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No American boots on ground in N Korea: Pentagon

US Army Brigadier General Neil Tolley said that the US military has been parachuting special forces ...

S Korea to chemically castrate child sex offender

A 45-year-old man will get an injection aimed at inhibiting sexually violent impulses.

S Korea, Australia to hold first joint naval drill

The two-day drill beginning next Monday will mobilise some 10 surface warships and submarines.

North Korea vows to bolster nuclear programme

North Korea has intensified its war of words against the United States by pledging to bolster its nu...

S Korea’s Lee to meet Suu Kyi today

South Korean President Lee Myung Bak will on Tuesday meet democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi for th...

China can achieve this year`s development goals`

Wen noted that Chinese economy is currently enjoying sound development momentum and people`s living ...

S Korean monks caught gambling, drinking, smoking

Gambling outside of licensed casinos and horse racing tracks is illegal in South Korea and frowned u...

‘Outside media changing N Korean worldview’

North Korea is separated from the more prosperous South Korea by a heavily militarised frontier, and...

North Korea threatens to bolster nuclear arsenal

The UN Security Council imposed fresh sanctions on North Korea as a response to its failed rocket la...

Babies’ flesh in Chinese-made capsules?

South Korean authorities claimed that they have seized Chinese-made capsules containing powdered rem...

South Korea, US launch major aerial drill

South Korea and the US launched a biannual joint aerial drill amid speculations of a potential nucle...

Fire at karaoke bar in South Korea, nine killed

The South Korean authorities suspect a gas explosion may have caused the fire.

South Korea starts building two Nuclear reactors

South Korea started construction work on two nuclear reactors in what President Lee Myung-bak descri...

North Korea jams signals, disrupts South flights

Pilots and airlines have been warned about the jamming, which is the heaviest around Seoul’s main In...

‘N Korea has enough uranium for 6 nuclear bombs’

North Korea has appeared to have started relying on enrichment activities because of its dwindling s...

S Korea suspects North jamming flight signals

South Korean officials were quoted as telling reporters that over 250 flights in and out of the coun...

S Korea to help Pak to revive religious tourism

A 19-member delegation from South Korea launched the "Gandhara Peace Caravan".

`North Korea`s new missiles are fakes`

Analysts` observation casts more doubt on North Korea`s claims of military prowess after its recent ...

S Korea seeks more N Korean sanctions: Report

South Korea is seeking to extend UN sanctions to 19 more North Korean institutions following the cou...

Sri Lankan President leaves for South Korea

Several bilateral agreements would be signed during Mahinda Rajapaksa`s visit with emphasis on bilat...

N Korea vows to reduce South to ashes

North Korea regularly criticises Seoul and just last week renewed its promise to wage a sacred war.

`China’s firm sold missile components to N Korea`

The United States believes a Chinese firm sold North Korea components for a missile transporter show...

S Korea asks China about North missile carrier

Military experts have pointed to China as the probable supplier of the 16-wheel truck, but China has...

China fisherman gets 30 years for S Korea murder

It was the second time a South Korean coastguard had died at the hands of Chinese fishermen in less ...

New cruise missiles a warning to North: S Korea

South Korea has unveiled new cruise missiles it says are capable of hitting any target in North Kore...

`North Korea will push for new rocket launch`

North Korea has been developing missiles for decades both for what it terms self-defence and as a lu...

UNSC set to condemn North Korean rocket launch

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, a former South Korean foreign minister, has deplored the rocket la...

S Korea hunts for debris from failed North launch

North Korea`s failed rocket launch brought humiliation to the country`s new young leader and condemn...

N Korea: `4 tests to develop long-range missile`

North Korea has been developing a long-range ballistic missile in a separate programme from the one ...

What’s next for North Korea, mulls US

The White House suspended a deal to provide significant food aid to North Korea following the rocket...

North Korean rocket exploded mid-air: South Korea

The rocket, which lifted off from Tongchang-ri in Cholsan, exploded several tens of kilometres south...

G8 foreign ministers condemn N Korea rocket launch

Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight countries said the launch of a long-range rocket by North ...

`Embarrassed’ North Korea `may try nuclear test`

There were no specific indications of military actions from North Korea, a senior South Korean Defen...

N Korea rocket launch fails, China calls for calm

North Korea said a satellite carried by a rocket it launched did not enter orbit.

UNSC deplores North Korea`s satellite launch

The UN Security Council Friday deplored the satellite launch by North Korea, which it said violated ...

North Korean rocket launch was provocative act: US

The White House said North Korea`s failed rocket launch left the country isolated and in violation o...

CONFIRMED: N Korea`s long-range rocket crashes

North Korea said a satellite carried by a rocket it launched earlier in the day did not enter orbit.

South Korea conservatives win parliamentary poll

Tthe pro-business New Frontier or Saenuri Party got a wafer-thin majority of 152 seats in the 300-st...

S Korea holds elections amid N Korea launch plans

Exit polls suggested President Lee Myung-bak`s conservative ruling party and his liberal rivals clo...

South Koreans vote under North`s rocket threat

South Korean voters have by and large ignored an impending rocket launch by North Korea scheduled fo...

North Korea preparing for nuke test, claims South

South Korean intelligence officials say North Korea is digging a new underground tunnel.

China `worried` about N Korea`s satellite plans

North Korea has decided to launch a satellite disregarding strong objections from the US, Japan and ...

China, Japan, South Korea meet to discuss N Korea

Foreign Ministers of China, Japan and South Korea met to chart a future course of action on cooperat...

`North Korea near to rocket launch`

North Korea says the rocket will carry a satellite into orbit to study crops and natural resources.

South Korea set to elect first defector lawmaker

Cho Myung-Chul is set to win office as the country`s first defector lawmaker.

N Korea rebuilds Pyongyang to welcome Kim Jong Un

Pyongyang houses only 3.25 million of North Korea`s 24 million people, with residency viewed as a pr...

Japan will intercept N Korean rocket if threatened

The Unha-3 rocket is expected to fly past western Japan after its launch from North Korea`s west coa...

`North Korea test fires two short-range missiles`

North Korea has raised tensions in recent weeks by announcing it would launch a rocket to put a sate...

US suspends food aid to North Korea

The United States has suspended food aid to North Korea because Pyongyang has broken its promise to ...

US, China, S Korea urge nations to lock down nukes

The leaders of South Korea, the United States and China issued stark warnings Tuesday about the thre...

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