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North Korea Replaces Hard-line Defense Chief
(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea has replaced its hard-line defense chief with a little-known army general, according to a state media report Monday, in what...
Looming Clash Between Seoul and Washington Over Nuclear Technology
When South Korean President Park Geun-hye visits Washington on May 5 she will be reaffirming the 60-year alliance between the U.S. and her country with...
S. Korea to Aid Companies Shut Out of N. Korea Complex
(SEOUL, South Korea) — South Korea's government will provide more than $270 million in emergency loans to help companies affected by the shutdown of a...
A Look At North Korea’s Military Capabilities
(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea's military, founded 81 years ago Thursday, is older than the country itself. It began as an anti-Japanese militia and is now...
South Korea to Withdraw Workers at Factory in North Korea
(SEOUL, South Korea) — Seoul says it has decided to withdraw the roughly 175 South Koreans still at a jointly run factory complex in North Korea. The statement...
North Korea Marks Founder’s Birthday, Issues More Ire
(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — North Korea quietly marked a second day of celebrations for its first leader's birthday and issued prickly new rhetoric Tuesday...
S. Korean Managers: N. Koreans Not Working at Factory
(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korean workers didn't show up for work at a jointly run factory complex with South Korea on Tuesday, a day after Pyongyang suspended...
In the Shadow of North Korean Threats, South Korea Shrugs
Nobody does bluster better than Pyongyang. In the last few weeks the country's hard-working propagandists declared a "state of war" with South Korea, announced...
S. Korea Says N. Korea Behind Computer Crash in March
(SEOUL, South Korea) — South Korea said Wednesday that an initial investigation has found that North Korean government agents were behind a March cyberattack...
S. Korea: N. Korea May Be Preparing to Test Missile
(SEOUL, South Korea) — A top South Korean national security official said Sunday that North Korea may be setting the stage for a missile test or another...
Fleeing Imminent Incoming North Korean Rockets
Courageous Channel isn’t some new offering from your cable TV provider. It’s the name of the regular Noncombatant Evacuation Operation exercise done by the U.S...
North Korea’s Nuclear Cul-de-Sac
The mutual bluster and braggadocio persisted over the weekend on the Korean peninsula, as North Korean leader Kim Jong-un continued to drive his state down an...
North Korea Says It Is In ‘A State of War’ With South Korea
(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea warned Seoul on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula was entering "a state of war" and threatened to shut down a factory complex...
U.S. Sends Nuclear-Capable B-2 Bombers to South Korea
(SEOUL, South Korea) — The U.S military says two nuclear-capable B-2 bombers have completed a training mission in South Korea amid threats from North Korea that...
North Korea Orders Rocket Prep After U.S. B-2 Drill
(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea's leader said Friday that his rocket forces are ready "to settle accounts with the U.S.," an escalation of the country's...
North Korea Suspected in Cyberattack Despite China Link
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Investigators have traced a coordinated cyberattack that paralyzed tens of thousands of computers at six South Korean banks and media...
Experts: N. Korea Training Teams of ‘Cyber Warriors’
(SEOUL, South Korea) — Investigators have yet to pinpoint the culprit behind a synchronized cyberattack in South Korea last week. But in Seoul, the focus is...
Filial Pity: Is South Korea Doing Enough to Stop Elderly Suicides?
Why some South Koreans call their country the 'Republic of Suicide.'
North Korea Says It Will Cut Key Military Hotline
(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea says it's cutting off a key military hotline with South Korea that allows cross border travel to a jointly run industrial...
