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Defense ministry to phase out 30 general-level posts by 2015

South Korea`s defense ministry will gradually eliminate at least 30 posts for general-grade officers by the end of ...

Jimmy Carter in Beijing for N. Korea visit

A group of former statesmen led by ex-US president Jimmy Carter on Sunday said they were in Beijing on the way to ...

TV actor Hyun Bin assigned to frontline marine unit

A popular TV actor who enlisted in the Marine Corps last month for his mandatory military service has been assigned to ...

S. Korea`s Lee says N.korea not sincere about talks

North Korea`s offers of dialogue are not sincere, South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak said Friday, urging the ...

N. Korea agrees on repatriation of 27 citizens

North Korea agreed to accept the repatriation of 27 people out of 31 who had drifted into South Korea across the tense ...

Russian nuclear envoy in N.Korea: state media

Russia`s top nuclear envoy held talks in North Korea on Monday, state media said, amid international efforts to garner ...

N.korea Heir Formally Invited to China - South Korea Spy Agency

China has formally invited North 
Korea`s leader-in-waiting to visit, but it was not clear when
 Kim ...

US, S. Korea Launch War Games Amid N.Korea Threat

The US and South Korean militaries Monday launched major annual land, sea and air exercises, amid North Korean threats ...

N. Korea threatens to shoot directly at S.Korean border facilities

North Korea on Sunday threatened to fire aimed shots at South Korean facilities involved in "psychological warfare" in ...

Son of N. Korea leader attends Clapton concert

A son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il attended a concert in Singapore this week by British guitarist Eric Clapton, ...

N Korea blasts Seoul for punishing a pastor for illegal Pyongyang trip

North Korea blasted South Korea Saturday for punishing a pro-unification pastor who illegally traveled to the ...

Obama calls on N. Korea to denuclearize

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday called on North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons and hailed pressure on Iran ...

Brisk trade for eels and snails in North Korea

Not everyone in reclusive North Korea is finding life tough. Take the mud snail and eel farmers --they are doing a ...

US, China want n.Korea to end provocations: Obama

US President Barack Obama said Wednesday that Washington and Beijing wanted North Korea to halt "further ...

President Ma concerned about Chinese leader`s visit to U.S.

President Ma Ying-jeou said Monday his administration is very concerned about Chinese President Hu Jintao`s imminent ...