The experts were alarmed that hundreds of escapees – the vast majority of whom are women – have been sent back, despite repeated appeals by multiple international human rights bodies. Hundreds more reportedly are in detention awaiting the same fate. There are long-standing and credible reports that people returned to the DPRK, more commonly known…
In his address to the UN General Assembly’s annual debate, President Yoon referred to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to the DPRK and underscored that any deal struck between those two countries will “threaten the peace and security of not only Ukraine, but also the Republic of Korea.” It is paradoxical, he said, that Russia,…
“I emphasize the importance of re-establishing communication channels, particularly between military entities,” said Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, briefing ambassadors at the Security Council. “Exercising maximum restraints is critical to avoid unintended escalation. Diplomacy and dialogue – not isolation – is the only way forward.” On 24 August,…
Seoul: South Korea and the United States have started joint military exercises. North America has called it a war rehearsal. A foreign news agency According to the report These military exercises, called UFS after North Korea’s threat, are meant to realize simulation, joint warfighting capabilities training and civil defense exercises. In the aforementioned exercises, the…
28-year-old Sukjeet Singh became friends with a 30-year-old South Korean woman 4 years ago, Photo: Indian Media New Delhi: A 30-year-old woman from South Korea arrived in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to marry 28-year-old Sukjeet Singh, where both got married according to local customs. According to Indian media, Sakjit Singh went to South…
Briefing the UN Security Council, Volker Türk ran through a long list of rights abuses, saying that many “stem directly from, or support, the increasing militarisation of the DPRK.” His argument was reinforced by the UN independent human rights expert Elizabeth Salmón who told ambassadors that leaders of the DPRK – more commonly known as…
Twitter photo. South Korea has said that neighboring North Korea fired a basaltic missile towards the east coast on Monday. On the other hand, according to the Japanese Ministry of Defense from Tokyo, the missile fired by North Korea could be a ballistic missile. According to a news agency report from Seoul, North Korea fired…
North Korea has fired several cruise missiles into the sea west of the Korean Peninsula, in protest after a nuclear-armed US submarine was delivered to a South Korean port yesterday. South Korea’s military said a second missile was launched in apparent protest at the arrival of a nuclear-armed United States submarine at a South Korean…
Photo courtesy: Euronews.com. The US nuclear submarine has anchored at the South Korean port of Busan. North Korea has condemned the presence of a US nuclear submarine in the region. According to a foreign news agency, North Korea says that the sending of a nuclear submarine by the United States is the cause of increasing…
Millions of US military emails sent to Russia’s Mali ally by typo British media has revealed that millions of US military emails were sent to Russia’s ally Mali by typographical error. Steps have been taken to deal with the mail problem. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’, ‘836181349842357’); fbq(‘track’, ‘PageView’); },…
