Chinese boat with 16 fishermen freed by North Korea

PYONGYANG - A Chinese boat and 16 fishermen held by armed North Koreans for more than two weeks have been released, easing the latest tension in relations between the neighbouring allies. Owner Yu Xuejun, who was not on board the boat when it was seized on 5 May, wrote on his microblog that his captain called him at 3.50am to say the crew and boat were set free and that they were on their way ...

Situation on Korean Peninsula still serious

The security situation on the Korean Peninsula is still serious after North Korea's recent missile launch and its defiant pursuit of nuclear weapons, South Korea has said. "We continue to face a grave situation due to a series of provocations and nuclear threats by North Korea," said South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se at an annual conference of chiefs of overseas diplomatic missions in ...

N. Korea releases detained Chinese sailors and boat

BEIJING: North Korea released 16 Chinese fishermen and their boat yesterday, Chinese state media said, after reports that armed assailants had taken the sailors hostage fuelled strains between the neighbours."All the fishermen with the boat are safe on their way back," China's Xinhua news agency said, citing a Chinese embassy official in Pyongyang it said had heard the news from ...

North Korean border town opens to Western tourists

No Sinuiju itinerary is complete without hitting up this statue of late North Korean founder, Kim Il Sung, and the North Pyongan Province Revolutionary Museum behind ...

China demands DPRK free crew of Chine...

China is urging Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to release a Chinese fishing boat and its crew reported to have been held since May 5. Counsellor Jiang Yaxian of the Chinese Embassy in the DPRK told Xinhua news agency yesterday that Yu Xuejun, the boat's owner, called the embassy for help on May 10 and it had immediately contacted the North Korean side. The Chinese ...