UN Command talking to North Korea about US soldier Travis King
Seoul, South KoreaReuters The United Nations Command and North Korea have begun discussing the case of Travis King, the US soldier who crossed into the North last week, the deputy commander of the US-led command that oversees the Korean War truce said on Monday. King, a US Army private serving in South Korea, sprinted into […]
Mounting US worries over Private Travis King after silence from North Korea
Washington DC, USReuters The United States on Thursday voiced mounting concern over Army Private Travis King, who dashed into North Korea two days ago, saying Pyongyang had a history of mistreating captured Americans. US Army Secretary Christine Wormuth, in her first public comments on the case, said Washington was fully mobilized in trying to contact […]
Heavily fortified North Korea border area a magnet for tourists
Paju, South Korea Reuters Only hours after US Private Travis T King fled into North Korea while taking part in an organised tour on the heavily fortified border, groups of tourists coming from the South Korean side were still visiting the area on Wednesday. Going to the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, which remain […]
US scrambles to determine fate of soldier Travis King, who fled to North Korea
Paju, South Korea/Washington DC, USReuters US officials scrambled on Wednesday to determine the fate of an American soldier who made an unauthorised crossing into North Korea, handing Washington a new crisis in its dealings with the nuclear-armed state. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told a regular briefing the Pentagon had “reached out” to counterparts in […]
US soldier facing disciplinary action flees into North Korea
Seoul, South Korea/Washington DC, USReuters An American soldier facing disciplinary action fled across the inter-Korean border into North Korea on Tuesday and was believed to be in North Korean custody, US officials said, creating a fresh crisis for Washington in its dealings with the nuclear-armed state. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expressed concern for the soldier, […]
Returned North Korea defector struggled to resettle in South, lived meagre life
Seoul, South KoreaReuters A former North Korean defector who made a risky and rare cross-border return home last week had struggled in South Korea, officials and media reports said on Tuesday, sparking fresh debate over how such defectors are treated in their new lives. South Korea’s military identified the man who crossed the heavily armed […]
Essay: South Korea is bringing back bears in a country of 52 million people – I went to find out how
In an article first published on The Conversation, JOSHUA POWELL, a researcher at UCL in the UK, looks at South Korean efforts to reintroduce bears…
After surprise Trump-Kim meeting, US and North Korea to reopen talks
Panmunjom/Seoul, South KoreaReuters US President Donald Trump became the first sitting US President to set foot in North Korea on Sunday when he met its leader, Kim Jong-un, in the Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas and agreed to resume stalled nuclear talks. The meeting, initiated by a spur-of-the-moment tweet by Trump that Kim said […]
More than 500,000 form human peace chain on Korean Peninsula in push for reunification
Christians were among the more than 500,000 people who formed a human peace chain along the 500 kilometre Demilitarized Zone between South and North Korea. The World Council of Churches reports that the event was held last Friday (27th April) to mark the first anniversary of Panmunjom Declaration – which saw North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and […]