North Korea to open up borders for South Korean touristsAugust 17th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea Monday said it was reopening its borders for inter-Korean tourism projects with South Korea and to remove obstacles from the operation of a jointly-run business park, the South Korean Yonhap news agency reported. In a joint press release, Hyundai and North's Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, which runs inter-Korean business affairs, announced to "restore" passage for South Korean personnel to the Kaesong industrial park.
North Korea puts troops on alert over South Korea-US war gamesAugust 17th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea Monday put its troops on alert as an annual joint South Korean-US war game commenced and accused its neighbour of planning an attack. North Korea would react to any provocation with a "merciless and prompt annihilating strike at the aggressors with all offensive and defensive means, including nuclear deterrent", state media quoted the high command of the Korean People's Army as saying.
North Korea threatens to shoot down Japanese planes in its airspace, accusing Tokyo of spyingJune 27th, 2009 NKorea threatens to shoot down Japanese spy planesSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea threatened Saturday to shoot down any Japanese planes that enter its airspace, accusing Tokyo of spying near one of its missile launch sites. The North has designated a no-sail zone off its eastern coast from June 25 to July 10 for military drills, raising concerns that it might test-fire short- or mid-range missiles in the coming days, in violation of a U.N.
North Korea threatens nuclear retaliation on Korean War anniversaryJune 25th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea ratcheted up tension on the Korean Peninsula Thursday, threatening nuclear retaliation and insisting it would never give up its atomic weapons. In an opinion piece published by the official Rodong Sinmun newspaper on the anniversary of the start of the Korean War (1950-53) when the North Korean army attacked the South, Pyongyang threatened to rain a "fiery shower of nuclear retaliation" on its neighbour in case of aggression.
North Korea threatens military strike against South KoreaMay 27th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea Wednesday warned it will respond militarily to South Korea joining a US-led initiative to intercept ships carrying illicit weapons, the South Korean Yonhap news agency said.
North Korea threatens to launch strikes against South KoreaMay 27th, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea on Wednesday threatened to launch military strikes against South Korea if any of its ships were stopped or searched as part of an American-led operation to intercept vessels suspected of carrying weapons of mass destruction. "We consider this a declaration of war against us," an unidentified North Korean military spokesman said Wednesday in a statement carried by the North's official news agency KCNA.
Talks between North, South Korea end after 20 minutesApril 21st, 2009 SEOUL - The first direct talks between the governments of North and South Korea in more than a year lasted for around 20 minutes Tuesday, South Korean officials said. There were no details as to what had been discussed at the meeting, which took place in the North Korean border city of Kaesong at an industrial park operated jointly by the two neighbours.
South Korean delegation in North Korea for talksApril 21st, 2009 SEOUL - A South Korean delegation reached North Korea Tuesday morning to participate in talks amid mounting tensions in the Korean Peninsula. 'The delegation has crossed the border,' a spokesman of South Korea's Unification Ministry said.
South Korea agrees for talks with North KoreaApril 19th, 2009 SEOUL - The South Korean government Sunday said that it has decided to accept Pyongyang's offer for holding inter-Korean talks next week. It will be the first governmental talks between South Korea and North Korea since South Korean President Lee Myung-bak took office in February last year.
South Korea says North Korea has proposed meeting on joint industrial complexApril 17th, 2009 NKorea proposes meeting on joint factory parkSEOUL, South Korea — South Korea says that North Korea has proposed a meeting on a joint factory park in the North next week. Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Ho-nyeon told reporters Saturday that the North recently proposed a meeting to discuss the joint complex in the border town of Kaesong.
US, South Korea say North Korean satellite launch failsApril 6th, 2009 SEOUL/WASHINGTON - Media reports in the US and South Korea said Sunday that North Korea had failed to place a satellite into orbit with its rocket launching earlier in the day. The news network CNN, citing the North American Aerospace Defence Command (NORAD), reported that the North Korean satellite failed to achieve orbit.
North Korea making final preparations for rocket launchApril 3rd, 2009 SEOUL - North Korea has begun final preparations for its controversial long-range rocket launch and could fire the weapon as early as Saturday, South Korean media reported Friday. 'North Korea seems to have almost finished fuelling the rocket, so it is highly likely it will launch it,' The Korea Times quoted an anonymous government official as saying.
N Korea threatens to launch 'war' if its satellite are shot downMarch 12th, 2009 PYONGYANG - North Korea has warned that it is "fully combat ready" to retaliate against any attempt to thwart off its planned satellite launch. "Shooting our satellite for peaceful purposes will precisely mean a war," said the statement, carried by Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency.
Seoul says North's warning on flights military threatMarch 7th, 2009 SEOUL - South Korea Friday condemned North Korea for 'a military threat' and 'an inhumane act', a day after Pyongyang said it could not guarantee the safety of South Korean civilian aircraft flying in or near its airspace. 'A military threat to the normal operations of civil airplanes not only violates international rules but is also an inhumane act that can never be justified,' the Unification Ministry in Seoul said.
North Korea scraps all accords with South KoreaJanuary 29th, 2009 PYONGYANG - North Korea has scrapped all political and military agreements with South Korea, the official KCNA news agency reported Friday. It denounced the South Korean government for pushing the inter-Korean relations to the brink of a war.
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