South Korea repatriates six North Koreans picked up at sea

North Koreans’ repatriation comes as South Korea’s newly-elected president is working to improve inter-Korean ties. South Korea has repatriated six North Koreans who were rescued at sea earlier this year after their vessels drifted across the de...

US sanctions North Korean tech worker crew over crypto thefts

The US Treasury has sanctioned two people and four entities involved in what it says was a North Korea-run IT worker ring that would infiltrate crypto companies, aiming to exploit them. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said...

South Korea sends back North Koreans who drifted on wooden boats across sea border

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US sanctions North Korean member of Kim Jong Un's spy agency

The Treasury Department has levied sanctions against a North Korean cyber operative and notorious member of Kim Jong Un's military intelligence agency, formally known as the "Reconnaissance General Bureau." The U.S. has accused Song Kum Hyok of...

North Korean operative sanctioned by U.S.

The Treasury Department has sanctioned a North Korean cyber operative accused of running a scheme using remote IT jobs to raise money for leader Kim Jong Un's nuclear program. CBS News Homeland Security correspondent Nicole Sganga reports.

Seoul repatriates six North Koreans rescued at sea in humanitarian move

SEOUL: South Korea has repatriated six North Koreans who were rescued earlier this year after drifting into southern waters. The individuals, found on separate wooden boats in the East Sea and Yellow Sea, expressed their desire to return home,...

World Associated Press South Korea sends 6 rescued North Koreans back across sea border

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea sent six North Koreans back across the rivals' sea border on Wednesday morning, months after they drifted south in wooden boats in March and May. It came after months of failed efforts to contact North Korea...

(2nd LD) S. Korea repatriates 6 N. Koreans rescued at sea across eastern maritime border

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with more info) By Park Boram SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Wednesday repatriated six North Koreans via the maritime border in the East Sea, months after they had drifted into southern waters and were rescued....

(LEAD) S. Korea repatriates 6 N. Koreans rescued at sea across eastern maritime border

(ATTN: UPDATES throughout with more info; CHANGES photo; ADDS byline) By Park Boram SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Wednesday repatriated six North Koreans via the maritime border in the East Sea, months after they had drifted into...

asia South Korea returns 6 North Koreans stranded at sea this year

SEOUL — South Korea returned on Wednesday (July 9) six North Koreans who had become stranded at sea earlier this year after their vessels had drifted south, Seoul's Unification Ministry said on Wednesday. The North Koreans had expressed a desire...

North Korea’s Revised Radio Wave Control Law

A key North Korean law that provides the technical basis for much of the country’s censorship of foreign broadcast and communications networks has been expanded in scope. The Radio Wave Control Law (전파관리법) previously only covered radio equipment,...

South Korea sends 6 rescued North Koreans back across sea border

What would have been a routine event in years past was complicated by the North’s decision to cut off communications with the South in recent years. North Koreans have occasionally drifted south in wooden boats before, sometimes accidentally and...

South Korea returns six North Koreans stranded at sea this year

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea returned on Wednesday six North Koreans who had become stranded at sea earlier this year after their vessels had drifted south, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said on Wednesday. The North Koreans had expressed a desire...

South Korea sends 6 rescued North Koreans back across sea border

South Korea Repatriates Six North Koreans via East Sea Border

Photo : YONHAP News The government repatriated six North Korean nationals across the maritime border in the East Sea on Wednesday, months after they were rescued in South Korean waters. The Unification Ministry said a boat carrying the six...

N. Korea calls for loyalty to its leader on founder's death anniversary

SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea called for continued loyalty to leader Kim Jong-un as it marked the 31st anniversary of the death of his grandfather and state founder Kim Il-sung, according to state media Wednesday. "Everyone should join in...

US Sanctions N. Korean Cyber Actor over IT Worker Scheme

Photo : YONHAP News The United States has sanctioned a North Korean cyber operative for illegal activities related to the Andariel hacking group, which is associated with the North Korean regime. The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign...

S. Korea repatriates 6 N. Koreans rescued at sea across eastern maritime border

South Korea on Wednesday repatriated six North Koreans via the maritime border in the East Sea, months after they had drifted into southern waters and were rescued. A wooden boat carrying them, all fishermen, crossed the Northern Limit Line, the...

(URGENT) S. Korea repatriates 6 N. Koreans rescued at sea across eastern maritime border

N. Korea sends congratulatory message to new Palestinian FM: KCNA

North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui has sent a congratulatory message to Palestine's new foreign minister, the North's state media reported Wednesday. In the message sent last Saturday to the new Palestinian foreign minister, Varsen...