Korea
North Korea attempts horror cyber terror attack on the South’s train network
NORTH Korea has tried to attack South Korea’s transport system by hacking into railway workers' emails, spy chiefs say. Bosses at South Korea’s National Intelligence Service issued a statement overnight saying they had managed to stop the brazen attempts. The agency issued the statement after an emergency...
North Korea handed toughest sanctions in 20 years in effort to stop nuke programme
NORTH Korea has been hit with the toughest sanctions in 20 years by the United Nations (UN) in response to making a nuclear test. In a series of new restrictions negotiated by the Chinese and American governments, all cargo going to and from North Korea must be inspected and North Korean trade representatives in Syria, Iran and...
U.S. student detained in North Korea confesses to ‘hostile act’
North Korea has allowed the world to get its first glimpse of Otto Frederick Warmbier, an American student at the University of Virginia, two months after his arrest. Warmbier is accused of trying to steal a North Korean banner, containing a political slogan that was hanging from the walls of his Pyongyang hotel. A North Korean...
Start of World War 3? North Korea planning ‘wave of terror attacks’ on South Korea
NORTH Korea is reportedly planning a wave of terror against South Korea, amid fears Kim Jong-un has ordered his military to prepare for kidnappings and strikes against public transport and power units. A senior South Korean official says the "threat of terrorism has never been higher", as the South attempts to push...
N. Korean army leader executed
A senior North Korean military leader has been executed for "factionalism, misuse of authority and corruption," a South Korean government official with knowledge of North Korean affairs. The official declined to give further details on how or when General Ri Yong-gil, chief of the North Korean Army's general...
North Korea fires long-range rocket despite warnings
North Korea has fired a long-range rocket, which critics say is a test of banned missile technology. A state TV announcer said that North Korea had successfully placed a satellite in orbit. The launch was condemned by Japan, South Korea and the US, who have requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council later on...
Japan military on alert over North Korea’s planned rocket launch
Japan put its military on alert on Wednesday to shoot down any North Korean rocket that threatens it, while South Korea warned the North it would pay a "severe price" if it goes ahead with a satellite launch that South Korea considers a missile test. North notified U.N. agencies on Tuesday of its plan to launch what...
North Korea says it has invented hangover-free alcohol
North Korean scientists have invented a hangover-free alcohol, according to the Pyongyang Times. The state newspaper says the "suave" liquor will spare you wincing when you wake, despite boasting 30%-40% alcohol. The brew is reportedly made from a type of indigenous ginseng called insam and glutinous rice, and...
S. Korea, U.S. deploy B-52 strategic bomber over Korean Peninsula
South Korea and the United States said Sunday they had deployed the B-52 Stratofortress, a long-range strategic bomber, over the Korean Peninsula, three days after North Korea said it had tested a hydrogen bomb, according to South Korea's largest news agency Yonhap. It is reported the B-52 bomber left U.S. Andersen Air...