KCNA A Korean Central News Agency photo showing an aerial view of the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone, North Korea is opening a beach resort that its leader Kim Jong Un hopes will boost tourism in the secretive Communist regime, state media reports. Wonsan Kalma on the east coast will open to domestic tourists on...
Watch: BBC follows a dog meat farm rescue operation in South Korea When he isn’t preaching the word of God, Reverend Joo Yeong-bong is raising dogs for slaughter. Business is not going well though. In fact, it’s on the brink of becoming illegal. “Since last summer we’ve been trying to sell our dogs, but the...
Jean Mackenzie Seoul correspondent EPA Pyongyang says it has successfully relaunched its new warship North Korea says it has successfully relaunched its new 5,000-ton naval destroyer, less than a month after it capsized during the first attempted launch, state media reports. The country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, had reacted furiously to the warship’s failed launch...
South Korea’s military says it has suspended its loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts across the border to North Korea, as part of a bid to “restore trust” between both countries. The move comes a week after the country elected its new president Lee Jae-myung, who had campaigned on improving inter-Korean ties. Pyongyang considers the loudspeaker propaganda broadcasts...
North Korea has launched a warship two weeks after it was damaged during an earlier launch attempt, in an incident that drew harsh criticism from the country’s leader Kim Jong Un. The 5,000-tonne destroyer, which was restored to balance earlier this week, was launched on Thursday and is now moored at a pier, state-run news...
Uzbekistan and Jordan have qualified for their first World Cups, while South Korea have also secured their place at the tournament. They become the eighth, ninth and 10th teams to confirm their spots at the expanded 48-team tournament in United States, Canada and Mexico in 2026. The three hosts have qualified automatically, while the latest...
Woongbee Lee Editor, BBC Korean EPA-EFE South Korea has handed a decisive victory to opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung six months after his predecessor’s martial law bid failed. The brief yet disastrous move set off huge protests and ended former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s career: impeached and removed from office, he still faces criminal charges for...
Jean Mackenzie Seoul correspondent Watch: Lee Jae-myung speaks behind bulletproof glass at a campaign rally The striking feature of this election has been the leading opposition candidate, Lee Jae-myung, campaigning in a bullet-proof vest. At a recent rally, he was escorted to the podium by close protection officers, ready to shield him with their ballistic...
Jean Mackenzie Seoul correspondent BBC Listen to Jean read this article The border between North and South Korea is swamped with layers of dense barbed-wire fencing and hundreds of guard posts. But dotted among them is something even more unusual: giant, green camouflaged speakers. As I stood looking into the North one afternoon last month,...
Lingard has found peace of mind across the other side of the world. His start in South Korea didn’t go according to plan; meniscus surgery curtailed his progress during his first season. Slowly but surely, however, Lingard is rediscovering his love for the game. He says he is as fit and strong as he has...
North Korea has criticised the US’s plan for a futuristic “Golden Dome” missile shield, saying it could “turn outer space into a potential nuclear war field”. The defence system, which President Donald Trump plans to unveil by the end of his term, is aimed at countering “next-generation” aerial threats to the US, including ballistic and...
North Korea has arrested a fourth official over the failed launch of a new warship that has enraged the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un. Ri Hyong-son, deputy director of the ruling Workers’ Party’s Munitions Industry Department, was “largely responsible for the serious accident” last week, state-run news agency KCNA said on Monday. The 5,000-ton destroyer...
North Korea has detained three shipyard officials over an accident during the launch of a new warship on Wednesday, state media has reported. Parts of the 5,000-ton destroyer’s bottom were crushed during the launch ceremony, tipping the vessel off balance. An investigation into the incident, which North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un described as a...
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North Korea has said the development of its first road bridge to Russia is a “significant” milestone in relations between the two countries, according to the country’s state media KCNA. Construction of the bridge – set to span the Tumen river in the country’s northeast – began on Wednesday. It will be situated near the...