Today, April 15, 2022, is a massive day in North Korea, marking the 110th birthday anniversary of President Kim Il Sung. Known locally as ‘Day of the Sun’ it’s a big celebration annually, but jubilee dates like this are a particularly big deal. President Kim Il Sung is the ...
MORE: S. Korea’s new leader offers support if North denuclearizes SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MAY 10: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol salutes during his inauguration at the National Assembly on May 10, 2022 in Seoul, South Korea. President Yoon Suk-yeol took the oath of office Tuesday...
The term of office the incumbent President of Republic of Korea, Mr. Moon Jae-in, ends on May 9, 2022, but the Presidential elections will be held two months earlier on March 9 the same year. This means that the actual power the incumbent President can wield will practically end at the...
The planned visit comes after North Korea restarted tests of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) last month, and amid signs that it may be preparing to resume nuclear testing. (Reporting by Soo-hyang Choi and Trevor Hunnicutt in Washington; Editing by Kenneth Max...
Natalia Slavney, research analyst at the Stimson Center’s 38 North website that focuses on Korean affairs, said Yoon’s imposition of martial law was “a serious backslide of democracy” that followed a “worrying trend of abuse” since he took office in 2022. South Korea “has a ...
Last month on the Speak The Truth Podcast, I announced I was going to travel to Ukraine to enter Kursk and document the dead North Korean Soldiers. A few days later, my wife fell ill with an undiagnosed neurological condition to which she was hospitalized for about a week. Within 24 hours...
"If North Korea (DPRK) stops nuclear development and genuinely embarks on denuclearization, we will be prepared to work with the international community to present an audacious plan that can dramatically improve North Korea's economy and the quality of life for its people," Yoon said. ...
"If North Korea (DPRK) stops nuclear development and genuinely embarks on denuclearization, we will be prepared to work with the international community to present an audacious plan that can dramatically improve North Korea's economy and the quality of life for its people," Yoon said. ...
Out in the wider world, the IOC ishistorically neutral in politics. It can — and Bach did — take a role in international diplomacy and with the United Nations, where it has formal observer status. The 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games briefly brought hos...
Most were on the original list, including Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, while the new order included Chad, North Korea and some citizens of Venezuela (certain government officials and their families). The tweak did little to pacify critics, who argued that the order was still heavily ...