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Nuclear envoys of S. Korea, Japan hold talks over NK denuclearization

The top nuclear envoys of South Korea and Japan met Monday to discuss ongoing efforts to denuclearize North Korea amid tensions in the bilateral ties caused by historical and other sensitive issues. ...

Dec 24, 2018
North Korea
S. Koreans leave for N. Korea to check road conditions

A team of South Korean officials left for North Korea on Monday to check the overall conditions of a road in western North Korea as part of a project to modernize and reconnect roads over the inter-K...

Dec 24, 2018
North Korea
North Korea slams Seoul over UN human rights resolution

North Korean media on Sunday slammed South Korea for supporting the UN resolution on North Korean human rights, accusing Seoul of duplicity. The UN passed the resolution at a Dec. 17 meeting of the ...

Dec 23, 2018
North Korea
S. Korea to send advance team to N. Korea to prepare for rail, road reconnection

South Korea sent an advance team to North Korea Sunday to prepare for this week's groundbreaking ceremony for a joint project to modernize railways and roads in the North so they can be connected to ...

Dec 23, 2018
North Korea
US’ conciliatory gestures still not enough for N. Korea: experts

A recent series of conciliatory gestures by the US would keep momentum for dialogue with North Korea alive but would not likely lead North Korea to the negotiating table for denuclearization, experts...

Dec 23, 2018
North Korea
Govt. sent back NK sailors to Pyongyang: ministry

The Unification Ministry said Saturday the government has repatriated three North Korean sailors and the body of one deceased sailor after they were retrieved from East Sea by the local Coast Guard. ...

Dec 22, 2018
North Korea
S. Korea grants refugee status to Chinese broker for N. Korean defectors

The immigration office on South Korea's southernmost island of Jeju said Saturday it has granted refugee status to a Chinese smuggler who helped hundreds of North Koreans defect to the South. (Yonha...

Dec 22, 2018
North Korea
Pompeo says 'counting on' 2nd Trump-Kim summit

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he is "counting on" a second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un despite an apparent stalemate in talks between the sid...

Dec 22, 2018
North Korea
US greenlights groundbreaking ceremony for inter-Korean railways and roads, recovery of DMZ war remains

South Korea and the US agreed Friday that a groundbreaking ceremony for the modernization and reconnection of inter-Korean railways should be held next week, with the US agreeing to waive sanctions f...

Dec 21, 2018
North Korea
Allies cooperation to end hostility on Korean Peninsula, excited to hear results of Koreas’ railway survey: top US nuclear envoy

The top US nuclear envoy said Friday that successful cooperation between South Korea and the US will help bring an end to “war and hostility” on the Korean Peninsula, while adding that the US was exc...

Dec 21, 2018
North Korea
US okays groundbreaking ceremony for inter-Korean infrastructure project: official

South Korea and the United States agreed Friday that a highly symbolic inter-Korean event will be held in North Korea next week as scheduled, Seoul's top nuclear envoy said. After a "working group" ...

Dec 21, 2018
North Korea
US senator warns of NK repercussion from Syria withdrawal

WASHINGTON -- An influential US senator warned Thursday of the repercussions on North Korea should US President Donald Trump go ahead with his plan to pull troops from Syria. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-...

Dec 21, 2018
North Korea
Pompeo: US still committed to NK denuclearization

The United States is working to achieve North Korea's commitment to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Thursday amid deadlocked negotiations. Pompeo also s...

Dec 21, 2018
North Korea
S. Koreans leave for N. Korea to conduct joint road survey

A group of South Korean officials left for North Korea on Friday to conduct a joint inspection of a highway along North Korea's east coast as part of an inter-Korean project to modernize and reconnec...

Dec 21, 2018
North Korea
Two Koreas made 285 rounds of contact at joint liaison office so far: ministry

The two Koreas have made 285 rounds of contact, including 46 meetings, at the joint liaison office in North Korea’s border town of Kaesong so far, South Korea’s Ministry of Unification said Thursday....

Dec 20, 2018
North Korea

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