Soldier in daring DMZ defection says 80 percent of younger North Koreans not loyal to Kim

Soldier in daring DMZ defection says 80 percent of younger North Koreans not loyal to Kim

by WorldTribune Staff, November 19, 2018 Most young people in North Korea feel no loyalty toward leader Kim Jong-Un, according to a North Korea soldier who defected across the DMZ in 2017. “Inside the North, people, and especially the young generation, are indifferent to each other, politics and their leaders, and there is no sense […]

Rand analyst: Seoul’s military concessions undermine security

Rand analyst: Seoul’s military concessions undermine security

by WorldTribune Staff, October 19, 2018 The new inter-Korean military pact could weaken South Korea’s defenses in the event of an attack from the North, U.S. military analysts say. Friction between Seoul and the White House has generated growing alarm among strategists in the pro-U.S. alliance seeking to counter the China-North Korea axis in Northeast […]

Lovefest? North and South Korea hold ‘serious and thorough’ talks on upcoming summits

Lovefest? North and South Korea hold ‘serious and thorough’ talks on upcoming summits

by WorldTribune Staff, April 5, 2018 Delegations from South Korea and North Korea met at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) on April 5 to talk about how best to hold upcoming talks. “The sides held serious and thorough discussions on ways to successfully hold the summit,” Kwun Hyuk-Ki, a spokesman for Seoul’s Cheong Wa Dae Blue […]

Trauma surgeon in the spotlight, both Koreas transfixed by ‘nice guy’ defector

Trauma surgeon in the spotlight, both Koreas transfixed by ‘nice guy’ defector

by WorldTribune Staff, November 24, 2017 Pyongyang is said to have replaced all of the border guards, and likely punished their overseers, who were on duty when a North Korean soldier ran to freedom across the DMZ, intelligence sources say. “Signs were detected that North Korea has replaced all border security officials following the defection,” […]

General Thurman? North Korea on the line sir

General Thurman? North Korea on the line sir

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com Pyongyang’s claim to have called Gen. James Thurman, commander of U.S. Forces Korea, to warn him about “a grave situation” on the Korean Peninsula inspires speculation about what the general and his caller from the North might have talked about. North Korea did not say who made the […]

Two chubby young Koreans register on the global recognition scale

Two chubby young Koreans register on the global recognition scale

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com LONDON — There was a time when Korea was best known overseas for Samsung gadgetry and Hyundai cars. Now Korea is permeating the global consciousness in ways that would have seemed unlikely if not impossible two or three years ago. The latest proof positive is a New Year’s […]