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South Korea concert victims’ families call for leniency
The families of 16 people who died after falling through a ventilation shaft at a South Korean open-air concert asked for leniency on Monday for event...
North, South Korean troops exchange border fire
North and South Korean troops briefly exchanged fire Sunday in the latest in a series of minor border skirmishes that have raised military tensions on...
Kim Jong Un apparently absent from key North Korean event
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un apparently missed a key political anniversary event Friday, extending a month-long absence that has fueled rampant speculation...
North Korea acknowledges labor camps for 1st time
North Korea publicly acknowledged the existence of its labor camps for the first time Tuesday, an admission that appeared to come in response to a highly...
Koreas’ navies exchange fire as analysts pooh-pooh Kim rumours
North and South Korean naval patrol boats briefly exchanged fire on Tuesday near their disputed Yellow Sea border which has been the site of numerous clashes...
N. Korean officials make rare visit to South as Kim Jong Un questions swirl
Isolated North Korea sent its highest level delegation to South Korea on Saturday to attend the Asian Games closing ceremony amid a flurry of diplomatic...
Close ‘evil’ prison camps, U.S. secretary of state urges North Korea
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry denounced human rights abuses in North Korea on Tuesday and called on Pyongyang to shut down its penal colonies riddled...
U.S. secretary of state urges North Korea to close ‘evil’ prison camps
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry denounced human rights abuses in North Korea on Tuesday and called on Pyongyang to shut down its penal colonies riddled...
North Korea says jailed American tried to become ‘second Snowden’
An American recently sentenced to six years hard labour by a North Korean court pretended to have secret U.S.
American man arrested for trying to swim to North Korea to see Kim Jong Un
An American man has been arrested by South Korean border guards after trying to swim to North Korea to meet the reclusive state’s leader, Kim Jong...
South Korea aims to nearly double cigarette prices to combat smoking
South Korea on Thursday proposed a steep 80 per cent hike in cigarette prices to cut consumption in a nation with one of the world’s highest male...
Americans detained in N. Korea appeal for help through U.S. media
North Korea gave foreign media access on Monday to three detained Americans who said they have been able to contact their families and—watched by officials...
Getting personal: North Korea ridicules Kerry’s ‘hideous lantern jaw’
In its latest personal attack on a prominent official from a rival country, North Korea on Wednesday said U.S.
Pope urges divided Koreas to unite as ‘one people’
Pope Francis wrapped up his first trip to Asia on Monday by challenging Koreans—from the North and the South—to reject the “mindset of suspicion...
Huge crowds greet Pope at martyr beatification in Seoul
Pope Francis beatified 124 Korean martyrs on Saturday, telling hundreds of thousands of people who turned out for his open-air Mass that their ancestors’...
Sleepy port city focus of North Korea international tourism push
Where do you go in North Korea if you’re in the mood for a barbecue by the beach, maybe some pier-side fishing, or a dip in the ocean? For many North...
Son of South Korean sunken ferry owner detained
South Korean police have detained the eldest son of the sunken ferry owner after two months on the run, three days after his billionaire father was confirmed...
S. Korean police slammed over ferry tycoon’s body
South Korea’s police force was ridiculed and branded as incompetent Wednesday after announcing that a body found six weeks ago was that of a fugitive...
North Korea threatens to pull out of Asian Games in the South
North Korea threatened Friday to review its decision to enter the upcoming Asian Games in South Korea, a day after their talks on the games broke down.
Five dead after helicopter crash in South Korea
Five people are dead after a firefighting helicopter crashed Thursday near an apartment complex and school in the southern South Korean city of Gwangju.
Hissy fit? North Korea fires more missiles in show of anger at S. Korea drills
North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the sea Sunday in an apparent show of anger at an upcoming joint military drill between South Korea and...
North Korean nuclear and missile expert dies; state fires more missiles
One of North Korea’s key nuclear architects died of a heart attack on Tuesday as the recluse nation conducted its fourth missile test in two weeks.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un takes centre stage with a limp
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un limped onto the stage on the anniversary of his grandfather’s death, footage broadcast by state media on Tuesday...
North Korea preparing to try two American tourists
North Korea said Monday it is preparing to try two Americans who entered the country as tourists for carrying out what it says were hostile acts against...
Seoul: North Korea fires more short-range missiles
North Korea fired two short-range missiles into its eastern waters Sunday, a South Korean official said, an apparent test fire that comes just days after...
South Korean army captures runaway soldier who killed five comrades
The South Korean army captured a soldier Monday who it says killed five comrades and then fled into the forest where he holed up with a rifle for two days...
South Korea troops surround soldier who killed five comrades
South Korean military authorities on Sunday surrounded a soldier who fled his North Korea border outpost after killing five comrades and were trying to...
South Korea military in shootout with conscript soldier: Media
South Korean troops were engaged in a shootout on Sunday with a conscript soldier who shot and killed five comrades late on Saturday, media reports said.
South Korean soldier kills five comrades and flees
A South Korean soldier has shot dead five members of his own unit at a guard post near the border with the North, say officials.
South Korea police raid church tied to fugitive sunken ferry firm boss
South Korean police raided a religious commune today seeking the arrest of a businessman linked to the ferry that sank and killed more than 300 people...
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