South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) escalated war of words with violent languages such as "senile granny" and "regime collapse" exchanged amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula.
South Korea's military on Wednesday warned of stern retaliation against "possible provocations" from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), which issued a warning the previous day of striking South Korea's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Tuesday that its strategic and tactical weapons are ready to be used for preemptive strikes on South Korea and the United States even if any "small movements" were found among U.S.-S.Korean special forces, the official KCNA news agency said Tuesday.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday expressed worry that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s recent provocations may weigh down further on the already-struggling South Korean economy.
South Korean prosecutors on Friday stormed German carmaker Volkswagen's Seoul office and a house of a senior company official as part of an investigation into an emissions-fabricating case, Yonhap news agency reported.
China unequivocally opposes the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), an advanced U.S. missile defense system, in the Republic of Korea, Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui said here Tuesday.
The foreign affairs ministries of China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) held a strategic dialogue here Tuesday to discuss issues including the Korean Peninsula nuclear problem.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on Tuesday expressed opposition to South Korea's plan to deploy a sophisticated U.S. missile defense system after a meeting here with his South Korean counterpart.
Global credit rating companies have assessed that recent surge in geopolitical risks on the Korean Peninsula, caused by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s nuclear test and rocket launch, will have a limited, temporary impact on South Korea's economy, Seoul's finance ministry said Tuesday.
Expectations for additional interest rate cuts in South Korea mounted as one monetary policymaker favored further monetary easing after the rate freeze decision for eight straight months.
The United States will dispatch nuclear-capable F-22 stealth fighters to South Korea in an apparent show of force to militarily pressure the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday citing military authorities.
South Korea has been divided over whether to deploy a sophisticated U.S. missile defense system in its territory on worries about the expected escalation of regional tensions and an unproven plausibility of the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), both militarily and environmentally.
South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have expanded their respective propaganda broadcasts across the border after Pyongyang's rocket launch on Sunday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday citing a military official.
A patrol boat of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), which South Korea claimed had violated an inter-Korean sea boundary, returned north after the South Korean military fired warning shots, Seoul's defense ministry said on Monday.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday reaffirmed the "ironclad" U.S. commitment to the security and defense of Japan and South Korea, following the satellite launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
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