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1 week ago | 
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com | Seo Ji-Eun
Home > National > Social Affairs dictionary Gangwon State opened five themed routes along the demilitarized zone (DMZ) and the Civilian Control Line on Friday, offering rare public access to some of the most historically and ecologically significant areas along the Korean Peninsula's heavily fortified border. The DMZ Peace Trail program spans five border counties — Cheorwon, Hwacheon, Yanggu, Inje and Goseong — and will operate through late autumn.
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1 week ago | 
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com | Seo Ji-Eun
Home > National > North Korea dictionary Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly reaffirmed his personal rapport with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during a phone call with Korean acting President Han Duck-soo on last week, stoking fresh worries in Seoul that Trump could once again bypass traditional diplomacy in favor of one-on-one summits — an approach possibly at the odds with Seoul's preferences.
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1 week ago | 
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com | Seo Ji-Eun
[NEWS ANALYSIS] U.S. President Donald Trump is signaling that he could pressure South Korea to pay more for the deployment of U.S. troops in its, despite the two countries having signed a defense cost-sharing deal just last year. At the heart of Trump’s approach is a desire to bundle issues long treated separately.
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2 weeks ago | 
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com | Seo Ji-Eun
Home > National > North Korea dictionary With U.S. President Donald Trump returning for a second term in office, South Korean foreign policy experts cautioned Tuesday that Seoul must not allow its foreign policy to be shaped by Trump’s personal diplomacy.
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2 weeks ago | 
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com | Seo Ji-Eun
Home > National > Diplomacy dictionary With less than a week to go until the Expo 2025 Osaka opens its doors, Korean and Japanese officials on Tuesday highlighted the international event as a key opportunity to expand bilateral tourism and economic cooperation, as well as to commemorate 60 years of normalized diplomatic ties.
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2 weeks ago | 
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com | Seo Ji-Eun
Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI North Korea is showing restraint in its response to the impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, in contrast to its swift and vocal reaction to the ousting of former President Park Geun-hye in 2017. Although South Korea’s Constitutional Court delivered its ruling to uphold Yoon's impeachment on Friday morning, North Korean state media delayed reporting the decision until the following day.
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3 weeks ago | 
koreadailyus.com | Seo Ji-Eun
Over 5,000 North Korean soldiers are likely to have been killed or injured in Russia’s war against Ukraine, according to a new assessment by the British Ministry of Defense. The figure accounts for as much as one-third — or nearly half — of the total North Korean deployment, pointing to North Korean forces suffering heavy losses on the front lines.
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3 weeks ago | 
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com | Seo Ji-Eun
Home > National > Diplomacy dictionary The Chinese Embassy in Korea issued a safety advisory Tuesday urging Chinese nationals in the country to avoid physical clashes with Koreans ahead of the Constitutional Court’s ruling on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment, scheduled for Friday.
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3 weeks ago | 
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com | Seo Ji-Eun
Home > National > Diplomacy dictionary Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that there is “communication” with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and that he would “do something” at some point, suggesting for the first time since returning to office that contact between Washington and Pyongyang may be underway.
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3 weeks ago | 
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com | Seo Ji-Eun
Home > National > North Korea dictionary Over 5,000 North Korean soldiers are likely to have been killed or injured in Russia's war against Ukraine, according to a new assessment by the British Ministry of Defense. The figure accounts for as much as one-third — or nearly half — of the total North Korean deployment, pointing to North Korean forces suffering heavy losses on the front lines.
