Satellite imagery reveals unauthorized expansion of South Korean bus operations in North Korea

North Korea has continued using South Korean buses from the Kaesong Industrial Complex in an unauthorized fashion even after the complex was closed, and the authorities are even expanding their use, with the vehicles being detected in several places across …

S. Korea bolsters space surveillance with 5th satellite launch

South Korea on Sunday launched its fifth military reconnaissance satellite, completing the nation’s space-based surveillance network designed to strengthen its independent intelligence and early-warning capabilities against North Korean threats. The …

South Korean president Lee asks China's Xi for help engaging North Korea

Lee hosts Xi in Asia-Pacific leaders' forum after 11 years. South Korean leader also promises to strengthen ties with US. Lee calls for phased approach to denuclearising North Korea. South Korean President Lee Jae Myung sought Chinese President Xi …

Denuclearisation unrealisable 'pipe dream': North Korea

"The ROK is still unaware that struggling to deny the DPRK's position as a nuclear weapons state and talking about its daydream of realising the denuclearisation just reveal its lack of common sense," KCNA said, using the abbreviations for …

Lee vows to sustain proactive initiatives to foster peace with North Korea

GYEONGJU, North Gyeongsang Province — President Lee Jae Myung, in his closing remarks at the APEC summit on Saturday, vowed to continue measures toward peace with North Korea, emphasizing South Korea’s commitment to stability and dialogue on the Korean …

North Korean POWs in Ukraine Want to Go to South: Activist

Two North Korean prisoners of war held in Ukraine have pleaded to live in South Korea, a human rights organization told AFP on Sunday. The prisoners made the request during an interview for a documentary film that the organization, Gyeore-eol Nation United …

South Korea calls for greater Chinese efforts to bring North Korea back to talks

During his meeting with Lee, Xi called for Seoul to work with Beijing to “practice genuine multilateralism,” according to Chinese state media, as he continued to position Beijing as the defender of the global trade order upended by Trump's sweeping …

SpaceX launches South Korea's 5th spy satellite

ISTANBUL  SpaceX on Sunday successfully launched South Korea's fifth homegrown military spy satellite from a US space base in Florida on a Falcon 9 rocket, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said. The Falcon 9 successfully launched as scheduled at 1.09 am Sunday …

S Korea asks China for help engaging North Korea

Gyeongju Declaration cements Korea’s leadership amid US-China rivalry

Korea emerged as a diplomatic leader as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies concluded the landmark event in the historic city of Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, by adopting the Gyeongju Declaration. The summit’s outcome not only …