South Korea's top diplomat will attend a regional security forum in China next week to increase international pressure on North Korea over its nuclear and missile programs, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said Friday.
North Korea's failed launch of its Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile last week sparked a huge fireball that damaged the launcher and could have also injured or killed missile technicians on the ground, a news report said Wednesday.
The South Korean government will announce as many as four local retailers that will be allowed to open new duty-free shops in Seoul next week in a bid to meet the growing demand from Chinese tourists, government sources said Thursday.
The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) has disclosed dozens of additional items and materials to be banned from entering North Korea as part of its effort to further tighten its sanctions on the communist state, a document on its website showed Tuesday.
South Korea, the United States and Japan plan to hold high-level talks on North Korea Tuesday as the communist country appears set to conduct another nuclear test.
President Park Geun-hye said Monday that South Korea has detected signs of North Korea preparing for a fifth nuclear test.
The number of applicants to take the state-run Korean language proficiency test for non-native Korean speakers and ethnic Koreans has reached a record high amid foreigners' growing interest in Korean pop culture, the education ministry said Monday.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been selected to represent the military in the upcoming party congress in May, the country's state-run media said Thursday, as Pyongyang moves toward its first party congress in more than 30 years.
South Korea and the United States on Thursday took their first step in implementing a bilateral nuclear energy accord that opens a pathway for the Asian ally to develop key technologies and ensure a secure supply of nuclear fuel.
South Korea and the United States kicked off an 11-day joint naval exercise along the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula on Monday to enhance their combined readiness to conduct search and rescue operations and other underwater missions, the Navy said.
The South Korean culture ministry announced a set of measures on Thursday to boost the spread of the country's cultural products in the East Asia region as the increasing demand for such products offers huge potential for economic growth.
North Korea has sent leaflets and compact discs criticizing President Park Geun-hye and the ruling Saenuri Party to South Korea, police said Wednesday, the latest move in its propaganda campaign.
South Korea plans to develop ground-to-ground guided munitions to better fend off threats posed by North Korea's latest multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), the Ministry of National Defense said in its five-year defense plan on Wednesday.
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