Risks related to recent threats by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will have a limited impact on the South Korean economy.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) must take all responsibilities for the consequences from the closure of the joint industrial park at the DPRK's border town of Kaesong, the unification ministry said Monday.
South Korean unification minister said Friday that the Seoul government is not mulling the withdrawal of all workers from the joint industrial complex at Kaesong, the border town of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The Pentagon has delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test planned for next week to avoid misperceptions due to the rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, local media reported on Saturday.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) banned South Korean workers' entrance to the joint industrial complex at the DPRK's border town of Kaesong, only allowing the workers to leave Kaesong to Seoul, the unification ministry said Wednesday.
The Philippine government expressed readiness on Monday to evacuate the 40,000 Filipinos in South Korea in the event that the recurring tensions on the Korean Peninsula escalate further.
The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday that the cut-off of military communications hotline by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was "not constructive."
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday spoke by phone with his South Korean counterpart Kim Kwan-jin to discuss the heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula, the Pentagon said.
South Korea and the United States kicked off their annual joint military exercises on Monday, after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s supreme military command announced it would scrap the Korean War Armistice Agreement, in response to the drill, which is scheduled to run through March 21.
Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, said on Thursday that the DPRK military was ready to fight an all-out war, the official KCNA news agency reported.
China on Wednesday called for calmness and restraint after Pyongyang's military announced that it would nullify a Korean War armistice with the Republic of Korea (ROK).
South Korean military warned on Wednesday that it will "sternly" retaliate against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) if it takes any provocation.
The supreme military command of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Tuesday that the country would nullify the Korean War Armistice Agreement on Monday, the same day when a U.S.-South Korean military drill is set to kick off.
The South Korean Defense Ministry believed that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea has conducted a nuclear test on Tuesday, a local TV station reported.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) vowed Wednesday to take "physical actions" to strengthen nuclear deterrence in response to fresh UN sanctions over its controversial December launch of a long-range rocket mounted with a satellite.
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