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China voiced hope Tuesday that a rare direct meeting between North Korean and American officials next week would result in Pyongyang returning to talks on dismantling its nuclear program.
South Korea's navy rescued a North Korean soldier found in the waters off the west coast and authorities were questioning him over whether he had been spying, an official said Monday.
A rare direct meeting between North Korean and American officials next week is unlikely to produce a major breakthrough in the standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear program, media reports cited a senior Seoul official as suggesting Sunday.
South Korea's president announced Friday he is willing to meet North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il in order to resolve the nuclear stand off on the divided peninsula and tackle other thorny issues.
Buddhist monks from South and North Korea held a joint ceremony at a temple in the communist country Saturday in a continuation of civic exchanges between the nations despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month.
A North Korean cargo ship visited a South Korean port Monday, showing that trade between the rival countries is continuing despite their bloody naval skirmish last week.
North Korea claimed Tuesday that it has successfully weaponized more plutonium for atomic bombs, a day after warning Washington to agree quickly to direct talks or face the prospect of a growing North Korean nuclear arsenal.
The North Korean government was the source of high-profile cyberattacks in July that caused Web outages in South Korea and the United States, news reports said Friday.
The South Korean pig farmer believed to have defected to North Korea by cutting through barbed wire at the heavily fortified border was wanted by police for assault, officials said Wednesday.
South Korea offered a small amount of food aid to North Korea on Monday — its first direct assistance to the impoverished neighbor in nearly two years of strained relations.
A summit between the two Koreas should help resolve the dispute over North Korea's nuclear programs, a South Korean official said, as an envoy for the North met with a U.S. government negotiator in likely pursuit of bilateral talks with Washington.
The U.S. defense secretary said Thursday that North Korea continues to pose a grave threat to international peace and pledged to protect South Korea with Washington's full military might, including its nuclear weapons.
South Korea will consider resuming humanitarian aid to impoverished North Korea but it has ruled out assistance on the large scale of previous, more liberal administrations, a senior official said Sunday.
South Korea is providing North Korea with optical cables and other equipment to help modernize military hot lines between the two nations, officials in Seoul said Wednesday.
North Korea offered a rare apology Wednesday for unleashing dam water causing floods downstream blamed for six South Korean deaths and promised to alert Seoul to such measures in the future, an official said.
North Korea reportedly test-launched five short-range missiles — and may fire more — in what analysts said is an attempt to improve its bargaining position ahead of possible talks with the United States.
U.N. sanctions on North Korea must remain in place even if the communist nation comes back to international nuclear disarmament talks, South Korea's foreign minister said Thursday.
North Korea has demanded South Korea repatriate a group of 11 North Koreans who defected by sea last week, but the South does not intend to return them, the Unification Ministry said Sunday.
North Korea's leader is offering to return to multinational disarmament talks in a renewed effort to draw Washington into one-on-one talks that the United States has yet to fully embrace.
Hundreds of family members separated for half a century by the Korean War bade tearful farewell to each other Monday after briefly reuniting under a program resumed amid warming ties between the North and South.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Wednesday that North Korea must scrap its atomic weapons programs before the divided Korean Peninsula can be unified with the signing of a peace treaty to formally end the Korean War.
South Korean officials headed Monday to North Korea to prepare for a new round of reunion visits for families separated by the Korean War, amid easing tensions on the divided peninsula.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il reportedly said Friday his country is ready to engage in multilateral talks, the latest move in a diplomatic chess game with the U.S. and regional powers seeking to rid Pyongyang of nuclear weapons.
A North Korean dam was nearly full before a large amount of water was released without warning earlier this month, causing a deadly river surge in South Korea, a news report said Sunday.
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U.S., Canada agree to cuts in 2 major salmon fisheriesSalmon fishing is shut down off California and most of Oregon. In Puget Sound, the chinook salmon is protected under the Endangered Species Act.
Mr Kim has the neighbours inIF YOU don't entertain much, your guests may be unreasonably chuffed when you do ask them round.
Trains cross border dividing KoreasThe divided Koreas sent trains lumbering through their heavily armed border for the first time in more than half a century Thursday, reaching another symbolic milestone in a reconciliation process often hindered by the North's nuclear weapons ambitions.
Some things bother even the Chinese…..It is natural in a world ruled by real-politick to turn a blind eye to the things done by you allies. But sometimes it can be hard to do that…..
North Korea nuclear tests spook Asian markets- News that North Korea had carried out a nuclear test sent the Hang Seng (news) sharply lower on Monday. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 228 points to close at 17,675.
China on alert over a nuclear neighbourThe greatest fear China has from a nuclear armed North Korea is that it would give Japan the reason it needs to become a nuclear power...and that Japan may well be willing to jointly develop that nuclear ability with South Korea, creating a new alliance in Asia that would severel …
CNN.com - Korea tension: 60 shots fired - Oct 7, 2006From the article: Gunfire rang out Saturday along the heavily armed no man's land separating the divided Koreas, as regional tensions mounted in anticipation of communist North Korea's plan to test its first atomic bomb.
Korea: Shots Fired Across DMZ as Tensions HeightenSouth Korean troops have fired warning shots at soldiers from the North amid rising tension over North Korean plans to test a nuclear weapon.Early reports suggest that about 40 shots were fired when soldiers crossed into the demilitarised zone.
OhmyNews article on how to solve the crisis with North KoreaThis article helps to understand some of the history and the present situation of how the energy crisis North Korea is facing can be solved in a way that will lead to a peaceful and economically viable future.
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