The Korea Herald

Top nuclear envoys of S. Korea, US, Japan hold phone talks on NK firing

Nov 29, 2019

South Korea's chief nuclear envoy has held telephone talks with his counterparts of the United States and Japan and discussed North Korea's latest firing of projectiles, Seoul's foreign ministry said...
N. Korea says it tested super-large multiple rocket launcher under leader's guidance

Nov 29, 2019

North Korea said Friday it successfully tested a super-large multiple rocket launcher's successive firing system under leader Kim Jong-un's guidance in the launch of two projectiles the previous day....
N. Korea fires 2 unidentified projectiles into East Sea: JCS

Nov 28, 2019

North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into the East Sea on Thursday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said, in the latest in a series of military moves amid stalled denuclearization talks...
NK merchant ship driven out of S. Korean waters: JCS

Nov 28, 2019

South Korea has completed an operation to drive a North Korean merchant ship out of its waters after the vessel strayed across the Yellow Sea border due to an engine problem, the Joint Chiefs of Staf...
Vice minister to visit Kaesong liaison office, no weekly meeting planned

Nov 28, 2019

Vice Unification Minister Suh Ho will visit the inter-Korean liaison office in North Korea's border town of Kaesong this week, though there will be no meeting with his North Korean counterpart, a min...
[Newsmaker] North Korean merchant vessel accidentally crosses maritime border: JCS

Nov 27, 2019

A North Korean merchant vessel crossed the de facto maritime border into South Korean waters in the Yellow Sea on Wednesday and was headed northward and expected to fully cross the de facto maritime ...
Seoul struggles to deal with Pyongyang’s demolition plan in Kumgangsan

Nov 27, 2019

South Korea is struggling to find a way to deal with the North’s decision to tear down its facilities at Kumgangsan tourism complex, as the regime continues to be reticent. Despite repeated requests...
US forces in Korea not mercenaries: US think tank

Nov 27, 2019

The chief of a US think tank said South Korea currently pays an adequate amount -- $1 billion -- for the upkeep of US Forces Korea, Voice of America reported Wednesday. John Hamre, president and CEO...
Trump believed war with NK could have killed 100m people: new book

Nov 27, 2019

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump estimated that as many as 100 million people could have been killed had the United States gone to war with North Korea under the previous administration of Pre...
Seoul lodges complaint against Pyongyang for live firing drill near maritime border

Nov 26, 2019

South Korea has lodged an official complaint against Pyongyang for conducting a live firing drill on an island inside the buffer zone near the de facto maritime border, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said ...
Funeral to be held for defector mother, son despite opposition from defector groups

Nov 25, 2019

A state-run foundation supporting North Korean defectors said Monday it will press ahead with a funeral for a defector and her six-year-old son this week, about four months after they were found dead...
Pyongyang’s artillery drill near sea border violates inter-Korean agreement: Seoul

Nov 25, 2019

South Korea on Monday denounced Pyongyang’s artillery drill conducted on an islet near the de facto maritime border, saying it violated an inter-Korean military agreement. North Korea’s Korean Centr...
NK leader inspects military unit on border islet

Nov 25, 2019

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inspected a front-line military unit on an island just north of the western sea border with South Korea, Pyongyang's official news agency said Monday, in his third...
Senior N. Korean diplomat returns home after strategic talks in Russia

Nov 24, 2019

MOSCOW -- A senior North Korean diplomat has returned home following her six-day trip to Russia, which included the two countries' first "strategic dialogue." North Korean First Vice Foreign Ministe...
N. Korea, Russia discuss intensifying 'strategic communications'

Nov 23, 2019

North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui, considered a key nuclear strategist of leader Kim Jong-un, has met with a senior Russian diplomat and discussed the need for "strategic communic...