North Korea Pulls 53,000 Workers from Joint Factories With South
In the North Korean town Kaesong, an industrial complex run by both North and South Korea has been operating for years despite military and political tensions between the two countries, including an artillery attack on South Korean island three years ago. But Kim Yang Gon, a secretary of the Central Committee of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, released the announcement Monday that it would be withdrawing all 53,000 workers from Kaesong industrial complex, the latest news in deteriorating North-South relations. This was an unexpected move, considering the profit that the North gains from the complex. The North “will temporarily suspend the operations…
N. Korean Rhetoric Provokes Missile Shield Deployment
Guam will soon be host to a U.S. missile defense system, as sabre rattling and war time rhetoric continue to spill from Pyongyang. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, or THAAD, will be deployed to the U.S. protectorate of Guam in the coming weeks, in an effort by the U.S. to buffer itself against any potential North Korean missile threats. Statements, made in a press release by the Pentagon today regarding the move, reflected Washington’s growing concern with the increasingly heated threats and actions made by North Korea in recent weeks. “The United States continues to urge the North…
North Korea Says Time to Settle Accounts with USA
Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s young leader, is not pleased about the UN sanctions imposed on his country after North Korea carried out another nuclear test in February. The country conducted two other tests before, one in 2006 and another in May 2009. Jong Un is not so happy about the annual South Korea-US military drills either, which are conducted each year and run until the end of April. Pyongyang is threatening dire consequences for both South Korea and the United States. North Korea’s official media, Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), reported on Friday that Jong Un ordered military officials…
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