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.
A United Nations cargo helicopter crashed Tuesday in the north part of South Sudan, killing three crew members and injuring another, a UN spokesman told reporters here.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called on the warring parties in South Sudan to "immediately implement" an agreement on the cessation of hostilities and "uphold their commitment to establishing a Transitional Government of National Unity."
South Korea and China have upgraded the bilateral partnership since the two nations set up diplomatic relations in 1992, especially on areas of trade, finance and culture, a South Korean think tank said Thursday.
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.
Climate change will slash up to 9 percent off the South Asian economy every year by 2100 if the world continues on its current "fossil-fuel intensive path," the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Tuesday.
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.
China and the ASEAN are totally able to safeguard well the peace and stability of South China Sea, said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) did not take any sides in South China Sea disputes, but supported the settlement of the disputes based on international law and agreed documents, a senior Cambodian official said here Sunday.
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.
South Korea planned to provide its first financial aid, for the humanitarian purpose, to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in more than four years, Yonhap News Agency reported citing Seoul's unification ministry officials.
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.
Recognizing that there were other equally qualified South Africans who were capable of doing what Mandela was doing, he relinquished power after just one-term in office.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his South Korean counterpart Park Geun-hye held talks here Thursday, vowing to enrich the bilateral strategic cooperative partnership.
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 Korean President Park Geun-hye will host a special summit with leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) later this year in the southern port city of Busan, president office Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday.
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