NK weekly-inter-Korean news

SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- The following is a summary of inter-Korean news this week.

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N. Korea fires multiple missiles toward East Sea: JCS

SEOUL -- North Korea fired multiple missiles toward the East Sea on Wednesday, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, just days after it fired nearly a dozen short-range ballistic missiles.

The missiles were launched from the Sondok area in South Hamgyong Province early Wednesday, the JCS said, adding that further analysis of specifications was under way in coordination with the United States.

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No talks yet on sanctions over N. Korea's alleged Binance theft: unification ministry official

SEOUL -- The government has not begun discussing sanctions on North Korea over its alleged theft of a massive amount of cryptocurrency, a unification ministry official said Thursday.

"As of now, the government has not fully grasped the exact circumstances of the hacking case, so a discussion on how to respond to it has not even begun," the official told reporters at the government complex in Seoul.

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S. Korea joins as co-sponsor of U.N. resolution on N. Korean human rights

SEOUL -- South Korea has decided to co-sponsor this year's U.N. General Assembly resolution on North Korean human rights, which calls for an end to human rights violations in the reclusive country while stressing the importance of dialogue with Pyongyang, the foreign ministry said Thursday.

The resolution, proposed by the European Union (EU), is currently under review by the Third Committee of the U.N. General Assembly in New York and is expected to be adopted by the committee around Nov. 18-19.

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N. Korea signals openess to dialogue if talks serve its interests: unification minister

SEOUL -- North Korea is signaling that it is open to dialogue with the United States if such talks serve its interests, Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said Thursday, a day after the sister of the North's leader Kim Jong-un said dialogue with Washington remains among potential options for peace.

Chung offered the assessment during a parliamentary interpellation session as Seoul seeks to resume diplomacy with Pyongyang to ease cross-border tension and improve inter-Korean relations.

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N. Korean fishing boat found in waters off Ulleungdo

SEOUL -- A North Korean fishing boat was found in international waters north of the eastern island Ulleungdo and is currently being probed, South Korean military said Thursday.

According to the military, the fishing boat was detected on Tuesday in international waters.

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