With what seems like stalled nuclear negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang and signs of possible discord between Seoul and Washington on North Korea issues, experts forecast a cloudy outlook for inter-Korean cooperation projects. On Monday, the two Koreas held a second meeting of their joint roads research group for the modernization of cross-border roads, but failed to produce noteworthy results, such as dates for joint surveys of their roads.  Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon (Yonh

Cheong Wa Dae says South Korea, US long aware of North Korea’s ‘undeclared’ missile bases.

The official mouthpiece of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party on Tuesday urged its officials to pay closer attention to public sentiment.The Rodong Sinmun said in a front-page editorial that the ruling party's officials should respect their subordinates and ordinary people, particularly in times of adversity and hardship. "(Officials) should always fulfill the ethics of mixing with the people and sharing both joy and sorrow with them. There should never be a specialization of oneself, formality

SEOUL/WASHINGTON -- South Korea's presidential office on Tuesday played down a new report on North Korea's "undisclosed" missile sites, saying the state intelligence communities of South Korea and the United States earlier acquired relevant information.Cheong Wa Dae added that it's going too far to call the North's continued activity a "great deception" given that it has no specific agreement to dismantle or disclose the facilities mentioned in the report issued by Beyond Parallel, a group at th

South Korea's women's football body said Monday it failed to reach an agreement with North Korea on holding a women's football league All-Star Game. The Korea Women's Football Federation, which governs the WK League, South Korea's top women's football league, said it planned to stage the WK League All-Star Game with a North Korean team, but the two sides failed to narrow their differences. North Korean and South Korean women`s football team during match, February 29, 2016 (Yonhap)"Following the

North Korea reportedly asked S. Korea not to destroy one GP that Kim Jong-un had visited

Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon will embark on a trip to the US on Tuesday, feeding speculation that Seoul plans to make more direct efforts to create a consensus among US lawmakers and the public on inter-Korean relations. Cho will visit Washington, DC, and New York from Tuesday to Saturday to attend the 2018 Korea Global Forum and meet with US government officials and lawmakers, according to the Ministry of Unification. The forum is hosted annually by the Unification Ministry.  Unificatio

One of the two dogs given to President Moon Jae-in by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as a gift after their third summit in Pyongyang in September has given birth to puppies, Moon said Monday.The North's leader gifted the pair of Pungsan-breed dogs, one male named Songkang, and a female named Gomi. Moon said in a Twitter message that Gomi gave birth Friday to six white puppies -- three male and three female -- and all look healthy. (Cheong Wa Dae)"As the pregnancy period of dogs is about two mon

North Korea has removed 636 land mines from the truce village of Panmunjom straddling the border with South Korea, Seoul's defense chief said Monday.Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo told lawmakers that it's part of the accomplishments under the inter-Korean Comprehensive Military Agreement signed in September. Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo (Yonhap)The CMA, a key element in their latest summit deal, calls for the two sides to take a set of confidence-building measures, including the pullout

South and North Korea held a second meeting of their joint road research group Monday but failed to fix the dates for any additional field examinations necessary for their reconnection, the unification ministry said."During today's meeting, the two Koreas primarily discussed where and in what ways they will conduct field examinations with regard to roads along their eastern and western coasts and agreed to have further discussions," the ministry said in a text message sent to reporters. Five Sou

The South Korean government has approved a visit by seven North Korean officials to the South later this week to attend an international peace forum, the Ministry of Unification said Monday.Ministry spokesman Baik Tae-hyun said his ministry has given the green light to the South Korea visits by Ri Jong-hyok, vice chairman of the Korean Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, Kim Song-hye, director of the United Front Department's tactical office, and five other North Korean officials from Nov. 14-17.The s

North Korea's official newspaper on Monday denounced the resumption of a South Korea-United States joint marine drill, saying any military act that threatens the opponent should be restrained.The Rodong Sinmun, the organ of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, said in an editorial that South Korea and the US should "behave reasonably" and abstain from "anachronistic" military acts that could undermine dialogue and peace on the Korean Peninsula. (Yonhap)A week ago, South Korea and the US resumed t

Border area provincial governments, NGOs seek engagement with neighbor to north

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s visit to Seoul appears to be less likely to take place this year without more progress in stalled denuclearization talks between Pyongyang and Washington, experts said Sunday.　South Korea’s Moon Jae-in administration is pushing to hold the fourth inter-Korean summit between Moon and Kim in Seoul within the year, in the hope of facilitating a breakthrough in the deadlocked US-North Korea talks. 　One of the unexpected achievements from the third summit, which was

Uriminzokkiri, the North's external propaganda website, on Sunday warned South Korea against its move to vote for a new human rights resolution at the United Nations."The South should think carefully before behaving rashly about what kind of catastrophic consequences such a move would invite in the future," it said.(Yonhap)During a parliamentary audit session last month, South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Seoul won't withdraw from the vote to adopt the new resolution, slated for n