South Korea’s military has concluded that plastic, North Korean anti-personnel mines “deliberately buried” south of the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) caused the Sept. 21 blasts that injured three ROK troops, announcing the final results of a joint investigation with the U.N. Command (UNC). At a…
NK News Data Correspondent Anton Sokolin and Lead Correspondent Shreyas Reddy join the podcast this week to discuss Russia’s new ambassador to North Korea, Pyongyang’s latest cyber operations and the growing dispute between Seoul and Kyiv over two North Korean prisoners of war. Anton explains what…
A senior North Korean diplomat on Monday criticized U.S. support for South Korea’s pursuit of nuclear-powered submarines and accused Washington of worsening tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Speaking at the annual U.N. General Assembly in New York, Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son Gyong said the U.S.…
South Korea’s military said Monday an explosion that seriously injured three soldiers in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) seven days earlier was “highly likely” to have been caused by a North Korean mine, citing preliminary evidence. During a briefing at the Defense Ministry Headquarters in Seoul at…
South Korea has demanded an official explanation and apology from Ukraine, expressing “strong regret” after Kyiv unilaterally disclosed the repatriation of two North Korean prisoners of war and then claimed the two countries had never agreed to keep the matter confidential. In a statement released…
