Seoul Says North Korean Soldier Defects Across DMZ
A North Korean soldier escaped to South Korea Tuesday evening by walking across the Demilitarised Zone that bisects the peninsula, ...
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N. Korea Says Launch Tested ‘new Type’ of Cruise Missile
Pyongyang on Friday hailed the successful test of a new type of surface-to-ship cruise missile, which it said was designed ...
China Says Arson Behind Deadly School Bus Fire
A bus fire that killed 11 kindergarteners in eastern China last month was intentionally set by their disgruntled driver, who ...
Daughter of S. Korea’s ‘Rasputin’ Arrested On Plane
The daughter of the woman at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to the ousting of South Korea's ...
Is It A Drone? Is It A Balloon? No, It’s A Bird, Says N.Korea
North Korea on Thursday accused the South of unleashing more than 450 machine gun rounds at a flock of birds ...
North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile
North Korea Sunday test-fired a ballistic missile which travelled some 500 km, just a week after a previous launch sparked ...
North Korea Missile Test Was ‘new Type of Ballistic Rocket’
North Korea has claimed that the missile it tested on Sunday was a new type of rocket capable of carrying ...
North Korea Carries Out New Ballistic Missile Test
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile from a region near its west coast, the South Korean military say. The ...
S. Korea’s Moon Sworn In, Says Willing To Go To North
South Korea's new president was sworn in on Wednesday, just a day after a landslide election victory, and immediately declared ...
10 South Korean Children Die In Fiery China Bus Crash
Ten South Korean kindergarten pupils and two others were killed when a school bus crashed and burst into flames in ...
South Korea Warship Sails To Somalia
A South Korean warship is heading for Somalia to hold an anti-piracy drill in waters off the country’s coast. The ...
Samsung Crane Collapse Kills Six Workers
A crane collapse at a South Korean shipyard run by Samsung has killed six people and injured more than 20 ...
At Least Six Killed In S. Korea Crane Accident
At least six Samsung workers building a $500 million ocean platform for French energy giant Total were killed in a ...
US Aircraft Carrier Starts Drill With South Korean Navy
The US aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson on Saturday kicked off a joint drill with the South Korean navy, officials ...
North Test-Fires Ballistic Missile
North Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile, South Korean and US military officials say. It apparently exploded seconds after lift-off, ...
North Korea Test-Fires Ballistic Missile
North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile from an area north of Pyongyang Saturday, a news agency report said, as the ...
US THAAD Missile Defence Equipment Enters South Korea Site
Trailers carrying US THAAD missile defence equipment entered a deployment site in South Korea early Wednesday with tensions high over ...
China Warns North Korea Not To ‘cross the Point of No Return’
China has warned North Korea will 'cross the point of no return' if it carries out a sixth nuclear test ...
S.Korea Tourist Numbers Plummet In China Boycott
South Korea's tourist industry has been hammered by China's boycott over the deployment of US missile defence system, with visitor ...
N. Korea Marks Military Anniversary With Firing Drill
Nuclear-armed North Korea on Tuesday marked a military anniversary with a conventional firing drill, reports said, as the South announced ...