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North Korea SLBM-related activities draw reaction from South By (0) South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday Seoul is "closely monitoring related trends" pertaining to activity at Sinpho or Sinpo Shipyard in North Korea. File Photo by KCNA/EPA-EFE April 12 (UPI) -- North Korean activities at a shipyard could be raising concerns about a potential test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile in Seoul. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman Kim Joon-rak said Monday at a regular press briefing that the country's military is "closely monitoring related trends" pertaining to activ...

New photos: North Korea may be trying to extract plutonium to make more nuclear weapons 4 Mar, 2021 07:06 AM 3 minutes to read North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Photo / AP AP By: Hyung-jin Kim North Korea may be trying to extract plutonium to make more nuclear weapons at its main atomic complex, recent satellite photos indicated, weeks after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to expand his nuclear arsenal. The 38 North website, which specialises in North Korea studies, cited the imagery as indicating that a coal-fired steam plant at the North's Yongbyon nuclear complex is in operation after about a two-...

Reports: U.S. spy plane, missile tracking ship deployed near North Korea By (0) The U.S. military deployed a spy plane to an area near the Korean Peninsula, according to South Korean press reports on Tuesday. Photo by Mass Communication Spec. 2nd Class Juan S. Sua/U.S. Navy Feb. 16 (UPI) -- A U.S. spy plane and a missile-tracking ship reportedly conducted surveillance missions over waters between the Korean Peninsula and northeast China, as the United States remains on guard for North Korea provocations. South Korean military sources told News 1 on Tuesday that the plane, a U.S. RC-135S Cob...

Getty-Images The opportunities presented by Wonsan were championed by US President Donald Trump during his early charm offensive to Kim Jong-un. The tourism potential has been lauded by no less a real estate expert than Donald Trump, who praised its "great beaches". But six years after it was first proposed as North Korea's answer to Ibiza, work on the country's first international tourist resort appears to have ground to a halt. Backed personally by North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, the Wonsan beach project was supposed to show a lighter side to the hermit state, with luxury hotels, a mari...

Tide turns on Kim Jong-un's plan for North Korean 'Ibiza' beach resort 24 Dec, 2020 02:06 AM 4 minutes to read Daily Telegraph UK By: Colin Freeman Its tourism potential has been lauded by no less a real estate expert than US President Donald Trump, who praised its "great beaches". But six years after it was first proposed as North Korea's answer to Ibiza, work on the country's first international tourist resort appears to have ground to a halt. Backed personally by North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, the Wonsan beach project was supposed to show a lighter side to the hermit state, with luxury...