Korea

North Korea ‘condemns’ UN Security Council meeting on its latest missile test

The United Nations Security Council held closed-door consultations on nonproliferation issues regarding North Korea on Thursday, in the wake of its recent military provocations...

North says Putin willing to visit Pyongyang ‘at early date’

North Korea said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his willingness to visit Pyongyang at an early date following Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui's...

Costly fertility rate solutions by Korean gov’t may not be enough, experts say

More stipends will not solve Korea's ultralow birthrate, several demographic experts argued as the People Power Party (PPP) and Democratic Party (DP) push for...

Police impose travel ban on Hwang Ui-jo over illegal sex tape allegations

Police slapped a travel ban on Nottingham Forest striker Hwang Ui-jo, accused of illegally filming sexual encounters without his partners’ knowledge. The Seoul Metropolitan Police...

Train accident in North kills more than 400: Radio Free Asia

More than 400 people were killed in a train derailment that took place in North Korea last month, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA)...

Nuclear envoys of South, U.S. and Japan call on North to ditch hostile rhetoric

The nuclear envoys of South Korea, the United States and Japan urged the North to cease its increasingly hostile rhetoric against the South and...

South Korea, U.S., Japan hold trilateral naval drill after North’s missile launch

South Korea, the United States and Japan conducted a joint naval exercise south of the Korean Peninsula in response to North Korea’s launch of...

Fearing Trump, Korea and U.S. get early start on defense cost-sharing talks

Seoul and Washington agreed to begin negotiations to renew their defense cost-sharing deal within the year, starting earlier than usual in case Donald Trump...

After North declares ‘hostile’ relations, Yoon vows to ‘punish’ regime in case of a provocation

President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed to "punish" North Korea many times over should it make a provocation during a Cabinet meeting in Seoul on...

Kim Jong-un urges constitutional change to define South as ‘No. 1 hostile country’

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for constitutional amendments defining South Korea as the North's “No. 1 hostile country” and committing the regime...