.S. Department of Justice said on July 19 that it seized about $500,000 in cryptocurrency that two American medical centers had paid to North Korean state-backed hackers after a ransomware attack. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said the seized funds include ransoms paid by health care providers in Kansas and Colorado in 2021 and 2022,…


Capitol Report (July 19): CCP Purchasing US Agriculture ‘Alarming’; Bannon Trial Begins

As inflation rages on, senators are advancing a bill hoping to lower costs on things like cars, computers, and more. They say it’s aimed at reducing our dependence on China and Taiwan for semiconductor chips. China has its eyes set on U.S. agricultural land. Although the amount they have been acquiring might not appear to…


South Korea Launches Probe Into 2019 Deportation of North Korean Fishermen

South Korea’s Presidential Office on Sunday denounced the repatriation of two North Korean fishermen in 2019 as an “act against humanity” by the previous government and pledged to investigate the case. “President Yoon Suk-yeol’s office will reveal the substantive truth behind the [previous government’s] act against humanity and take all measures to prevent its recurrence,”…


China Manipulates North Korea to Play With the US: Mike Pompeo

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on July 13 that China deters North Korea from participating in denuclearization efforts pursued by the U.S. government because Beijing “benefits from Chairman Kim [Jong Un] continuing to hold his nuclear weapons.” During a video interview at the Asian Leadership Conference (ALC) in Seoul, South Korea, a summit…


China Uses North Korea as ‘Buffer State’ to Distract US in Region: Mike Pompeo

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on July 13 that China deters North Korea from participating in denuclearization efforts pursued by the U.S. government because Beijing “benefits from Chairman Kim [Jong Un] continuing to hold his nuclear weapons.” During a video interview at the Asian Leadership Conference (ALC) in Seoul, South Korea, a summit…


North Korea Recognises Breakaway of Russia’s Proxies in East Ukraine

North Korea on Wednesday recognised two Russian-backed breakaway s0-called “people’s republics” in eastern Ukraine as independent states, a separatist leader and a Russian state news agency said. The move makes North Korea only the third country after Russia and Syria to recognise the two breakaway entities, the Donetsk (DPR) and Luhansk People’s Republics (LPR), in…