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SKorean leader visits islets, draws Japan protest
South Korea's president has made a surprise, election-year visit to islets also claimed by Japan, which quickly reasserted its sovereignty there, ...
Ex-NKorean star recalls 'ping pong diplomacy'
Her eyes well up when Li Pun Hui recalls her role in a historic example of "ping pong diplomacy." In 1991, the North Korean table tennis star paired ...
S. Korean president's brother jailed in bribe case
The South Korean president's brother was arrested and taken to a detention center Wednesday after a court approved a warrant on bribery allegations, ...
South Korean detained for unapproved trip to North
As North Koreans cheered and waved white "unified Korea" flags, a South Korean activist was detained as soon as he set foot on home soil Thursday, ...
SKorean leader's brother ensnared in bribery probe
The elder brother of President Lee Myung-bak is the latest high-profile person to be questioned about alleged bribery in South Korea's banking ...
Both Koreas suffering worst drought in a century
North Korea dispatched soldiers to pour buckets of water on parched fields and South Korean officials scrambled to save a rare mollusk threatened by ...
NKorea slams US, SKorea use of flag in war drills
North Korea on Monday called the use of its flag during U.S.-South Korean military drills last week a serious provocation and evidence of U.S.
In North Korea, learning to hate US starts early
A framed poster on the wall of a kindergarten classroom shows bright-eyed children brandishing rifles and bayonets as they attack a hapless American ...
Huge US, SKorea war games called warning to NKorea
A huge North Korean flag disappeared behind a tower of flames and thick black smoke Friday as South Korean fighter jets and U.S. attack helicopters ...