World News | Six Americans Detained for Trying to Send Rice, Bibles to North Korea by Sea: Police

Seoul, Jun 27 (AP) Six Americans were detained on Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, US dollars bills and Bibles toward North Korea by sea, police said. The Americans tried to throw the bottles into the sea …

North Korea to open tourist site next week for foreign visitors

North Korea next week will open a signature tourist site on its east coast that it calls a prelude to a new era in its tourism industry, though there is no word on when the country will fully reopen its borders to foreign visitors. The Wonsan-Kalma coastal …

North Korea's Kim Jong-Un opens luxury beach resort with 54 hotels, cinema, beer pubs; Here’s what it offers

The Wonsan Kalma coastal resort zone is now open in North Korea, following nearly seven years of construction, according to state media reports on Thursday. It features 54 hotels, cinema, beer pubs among others. Kim Jong Un, more often seen overseeing …

6 Americans in Custody over Alleged Attempt to Send Bottles Filled with Rice, Dollar Bills to North Korea

Photo : Incheon Ganghwa Police Station Six Americans have been arrested after police say they attempted to release plastic bottles containing rice, Bibles and one dollar bills into the sea near Ganghwa Island in Incheon, off the west coast, in hopes they …

North Korea restarts passenger services to Russia

Video: Kim Jong Un, with his 'rarely seen' wife opens lavish beach resort in North Korea, it has 54 hotels, beer pubs, ...

North Korea's Kim Jong Un just opened the Wonsan-Kalma beach resort on June 24, in a major effort to boost tourism in the country. Earlier, slated to be opened in 2019, the beach resort will now open for domestic tourists from July 1. North Korea's …

Astonishing moment North Korean missile launcher is destroyed by Ukraine drone - igniting projectile that flies through ...

This is the astonishing moment a North Korean missile launcher is completely destroyed by a Ukrainian drone while its crew was still inside. The footage released by Ukrainian military shows its projectile tearing through the 240mm calibre multiple rocket …

‘No justice in North Korea’: Defectors at UN hearing testify about executions, mounting abuses by regime

Published: 27 Jun. 2025, 07:00 Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI Defector Maeng Hyo-shim speaks about her experience living and escaping North Korea during a public hearing hosted by the United Nations Human Rights Office in Seoul on Wednesday …

Six under investigation for attempting to send bottles of dollar bills and rice to North Korea

Published: 27 Jun. 2025, 09:46 Updated: 27 Jun. 2025, 12:37 A North Korean defector group puts rice and face masks into plastic bottles to send to the North on June 18, 2020. The image is not related to the story. [YONHAP]   Six people were detained by …

6 Americans detained in South Korea for trying to send rice and Bibles to North Korea by sea

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Six Americans were detained Friday in South Korea for trying to send 1,600 plastic bottles filled with rice, miniature Bibles, $1 bills and USB sticks toward North Korea by sea, police said. The Americans were apprehended on front …