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US, South Korea consider ramping up military drills

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 21 04:43 PM

US President Joe Biden and South Korea's newly sworn-in President Yoon Suk-yeol said Saturday they will consider stepping up joint military exercises in response to the "threat" from North Korea, while also offering to help the isolated dictatorship face down a Covid-19 outbreak. Read more »

South Korea to swear in conservative new president

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 10 09:30 AM

South Korea will swear in hawkish new president Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday in a ceremony overshadowed by a recent slew of weapons tests by North Korea. Read more »

Kim's sister: North Korea nukes could 'eliminate' South

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 05 11:19 AM

North Korea will use its nuclear weapons to 'eliminate' South Korea's army if they launch a pre-emptive strike, the sister of Kim Jong Un said. Read more »

US-China tensions may jeopardize security in E. Asia in 2022

Tomoyuki Tachikawa, Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 03 05:07 PM

US-North Korea talks on denuclearization and sanctions relief are almost certain to make no headway. Read more »

South Korea: N. Korea fires ‘unidentified projectile’

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 28 07:31 AM

The launch came just days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister Kim Yo Jong dangled the prospect of an inter-Korean summit. Read more »

South Korea fires submarine-launched ballistic missile

Claire Lee and Kang Jin-kyu, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 16 06:14 AM

The test, supervised by President Moon Jae-in, came hours after North Korea fired ballistic missiles into the sea, according to the South's military. Read more »

Biden aide to meet Japan, South Korea on next steps on North Korea

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 02 09:16 AM

The Biden administration is looking at how to move forward after former president Donald Trump's unusually personal diplomacy with North Korea. Read more »

Seoul sends bid for co-hosting 2032 Olympics with N.Korea despite frosty ties

Reuters
Posted at Apr 01 08:15 PM

SEOUL - South Korean capital Seoul said on Thursday it has sent a proposal for co-hosting the 2032 Olympics with the North's Pyongyang to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in a bid to keep its hopes alive despite Brisbane being the front-runner. Read more »

South Korea's Moon says Olympics may be chance for North Korea, US talks

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Mar 01 11:41 AM

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in said on Monday that the Tokyo Olympics could provide a chance to reopen talks between North Korea and the United States, North Korea and Japan, and the two Koreas. Read more »

S. Korea foils N. Korea attempt to hack COVID-19 vaccine makers - media

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Nov 27 02:11 PM

South Korea's intelligence agency foiled North Korean attempts to hack into South Korean companies developing coronavirus vaccines, the News1 agency reported on Friday, citing a member of the parliamentary intelligence committee.   Read more »

North Korea man crossed armed border in possible defection to South

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Nov 04 01:09 PM

South Korea's military said on Wednesday it had taken into custody a North Korean man who crossed the heavily fortified border with North Korea into the South, prompting an urgent search operation. Read more »

S. Korea concludes slain fisheries official tried to defect to North

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 29 04:16 PM

South Korea's coast guard said Tuesday it has concluded that a South Korean fisheries official who was shot to death at sea last week by North Korean troops likely tried to defect to North Korea. Read more »

S.Korea suggests joint probe with N.Korea on shooting of S.Korean official

Hyunjoo Jin, Reuters
Posted at Sep 26 03:09 PM

SEOUL— South Korea urged North Korea on Saturday to further investigate the fatal shooting of a South Korean fisheries official and suggested it could be a joint probe by the two sides, as public and political outrage over the killing grew.   Read more »

N.Korea regrets killing S.Korean to control coronavirus

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Sep 25 02:47 PM

North Korea expressed regret on Friday over the death of a missing South Korean, saying it shot him as part of measures to battle the coronavirus, the South's national security adviser said. Read more »

North Korea shot dead South Korean in its waters: Seoul

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 24 11:07 AM

SEOUL - North Korean forces shot dead a South Korean fisheries official who disappeared off a patrol vessel and ended up in Pyongyang's waters, Seoul's defense ministry said Thursday, calling it an "outrageous act". Read more »

Two Koreas on high alert as typhoon approaches peninsula

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 02 01:33 PM

Flights were grounded in South Korea and storm warnings issued on both sides of the Korean peninsula as a typhoon forecast to be one of the most powerful in years made its approach Wednesday.   Read more »

South Korea confirms defector swam back to North

Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times
Updated as of Jul 28 08:28 AM

Authorities in South Korea confirmed Monday that a 24-year-old man who had defected from North Korea in 2017 had secretly returned to the North, crossing one of the world’s most heavily fortified borders during a pandemic and possibly bringing the coronavirus with him. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 18, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 19 02:50 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Securing the South Korean border

Jung Yeon-je, AFP
Posted at Jun 18 09:43 AM

South Korean soldiers gather near a guard post in a sideline of Imjingak peace park in the border city of Paju on Wednesday.  Read more »

South Korea says will no longer accept unreasonable behavior by North Korea

Reuters
Posted at Jun 17 10:58 AM

South Korea's presidential Blue House said on Wednesday that recent North Korean criticism of President Moon Jae-in was senseless and that it will no longer accept unreasonable behavior by the North.   Read more »