15 en The North Korean economy is believed to have improved by around ten percent under the regime's five-year national economic development plan that was announced at the 2021 ruling Workers' Party congress, according to an assessment by South Korea's state-run think tank. In a report by Korea ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:40:48 +0900 Inter-Korea Recent signs indicate North Korea is making preparations for a military parade to mark the upcoming Ninth Congress of the ruling Workers' Party. 38 North, a U.S.-based outlet specializing in North Korea, reported on Monday that commercial satellite imagery taken the same day of the Mirim Parade Training ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:30:36 +0900 Inter-Korea North Korea will hold a six-day festival next month on the occasion of the 84th birth anniversary of the country's late leader Kim Jong-il. The North's state-run Korean Central News Agency said Saturday that the "3rd February 16 People's Arts Festival" will be held from February 13 to 18 ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:59:07 +0900 Inter-Korea North Korea said Wednesday that it had test-fired an upgraded large-caliber multiple rocket launcher system the previous day under the observation of leader Kim Jong-un. The North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency(KCNA) reported that the Missile Administration conducted the test on Tuesday to verify ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:19:13 +0900 Inter-Korea South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) says North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the East Sea on Tuesday. The JCS said it is analyzing the specifications and range of the projectile.  The North previously fired multiple ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on January 4.  If the ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:16:06 +0900 Inter-Korea A unification ministry official says the flying of drones into North Korea by civilians can be prevented if the September 19 inter-Korean military agreement is restored. The ministry’s director general of unification planning, Hwang Seung-hee, made the statement Thursday during a policy forum in Seoul and ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:58:59 +0900 Inter-Korea President Lee Jae Myung said the government will pursue all feasible means of peaceful coexistence with North Korea, even if reunification is not realistic at present. The president said Wednesday during a New Year's news conference at the presidential office that, given the current situation, even avoiding ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 21 Jan 2026 12:01:00 +0900 Inter-Korea President Lee Jae Myung said that while deep-seated tensions with North Korea would not ease overnight, his administration would attempt to elicit Pyongyang’s cooperation and reduce tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Speaking at a New Year’s press conference at the presidential office on Wednesday, Lee ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:01:39 +0900 Inter-Korea Ruling Democratic Party Rep. Youn Kun-young says North Korean leader Kim Jong-un almost paid a visit to Seoul in 2018.  Youn, who headed the presidential office’s state affairs office during the Moon Jae-in administration, made the disclosure Tuesday during an MBC radio program to introduce his book ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 20 Jan 2026 18:11:21 +0900 Inter-Korea North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has dismissed a vice premier in charge of the country’s machine-building industry and criticized officials as “irresponsible” in a rare move ahead of a key party congress. The state-run Korean Central News Agency reported on the situation Tuesday, saying Kim gave a ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:29:59 +0900 Inter-Korea North Korea has placed banners at a major indoctrination facility dubbing South Korea the "No. 1 hostile country," in an apparent measure to incite animosity, according to photos released by the North's state media on Monday. The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Monday released the ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:24:06 +0900 Inter-Korea Two civilians who allegedly manufactured and operated drones that violated North Korean airspace previously worked at the presidential office during the Yoon Suk Yeol administration. According to Yonhap News on Sunday, a man in his 30s accused of producing the drones had been responsible for news ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:16:05 +0900 Inter-Korea North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for a "succession of revolutionary cause" during an event with members of the regime's largest youth organization held ahead of the ruling Workers' Party's Ninth Congress. The state-run Korean Central News Agency said Saturday that the event took place ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 17 Jan 2026 13:52:36 +0900 Inter-Korea A joint military-police task force has summoned a civilian suspect as part of its investigation of North Korea’s claims that South Korean drones infiltrated its airspace. The National Office of Investigation at the National Police Agency issued a media statement on Friday, saying it has summoned a ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:25:40 +0900 Inter-Korea National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac has dismissed views that he and Unification Minister Chung Dong-young differ on how to respond to North Korea’s claim that South Korean drones infiltrated its airspace. Appearing on Yonhap News TV on Thursday, Wi said he does not think he and Chung have widely ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:48:46 +0900 Inter-Korea Anchor: The