North Korea test-launched a “new type” of ballistic missile from a submarine off its eastern coast into the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, according to state media. The state media report came a day after South Korean and Japanese officials said they believed Pyongyang had fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) at about 10:17 a.m….
North Korea Confirms Ballistic Missile Launch From Submarine: State Media
Chinese-North Korean Defectors Face Hardship in South Korea
GWANGYANG, South Korea—Abandoned, he feels, by three countries, Cho Guk-gyeong shows a visitor his South Korean alien registration card, which describes him as “stateless.” It’s an apt description of what his life is like in South Korea, 15 years after he fled North Korea. Most North Korean defectors to the South are ethnically Korean, but…
North Korean Spy Infiltrated South Korean Presidential Office for Years: Defector
A former senior military officer in the North Korean spy agency, now a defector, testified recently that a North Korean spy infiltrated the South Korean presidential office for five or six years in the early 1990s, and then returned to North Korea. Wearing sunglasses while on camera, Kim Kuk-song, a Senior Colonel of the North…
Unauthorized Footage of South Koreans Trend on Chinese TikTok, Raising Serious Privacy Concerns
Do you have to worry that images of you in public are appearing on Chinese multimedia platforms? Many South Koreans are concerned about exactly this problem after learning that Chinese TikTokers have been recording unauthorized footage of people in public places in South Korea. A recent post titled, “Do you know that Chinese people take…
Japan’s New Prime Minister Sends Offering to Yasukuni Shrine, Irking South Korea
TOKYO—Japan’s new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sent a ritual offering to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine for war dead for the autumn festival, Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, prompting the South Korean government to express “disappointment.” Kishida was following the example of previous Japanese leaders, who have refrained from visiting in person during the spring…
South Korea on Course to Have Highest Percentage of Elderly in the World
In South Korea, marriages and birth rates are petering out year by year, resulting in an aged population that is projected to surpass that of Japan and Europe by 2045 and making the country’s aged population proportionally the largest in the world, according to official data. South Koreans aged 65 and older made up 14.9…
Redeploy Tactical Nuclear Weapons to South Korea
October 7, 2021
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Commentary South Korea’s possible next leader wants the United States to redeploy to its territory tactical nuclear weapons that were withdrawn in 1991. But the Biden administration almost immediately turned down his idea, practicing pre-emptive disarmament in the face of North Korea’s ongoing nuclear missile buildup that has long been assisted by China. South Korean…
Chinese Man Acquires Upscale South Korean Real Estate Amid Restrictive Loan Measures
While the South Korean Government tightens its mortgage rules to mitigate its growing household debt, a 33-year-old Chinese national purchased a luxury penthouse apartment worth 8.9 billion won ($7.51 million) in Seoul’s upscale district with 100 percent of the purchase price coming through a bank loan, drawing widespread concern. South Korea’s household debts have continued…
North Korea Restores Hotline With South
SEOUL, South Korea—North Korea has restored a communication hotline with the south after weeks of a hiatus in a small, fragile reconciliation step on Monday, despite the Kim regime continuing to conduct its missile tests. Liaison officials from the two Koreas exchanged messages over a cross-border communication channel on Monday morning, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said….
Polls: South Koreans’ Anti-China Sentiment Hits Historic High While Anti-Japan Sentiment Declines
Recent polls show that South Koreans’ anti-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) sentiment has reached a historic high while their long-held anti-Japan sentiment has decreased. Increased military and economic cooperation between South Korea and Japan are also favored in public opinion polling. South Korea’s global think tank, East Asia Institute (EAI), and Japanese non-profit think tank, Genron…
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