Seoul says North Korea fires artillery barrage into buffer zone
Seoul—North Korea fired a barrage of artillery shells into a maritime buffer zone on Monday, Seoul’s military said, the latest ...
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South Korea’s new president set to get tough on North
South Korea's hawkish new president will be sworn in Tuesday, and he looks set to get tough with Pyongyang, departing ...
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Korean heads exchange friendly letters
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un thanked the South’s outgoing president Moon Jae-in for his efforts to improve inter-Korean relations, ...
Read moreSokor president-elect ditches Blue House
Seoul—South Korea’s president-elect said Sunday he will relocate his office from the “imperial” Blue House, in a move critics charged ...
Read moreNokor fires most powerful missile in tests since 2017
Seoul—North Korea confirmed Monday it had fired its most powerful missile since 2017, capping a month-long blitz of launches that ...
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NKorea says will restore severed communications with South
North Korea will restore cross-border communications with its southern counterpart from Monday after dropping them in August, the official KCNA ...
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N. Korean leader Kim brands US offer of talks a ‘petty trick’
Seoul—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un condemned a US offer of dialogue as a “petty trick”, state media reported Thursday, ...
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Nokor fires missile, insists right to tests
Seoul—Nuclear-armed North Korea fired what appeared to be a short-range missile into the sea on Tuesday, the South’s military said, ...
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BTS issued diplomatic passports for UN session
K-pop sensation BTS have been granted diplomatic passports ahead of the United Nations General Assembly as they embark on their ...
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Sokor sailor found dead after alleged sexual abuse
A female South Korean navy chief petty officer was found dead at her base, Seoul’s defense ministry said Friday, with ...
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