The Korea Herald

U.S. vows to work with Seoul over N. Korea food aid

Mar 13, 2011

A senior U.S. official said Saturday that Washington will consult closely with its ally South Korea before deciding whether to restart food aid to impoverished but nuclear-armed North Korea. Assista...
Balloon launch due in Seoul to promote N.K. rights

Mar 13, 2011

WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― A human rights body here said Saturday it will launch balloons deep into North Korea and hold other events in Seoul next month to call international attention to the human ...
Balloon launch, other events due in Seoul to promote human rights situation in N. Korea: NGO

Mar 13, 2011

WASHINGTON (Yonhap) -- A human rights body here said Saturday it will launch balloons deep into North Korea and hold other events in Seoul next month to call international attention to the human righ...
S. Korean activists call off plan to fly anti-N. Korea leaflets

Mar 10, 2011

South Korean activists on Thursday called off their plan to fly leaflets denouncing North Korea this weekend, citing personal matters for a key activist involved in the activity. "A family member of...
Congressmen submit bill to help Americans adopt N.K. orphans

Mar 10, 2011

WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― U.S. congressmen have introduced a bill calling on the Obama administration to help American citizens adopt stateless and orphaned North Korean children adrift in other cou...
Four N. Koreans get ready to settle in Seoul

Mar 10, 2011

Despite an ongoing tug of war with North Korea, South Korea has begun the process of officially accepting the four North Koreans who have expressed the wish to defect, officials in Seoul said Wednesd...
‘S. Korea behind North in electronic warfare’

Mar 9, 2011

Experts say latest GPS disruption proves new kind of military threat from North North Korea’s recent jamming of communications signals in South Korea is drawing keen public attention to its electron...
Seoul again urges N.K. to receive its citizens

Mar 9, 2011

North Korean officials are free to come and meet four nationals to verify whether they really wish to defect to the South, a senior official here said Wednesday, as Seoul repeated its demand for the ...
S. Korea refuses N.K. demand to see 4 wanting to defect

Mar 7, 2011

Pyongyang proposes Red Cross talks over repatriation South Korea on Monday rejected North Korea’s demand to meet with the four boat passengers wishing to defect, escalating tensions as the communist...
‘Tanks deployed to fortify N.K. leader’s residences’

Mar 6, 2011

North Korea has deployed tanks and other weapons around its leader Kim Jong-il’s residences in Pyongyang to fortify them against a possible revolt spurred by the ongoing antigovernment protests in th...
27 N. Koreans fail to return home via border village

Mar 5, 2011

North Korea refused to receive its 27 nationals South Korea planned to return on Friday after they strayed into southern waters on a fishing boat, the South's unification ministry said. The North Ko...
Four North Koreans’ decision to live in South may add chill to bilateral relations

Mar 4, 2011

North Korea did not respond on Friday to the proposal to send back 27 of the 31 North Koreans whose fishing boat strayed across the western inter-Korean sea border on Feb. 5. Despite Pyongyang’s rep...
‘N.K. regime change not Washington’s goal’

Mar 2, 2011

Bosworth says U.S. assessing need for food in North, aid monitoring essential WASHINGTON ― The U.S. point man on North Korea said Tuesday that regime change in North Korea is not Washington’s goal. ...
N. Korea asked Western diplomat for rice assistance: source

Mar 2, 2011

North Korea has recently asked a visiting Western diplomat for rice assistance, a South Korean government source said Wednesday. The diplomat, from one of the European Union member countries, visite...
‘N. Korea unlikely to collapse’

Feb 28, 2011

WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― The international community should not expect North Korea to collapse soon through popular uprisings but instead seek an incremental approach to build trust with the nuclea...