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Obama Visits Korean Border

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.24.2012

SEOUL, South Korea — In a direct challenge to North Korean leaders, President Barack Obama implored them "to have the courage to pursue peace" w...

South Korean Conductor In Rehearsals With North Korean Orchestra

AP | Posted 04.29.2012

PYONGYANG, North Korea — A renowned conductor from South Korea is in Pyongyang to rehearse with North Korean musicians before their upcoming per...

Kim Jong Un Meets South Korean Delegation

AP | Posted 02.25.2012

PYONGYANG, North Korea -- A South Korean mourning delegation returned home Tuesday after meeting with North Korea's next leader, who has rapidly gaine...

South Korea Refuses To Return North Koreans Found On Boat

AP | By HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 12.05.2011

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea refused Thursday to hand over two North Koreans found on a small wooden boat in southern waters, a development expec...

North Korea, South Korea End Defense Talks Without Progress

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 05.25.2011

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea refused Thursday to hold any more military talks with South Korea, saying Seoul lacks serious intent to improve...

South Korea Promises To 'Completely Punish' North

AP | FOSTER KLUG | Posted 05.25.2011

POCHEON, South Korea — South Korea mobilized troops, tanks, helicopters and fighter jets for its largest-ever wintertime military drills Thursda...

North Korea Warns 'Unpredictable Strikes' Could Be Coming

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 05.25.2011

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea said Saturday it will go ahead with artillery drills on a border island shelled by North Korea last month despi...

Haunting Photos Of South Korea's Mass Evacuations

AP/The Huffington Post | HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM KWANG-TAE | Posted 05.25.2011

SEOUL, South Korea — South Koreans stopped their cars, donned gas masks and ducked into underground shelters Wednesday in the country's biggest-...

South Korea BLOCKS Access To North Korea's Twitter Account

AP | SANGWON YOON | Posted 05.25.2011

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has blocked North Korea's new Twitter account from being accessed in the South, saying the tweets contain "ille...

South Korea Navy Ship Sinking, Fears It May Have Been Torpedoed By North

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 05.25.2011

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean authorities stepped up searches for 46 sailors still missing Saturday, hours after a naval ship sank near a di...

Korean Reunions Leave Some With Regrets (VIDEO)

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

After waiting nearly 60 years to see long-lost relatives living in North Korea, some South Koreans wish the reunion had not happened. ...

South Korea Aborts Rocket Launch Minutes Before Liftoff

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 05.25.2011

SEOUL, South Korea — A technical glitch forced South Korea to abort liftoff of its first rocket into space Wednesday, delaying a launch that thr...

South Korea To Launch 1st Rocket

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 05.25.2011

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea prepared Tuesday to launch its first rocket, just four months after rival North Korea defiantly launched its ow...

North Korea Prepares Missiles; South Beefs Up Defenses

AP | WILLIAM FOREMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

PANMUNJOM, Korea — North Korea is assembling a long-range missile capable of reaching Alaska, a news report said Wednesday, as the communist reg...

South Korean Airlines Avoid North Korea After Threat

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

SEOUL, South Korea — Air Canada and Singapore Airlines joined South Korean airlines in rerouting flights to steer clear of North Korean airspace...