[ad_1] British American Tobacco (BAT) has agreed to pay more than $635m (£511m) to US authorities after a subsidiary pleaded guilty to charges that it conspired to violate US sanctions by selling tobacco products to North Korea and commit bank fraud. The tobacco sales at the heart of Tuesday’s settlementContinue Reading
[ad_1] The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the South Korean military is closely monitoring North Korean military activities while preparing for various possibilities of provocations. South Korea’s navy has often fired warning shots to repel North Korean vessels crossing the countries’ poorly marked sea border, but there also have beenContinue Reading
[ad_1] New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday held wide-ranging talks with his South Korean counterpart Park Jin to take forward the special strategic partnership between the two countries, especially in areas of trade and defence. The two foreign ministers also deliberated on the Ukraine conflict and theContinue Reading
[ad_1] “We remain concerned that North Korea will provide further support and Russia’s military operations against Ukraine and we have new information that Russia is actively seeking to acquire additional munitions from North Korea,” he said. Russia is exhausting its stores of ammunition while locked in an inch-by-inch battle forContinue Reading
[ad_1] SRINAGAR: University of Science and Technology (UST), South Korea is inviting scholarship applications from International students for various courses for the year 2023-2024. The deadline to apply for the scholarship for International Students is May 17, 2023. Candidates interested in taking up Masters, PhD courses or MS leading toContinue Reading
[ad_1] People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korea’s missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 7, 2022. | Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo By Associated Press 03/12/2023 05:59 PM EDT SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said MondayContinue Reading
[ad_1] People watch a TV showing a file image of North Korea’s missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 7, 2022. | Ahn Young-joon/AP Photo By Associated Press 03/12/2023 05:59 PM EDT SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said MondayContinue Reading
[ad_1] “We keep our eye on the restless military moves by the U.S. forces and the South Korean puppet military and are always on standby to take appropriate, quick and overwhelming action at any time according to our judgment,” Kim Yo Jong said in the statement carried by state media.Continue Reading
[ad_1] North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said its launch of the Hwasong-15 ICBM was organized “suddenly” without prior notice at Kim’s direct order. KCNA said the launch was designed to verify the weapon’s reliability and the combat readiness of the country’s nuclear force. It said the missile wasContinue Reading
[ad_1] Japanese government spokesperson Hirokazu Matsuno said no damage was reported from the missile, which landed within Japan’s exclusive economic zone, about 125 miles west of Oshima island. Oshima lies off the western coast of the northernmost main island of Hokkaido North Korea’s Foreign Ministry on Friday threatened with “unprecedently”Continue Reading