North Korea Tourism Comes One Step Closer
North Korea closed its borders five years ago when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and they have remained shut ever since.
North Korea dismantling facility near border for separated families, Seoul says
North Korea is dismantling a facility at its Mount Kumgang resort used for hosting meetings between families separated after the Korean War, South Korea said on Thursday, in the latest sign of ...
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US, South Korea test combat coordination near border, drawing North’s ire
Machine gun and artillery fire echoed through a barren valley Monday as U.S. and South Korean troops trained together in ...
The Diplomat8d
What Will South Korea’s Post-Yoon Foreign Policy Look Like?
With the passing of “engagement,” the mood had darkened considerably in Seoul, mirroring a new, bellicose swagger evident ...
Dye Designs Group renovating the greens of a top South Korean golf course
The mother-and-son tandem of Cynthia Dye McGarey and Matt McGarey of American-based Dye Designs Group has begun a project to ...
Variety14d
‘Valiant One’ Review: No-Nonsense Action-Thriller About U.S. Soldiers Trapped in North Korea Gets the Job Done
on the maintenance of surveillance installations close to the North Korean border. Things go from routine to catastrophic when the team’s helicopter gets blown off course in a freak storm and ...
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North Korean troops pulled back from frontline after heavy losses, Ukrainian officials say
North Korean troops have been deployed to Kursk since at least November to repel Ukraine’s incursion in the southern Russian border region. “We are still in the Kursk region… the Russian ...
Los Angeles Times15d
Column: For Korea’s baseball champions, it’s time for spring training. In Irvine
They’ll report to spring training in Arizona on Feb. 11. These are the Kia Tigers, the champions of the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO). They opened training camp last week at the Great Park ...
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Dye Designs renovates greens at South Korea’s Woo Jeong Hills
Dye Designs has started a greens renovation at Woo Jeong Hills Country Club near Cheonan, South Korea. The course, designed by Perry Dye in 1992, has hosted the Kolon Korea Open since 2003. Woo Jeong ...
NBC News18d
Defectors offer insight into mindset of North Korean soldiers fighting in Ukraine
The U.S. and allies say there are more than 11,000 North Korean troops fighting in the Russian region of Kursk, where Ukrainian forces launched a cross-border incursion in August. Neither Moscow ...
The Korea Times18d
Why Thailand-Myanmar border became hub for fraud gangs preying on Chinese nationals
The recent kidnapping of a Chinese actor on the Thailand-Myanmar border has turned the spotlight on the international criminal gangs responsible for luring Chinese citizens abroad and forcing them ...