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S. Korea holds NSC meeting to discuss creating int'l air route between Koreas

South Korea held a National Security Council (NSC) meeting Thursday to discuss ways to create an international air route linking the two Koreas, the presidential office said. During the meeting of t...

Dec 13, 2018
North Korea
NK urges US to come to senses, stop sticking to sanctions

North Korea's official news agency on Thursday strongly blamed the United States for the impasse in their nuclear talks, saying Pyongyang is waiting for Washington to come to its senses and take corr...

Dec 13, 2018
North Korea
Koreas to hold railway, road groundbreaking ceremony on Dec. 26

The two Koreas agreed on Thursday to hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the modernization and reconnection of cross-border railways and roads this month, in accordance with the agreement reached betw...

Dec 13, 2018
North Korea
‘Two Koreas should sign peace treaty when NK achieves 50 percent of denuclearization’

Government-funded think tank’s draft of hypothetical peace treaty sparks controversy

Dec 13, 2018
North Korea
N. Korean leader unlikely to visit Russia this year: Seoul's ambassador

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is unlikely to visit Russia this year, Seoul's top envoy in Moscow said Thursday amid speculation about whether or when Kim will travel there for talks with President ...

Dec 13, 2018
North Korea
Koreas to discuss groundbreaking ceremony for rail, road

South and North Korea held working-level talks on Thursday to set up a groundbreaking ceremony for their project to modernize North Korean railways and roads and connect them to the South. President...

Dec 13, 2018
North Korea
Koreas hold working-level talks on health care

The two Koreas held working-level talks to share the latest data on influenza, paving the way for cooperation in the health and medical sector, the Seoul government said Wednesday. Kwon Jun-wook, a ...

Dec 12, 2018
North Korea
Blue House doubtful about NK leader visiting Seoul this year

A visit by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to Seoul within the year looks unlikely, but later dates including January remain possible, a high-level official with South Korea’s presidential office sai...

Dec 12, 2018
North Korea
N. Korea made informal apology to Vietnam for Kim Jong-nam assassination: source

North Korea is said to have offered an informal apology to Vietnam for involving a Vietnamese national in the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (Yon...

Dec 12, 2018
North Korea
N. Korea founder's second wife dies: source

The second wife of North Korea's founder Kim Il-sung has died, a source said Wednesday. The source confirmed Kim Song-ae's death, but when and how she died were not immediately known. The unificati...

Dec 12, 2018
North Korea
US archbishop to visit Seoul next week to discuss inter-Korean peace

A US archbishop will travel to South Korea next week in a bid to assist their Korean Catholic counterparts' efforts to build peace with North Korea, the local church said Wednesday. The solidarity v...

Dec 12, 2018
North Korea
NK leader unlikely to visit Seoul this year: presidential office

The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae thinks it would be difficult for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to visit Seoul this year, a presidential official said Wednesday. There was speculation that th...

Dec 12, 2018
North Korea
Koreas to hold talks for health-related info exchange

South Korea and North Korea are scheduled to meet to exchange information on contagious diseases in a pilot program, Seoul's health ministry said Wednesday. Kwon Jun-wook, a senior official of the M...

Dec 12, 2018
North Korea
Koreas verify DMZ guard post pullout

South and North Korea carried out a one-day process Wednesday to verify their recent work to withdraw some guard posts in the Demilitarized Zone, in another show of their will for cross-border reconc...

Dec 12, 2018
North Korea
US redesignates N. Korea as violator of religious freedom

The United States has redesignated North Korea as a violator of religious freedom for the 18th consecutive year, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday. North Korea is among 10 Countries of ...

Dec 12, 2018
North Korea

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