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North Korea Claims It Successfully Tested Long-Range Cruise Missiles

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 13, 2021 14 Comments

The missiles can travel 1,500 kilometers (932 miles), which means Rocket Man can easily target South Korea and Japan....

South Korea’s Ruling Party Wants Faster Transfer of Military Control from U.S.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 19, 2021 41 Comments

CHANGE! "We need not only the importance of the ROK-U.S. alliance, but also an attitude of self-defense that our country will protect itself."...

Israel Ships 700,000 COVID Doses to South Korea After Palestinian Authority Rejection

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on July 08, 2021 3 Comments

Israeli Prime Minister Bennett: "This is a win-win deal. Together we will beat the pandemic."...

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un apologizes for killing of South Korean official

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 27, 2020 12 Comments

Last week, I noted that South Korean President Moon Jae-in called for the declaration of an end to the Korean War, saying it would pave the way for complete denuclearization.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uzEO5prwHk

South Korean’s President Moon Proposes Declaring End to Korean War

Posted by Leslie Eastman on September 24, 2020 11 Comments

During the United Nations General Assembly video session, South Korean President Moon Jae-in called for the declaration of an end to the Korean War, saying it would pave the way for complete denuclearization.

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My Grandparents Escaped North Korea: I Don’t Want Marxism Here

Posted by Samuel Kim on July 19, 2020 20 Comments

On June 25, 1950, North Korean troops crossed the 38^th parallel to invade the fledgling democratic south. Amidst changing borders, victories, and defeats, hundreds of thousands of Koreans from the North escaped to the South in the hopes of finding freedom. Two of these refugees were my grandfathers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJkpts1nymU

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon Dead From Apparent Suicide

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 10, 2020 13 Comments

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon went missing on Thursday before they found his body on a mountain. Police found a suicide note:

"I send my apologies to everyone. I thank everyone who shared my life. I am so sorry to my family to whom I only gave pain," read the apparent suicide note left on the desk of his official residence and released by the city government with the permission of his family.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcG5IWVO7sI#action=share

North Korea Detonates Its Liaison Office With South Korea

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 17, 2020 9 Comments

The situation on the Korean Peninsula took a troubling turn, as North Korea blew up its liaison office with South Korea in a powerful detonation.

In Reversal, University’s Music School Cancels China Tour Over Exclusion of South Korean Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 30, 2019 9 Comments

“given the particular circumstances of this tour, the best course of action for the Eastman community and the values we share is to wait until the Philharmonia can perform as one”...

University’s Music School Excludes South Korean Students from Tour at China’s Behest

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 29, 2019 49 Comments

Eastman Philharmonia is one of the orchestras in the music school at the University of Rochester in New York. They embarked on a tour in China, but the Chinese government refused to issue visas for student musicians who are South Korean. The tour is continuing without them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJyhN5ec9zw

After launch of two projectiles into East Sea, North Korea announces it has ‘new weapon’

Posted by Leslie Eastman on August 17, 2019 5 Comments

North Korea fired two more projectiles into the East Sea, further raising tensions on the peninsula, and the South Koran military indicates that it is now analyzing the projectiles and maintaining high levels of readiness.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUEEwLVZhxU

Pentagon Halts War Remains Recovery Effort with North Korea

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 11, 2019 2 Comments

After the Singapore Summit, a joint North Korea-America effort began to recover, return, and identify the remains of U.S. service personnel remaining behind at the end of the Korean War.

http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/tensions-rise-as-north-korea-unveils-ballistic-missiles-during-parade

North Korea fires short-range missiles toward ocean

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 04, 2019 6 Comments

The South Korean military is reporting that North Korea appears to be back test-firing missiles off its coast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LqVBkYZhYI

Is a third summit between President Trump and North Korea’s Chairman Kim in the works?

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 14, 2019 7 Comments

Given all the focus on President Donald Trump's brilliant tweets about sending illegal immigrants directly to sanctuary states and cities, it may have been easy to miss an intriguing update to another long-term project POTUS has been working on: Denuclearizing North Korea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buQdFYaRL_k

FBI now possesses data stolen by anti-regime group from North Korean embassy

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 30, 2019 10 Comments

The last time we checked on North Korea, all the participating parties in the Hanoi Summit were regrouping after the sudden collapse of the high-level meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korea's Chairman Kim Jong Un. Now it is being reported that after a North Korean opposition group stormed the North Korean embassy in Spain last month, it handed over data stolen from the raid to the FBI.

South Korea’s Moon Jae-in will work toward completing U.S.-NoKo deal

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 02, 2019 11 Comments

We have been chronicling how South Korea has been teaming up with North Korea on a number if different projects in an apparent effort geared toward eventually opening up the rogue nation in a way that will not be a severe economic strain on its southern neighbor. Though the Hanoi Summit did not conclude with a declaration, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in promises he will work toward having the other two countries complete the peace deal.

During visit to China, Kim Jong-un commits to denuclearization & second U.S summit

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 12, 2019 3 Comments

Chinese officials are currently planning to send their top trade negotiator to Washington, D.C., next month for trade talks designed to end the tariff battle between the two nations. Ahead of the meetings, the Chinese are appearing to leverage their influence with North Korea to optimum benefit. North Korea's Chairman Kim Jong-un was in Beijing this week, and made significant statements related to promises made during June's Singapore Summit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ots4E_ZnVos

North Korea warns it will resurrect nuclear program if U.S. doesn’t lift sanctions

Posted by Leslie Eastman on November 04, 2018 3 Comments

What is the status of the Singapore Summit agreement five months after the historic deal was signed by President Donald Trump and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un? The American press is highlighting a set-back on the path to peace. North Korean officials are warning that the nation will begin strengthening its nuclear arsenal if the United States does not lift economic sanctions against the country.

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