The DPRK on Sunday repeated the call for South Korea to stop reckless moves, in particular scattering anti-DPRK leaflets, which could chill the current atmosphere for improving north-south relations.
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South Korean shares started the first day of this week in negative territory Monday as investors reduced stock holdings on worries about third-quarter earnings especially for chemical companies.
Tokyo's downtown multicultural Roppongi district was the center of some heated scenes and clashes Tuesday between an increasingly vociferous ultra-nationalist group whose hate speeches against non-Japanese, particularly Korean, but also Chinese residents in Japan have been increasing in frequency and venom of late, antiracist citizens groups and the police.
South Korea's top central banker said Tuesday that the central bank will brace for a possible swing in the foreign exchange rate and the difference between local and foreign interest rates that may come from monetary policy changes in major economies.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has decided not to send any cheering squad to South Korea for the upcoming Incheon Asian Games next month, a senior official said Thursday.
Tens of workers from the DPRK, employed by South Korean companies running factories at the inter-Korean industrial zone, suffered fever and headaches due to possible benzene poisoning, local media reported Wednesday.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Tuesday to accept her proposal made last week to resume inter-Korean cooperation in non-political areas.
South Korea's presidential office on Wednesday stressed the need for discussing arms control and military trust-building with the DPRK to lay the groundwork for discussing peace framework on the Korean peninsula when conditions become ripe.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has denounced the United States and South Korea for their planned joint naval exercise in the southern waters off the Korean Peninsula, the official KCNA news agency reported Saturday.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) warned Sunday that it will take "more deadly retaliatory actions" if the United States and South Korea do not stop their reckless and hostile acts.
Five South Korean soldiers in a frontline unit were confirmed killed Saturday in a shooting spree accident, with five others wounded, local media reported.
South Korea and the Democratic People' s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will hold talks on the inter-Korean factory park in the DPRK's border town of Kaesong, the first such dialogue in some six months, a unification ministry official said Tuesday.
South Korea has hinted at easing the so-called May 24 sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) when it comes to the humanitarian aid.
South Korea plans to launch production plants in Iran to manufacture various products, including cars and home appliances, South Korean Ambassador to Tehran Sung Wung Yeub was quoted as saying by Iran Daily on Thursday.
Many South Koreans felt the personal charm of Chinese President Xi Jinping during his two-day visit to Seoul last week.Local media carried broad and enthusiastic coverage of the trip of Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan from Thursday to Friday, saying their visit was of great political, economic and cultural significance for bilateral relations.
President Xi Jinping's two-day state visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK) which began on Thursday, has brought the feel good factor to China's Korean business community.