Debates arise over call to cancel joint military drills

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  Moon Chung-in, chairman of the Sejong Institute and former special advisor to President Moon Jae-in for foreign and national security affairs, speaks during a webinar "Nurturing Negotiations: How to Jumpstart and Sustain Diplomacy with North Korea," co-hosted by the Washington-based National Committee on North Korea and the Seoul-based East Asia Foundation, Wednesday. Captured from YouTube Experts express concerns over weakening of combined nuclear deterrence capabilities By Jung Da-min A debate has arisen over whether South Korea and the U.S. should cancel their annual joint military exercises scheduled to be held in August, with some government officials and experts ― who advocate engagement with North Korea ― saying Pyongyang will not return to denuclearization talks as long as they continue to be held. However, others question whether such a cancellation would have any effect at all noting the distinct probability that the North will not take any corresponding actions. ...

North Korea's Kim says it must prepare for 'both dialogue and confrontation' with US

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  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un / AP-Yonhap North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said his country needs to prepare for "both dialogue and confrontation" with the United States under President Joe Biden, state media reported Friday. At a plenary meeting of the central committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea on Thursday, Kim outlined his strategy for relations with Washington, and the "policy tendency of the newly emerged US administration", the 메이저사이트추천 Central News Agency said. Kim "stressed the need to get prepared for both dialogue and confrontation, especially to get fully prepared for confrontation in order to protect the dignity of our state" and reliably guarantee a "peaceful environment", KCNA reported. The North Korean leader "called for sharply and promptly reacting to and coping with the fast-changing situation and concentrating efforts on taking stable control of the situation on the Korean peninsula", the agency...

'North Korea hacked into South Korean nuclear energy institute'

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  Rep. Ha Tae-keung of the main opposition People Power Party holds a press conference at the National Assembly, Seoul, Friday, where he claimed North Korea hacked into the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute last month. Yonhap By Kim Rahn South Korea's state-run institute dealing with nuclear-related 메이저사이트 was the target of an attack by a group of North Korean hackers, main opposition People Power Party lawmaker Ha Tae-keung said Friday. According to the lawmaker, 13 unauthorized IP addresses accessed the intranet system of the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, May 14. IssueMakersLab, a Seoul-based group of malware analysts, tracked the IP addresses and found some of them were linked to the server of "kimsuky," which is believed to be a state-backed North Korean hacking group, Ha said. The cyber espionage group has been detected in previous hacking attacks targeting South Korean government organizations and is believed to have attempted to gain access to the cy...

Will Pyongyang return to negotiating table?

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  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presides over a session of the plenary meeting of the eighth Central Committee of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, Thursday, in this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency. Yonhap North Korean leader stresses 'both dialogue and confrontation' with US By Kwon Mee-yoo North Korean leader Kim Jong-un emphasized stable control of the situation on the Korean Peninsula, Friday, and said the isolated state should be ready for "both dialogue and confrontation," in an apparent conciliatory gesture toward South Korea and the United States. It is rare for the bellicose North to mention 토토사이트추천 , and considering the remarks were made a day before U.S. special representative for North Korea Sung Kim's visit to Seoul, attention is now on whether stalled denuclearization talks will get a makeover. According to the North's official Korean Central News Agency, during a ruling Workers' Party of Ko...

North Korean leader vows to overcome difficulties

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  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during a Workers' Party meeting in Pyongyang, June 18, in this photo provided by the North Korean government. AP-Yonhap North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowed to break through the difficulties facing his country as he concluded a key Workers' Party meeting after discussing ways to deal with food shortages and relations with the United States, state media reported Saturday. Throughout the four-day plenary meeting of the party's Central Committee, the third of its kind this year, Kim discussed how to cope with economic challenges, including food shortages and anti-pandemic efforts. He also discussed ways to deal with the U.S. 토토사이트 of President Joe Biden, saying the North should be ready for both dialogue and confrontation, and more importantly, confrontation amid the "fast-changing" situation on the Korean Peninsula. As he wrapped up the meeting Friday, Kim "solemnly swore on behalf of the WPK Central Committee that the ...

North Korean leader watches musical performance after key party meeting

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  North Korea leader Kim Jong-un / Yonhap North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watched a musical performance, state media reported Sunday, after last week's four-day ruling party session highlighted a vow to "break through head-on" a series of challenges facing his country. Kim and members of the Workers' Party's central leadership attended the performance by the Band of the State Affairs Commission, the North's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported without specifying when the event took place. From Tuesday through Friday, the North held the third plenary session of the eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party to 먹튀검증사이트 economic challenges, including food shortages and anti-pandemic efforts. Kim also discussed how to deal with the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden, saying his country should be ready for both dialogue and confrontation, and more importantly, confrontation amid the "fast-changing" situation on the Korean Pe...

What enticements will Sung Kim offer to North Korea?

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  Sung Kim, the U.S. special representative for North Korea, arrives at Incheon International Airport, Saturday. Yonhap By Kang Seung-woo The visit of Sung Kim, the U.S. special representative for North Korea, to Seoul is raising questions over whether Washington will offer enticements to Pyongyang in a bid to normalize stalled nuclear negotiations. Since February 2019, when the U.S.-North Korea summit ended without reaching a deal on denuclearization, the totalitarian state has continued to refuse engaging both the U.S. and South Korea, thereby hampering inter-Korean relations. Kim, who was appointed to the post last 먹튀검증업체 , arrived here, Saturday, on a five-day trip, during which he is scheduled to sit down with his South Korean counterpart, Noh Kyu-duk, and hold three-way talks that will also include Japan's nuclear envoy, Takehiro Funakoshi, Monday. The planned talks come days after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said his country should be ready for dialogue and more importan...