Leaders of the world's seven industrialized countries on Monday expressed concern about unilateral actions to change the status quo in the South China Sea.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III is probably the most frequent visitor among all foreign leaders Tokyo has received: his Japan tour starting on Tuesday marks the sixth since he took office five years ago.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is building artillery positions in an uninhabited island just above the inter-Korean maritime border, South Korea's military said Tuesday.
Top nuclear delegates of South Korea, the United States and Japan will meet in Seoul for two days from May 26 to discuss the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) 's nuclear program, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday.
Myanmar and South Korea will promote bilateral trade and investment under a letter of intent on the move signed at a S. Korea-Myanmar forum underway in Yangon, official media reported Friday.
China is committed to upholding peace and stability in the South China Sea, Sun Jianguo, a senior Chinese military official, said Sunday in his keynote speech to the Shangri-La Dialogue, while calling on relevant countries to work together in the same direction.
Fears of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) have spread from South Korea to China on a combination of carelessness among individuals and medical staff, as well as the bungling of initial response by the South Korean government.
Chinese Ambassador to Australia Ma Zhaoxu has reiterated China's principled position that China has indisputable sovereignty over the South China Sea islands and their adjacent waters, saying China has a solid historical and legal basis.
South Korea on Tuesday expressed its still cautious stance toward a summit with Japan despite a series of ministerial-level talks between the two countries in security, economy and tourism.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his South Korean counterpart Yun Byung-se on Monday confirmed a firm U.S.-South Korea alliance against any threats from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) during their talks.
A group of South Korean businessmen representing businesses running factories in the Kaesong industrial complex headed for the border town of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) amid the ongoing wage row between the two sides. The delegation crossed the inter-Korean land border on Friday morning to visit Kaesong, just north of the heavily fortified demarcation line, according to the Unification Ministry.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday described the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK)'s test-firing of a ballistic missile from a submarine as a " serious challenge" to its security and regional stability, the presidential office said.
Illegal immigrants arrested during a joint operation will be deported to their home countries, a government official said on Sunday.
Private organizations from South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have agreed to hold a joint event in Seoul next month to mark the 15th anniversary of the historic June 15 Declaration, local broadcaster KBS reported Friday.
Japan is planning to arrange bilateral talks with South Korea over its attempts to have a number of its wartime historical sites listed by UNESCO, officials here said Thursday, following South Korea slamming the move by Japan as a" distortion of history."
The South African government on Tuesday released the names of seven victims in the latest spate of xenophobia violence that hit parts of the country.
The police are working around the clock to apprehend the perpetrators of the recent xenophobia violence, the Presidency said on Monday.