number of people who registered with the government as seeking family members in North Korea and have since died has topped 100-thousand. And with the current stalemate between the two Koreas, hope is dimming for the remaining families for a reunion with loved ones across the border. Our Bae ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:51:06 +0900 Inter-Korea The presidential office said no military or government involvement was discerned regarding North Korea's claims that South Korean drones had violated its airspace. At a press briefing in Osaka during President Lee Jae Myung's visit to Japan on Wednesday, National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 14 Jan 2026 15:04:10 +0900 Inter-Korea Unification Minister Chung Dong-young says the government will take appropriate measures pending the outcome of an investigation into a drone infiltration claimed by North Korea, after the sister of regime leader Kim Jong-un demanded an apology from Seoul. At a policy briefing by agencies affiliated with ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 14 Jan 2026 14:25:07 +0900 Inter-Korea Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, said the reality of inter-Korean relations can never change and demanded an apology from Seoul over what the North claims was a South Korean drone incursion. In a late-night statement carried by the North’s Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday, ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:27:15 +0900 Inter-Korea Three of four key officials responsible for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s personal security have been replaced in recent years. According to the unification ministry on Tuesday, Han Sun-chol, former director of the ruling Worker’s Party’s Central Committee Guard Office, which is in charge of ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:27:47 +0900 Inter-Korea The unification ministry says it believes there is room for communication with North Korea after the regime leader’s influential sister urged South Korea this week to investigate recent drone intrusions into the North’s airspace. A ministry official told reporters on Tuesday that after evaluating ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Tue, 13 Jan 2026 14:38:05 +0900 Inter-Korea Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back says the government is considering contacting North Korea via the UN Command to propose a joint investigation based on the North’s claim that South Korean drones infiltrated its airspace. Ahn disclosed the plans Monday before the National Assembly’s Legislation and ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 12 Jan 2026 19:23:38 +0900 Inter-Korea Anchor: A new task force will look into Pyongyang’s allegations that South Korean drones violated its airspace on two occasions since September. Meanwhile, Kim Yo-jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sister and a high-ranking official in his government, has rejected denials from the South Korean ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:09:16 +0900 Inter-Korea The presidential office said it would conduct a probe and swiftly disclose its findings regarding North Korea's claim that South Korean drones violated its airspace. The Office of National Security reaffirmed Sunday that Seoul had no intention of provoking the North, after Kim Yo-jong, the sister of ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:19:23 +0900 Inter-Korea President Lee Jae Myung ordered a swift, rigorous investigation by a joint military-police task force into North Korea's claim that South Korea flew drones into the North, amid speculation that the aircraft may have been operated by civilians. The presidential office said in a Saturday press release ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sun, 11 Jan 2026 12:28:26 +0900 Inter-Korea Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, called on Seoul to provide a detailed explanation for recent alleged drone incursions, claiming South Korean drones clearly violated the North's airspace. In a statement carried Sunday by the state-run Korean Central News Agency, Kim said ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sun, 11 Jan 2026 12:20:32 +0900 Inter-Korea North Korea says it caused a South Korean drone to crash near the border city of Gaesong earlier this week after the drone violated the regime’s airspace. The General Staff Department of the Korean People’s Army made the accusation Saturday in a statement carried by the ruling party mouthpiece Rodong ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Sat, 10 Jan 2026 12:43:42 +0900 Inter-Korea The UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea has asked Pyongyang to provide details about the pardons it said it would grant in October.  In a letter addressed to the North that was disclosed on the UN website Tuesday, Elizabeth Salmón said if the North granted pardons to ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 09 Jan 2026 18:55:22 +0900 Inter-Korea National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac says the government is keeping an eye on the possibility of North Korea sending athletes to the 2026 Asian Games which will be held in Japan this September. Wi made the remark on Friday during a briefing as he said it is desirable for the North to come out to the ...

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]]> KBS WORLD Radio Fri, 09 Jan 2026 18:20:26 +0900 Inter-Korea North Korean state media made no mention of leader Kim Jong‑un’s birthday, which is widely believed to fall on Thursday. Instead, the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the ruling Workers’ Party, ran a front‑page editorial urging officials to strengthen ideological discipline ahead of the ...

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