‘Like giving access to ISIS propaganda’: South Korea lifts ban on North’s state newspaper; public divided over exposure

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (IANS) South Koreans can now read North Korea’s main state newspaper without prior government approval, marking a symbolic shift in Seoul’s long-standing restrictions on Pyongyang’s propaganda.For decades, access to the Rodong Sinmun was banned on security grounds. South Korea and the nuclear-armed North remain technically at war, and Seoul […]

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South Korea fires warning shots, says ‘closely monitoring’ as North Korean soldiers violate border

South Korea fired warning shots at North Korean soldiers when around 10 briefly crossed the heavily fortified border that divides the peninsula.Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), in a statement, said that their military troops is monitoring the movement of North Korean soldiers and taking measures. The North Korean troops were detected at 5 pm […]

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