Korea s provincial governments and foreign embassies in Korea agreed Friday to promote “local diplomacy” in a bid to strengthen multilateral cross-border relations involving subnational administrations. The agreement came on the sidelines of the first Korea Local Diplomacy Forum: Glocal Brand Strategy in the Era of Local Diplomacy, jointly held by The Hankoo Ilbo, its sister paper The Korea Times, the Korean Association of Northeast Asia Studies and the Governors Association of the Republic of Korea (GAROK).
North Korean meth has hit the U.S. streets and it's so pure - as much as 98% - that it literally drives people crazy. "The drug was so pure that "people.
ANSAN, South Korea (AP) For the first time in years, Choi Bok-hwa didn’t get her annual birthday call from her mother in North Korea. Each January, Choi’s mother had climbed a mountain and used a broker s smuggled Chinese cellphone to call South Korea to wish her happy birthday and arrange a badly needed money transfer.
Choi, who hasn t sent money or talked to her 75-year-old mother since May, believes the silence is linked to the pandemic, which led North Korea to shut its borders tighter than ever and impose some of the world’s toughest restrictions on movement.
N Korean defectors struggle to send money home amid pandemic
by Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press
Posted Mar 11, 2021 9:15 pm EDT
Last Updated Mar 11, 2021 at 9:28 pm EDT
North Korean defector Choi Bok-hwa speaks during an interview in Ansan, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. For the first time in years, Choi didn’t get her annual birthday call from her mother in North Korea. Choi believes the silence is linked to the pandemic, which led North Korea to shut its borders tighter than ever and impose some of the world’s toughest restrictions on movement. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
ANSAN, Korea, Republic Of For the first time in years, Choi Bok-hwa didn’t get her annual birthday call from her mother in North Korea. Each January, Choi’s mother had climbed a mountain and used a broker’s smuggled Chinese cellphone to call South Korea to wish her happy birthday and arrange a badly needed money transfer.