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December 01, 2018

South Korea says North Korean soldier defects to South

A North Korean soldier fled across a heavily fortified border to defect to South Korea early Saturday, the military in Seoul ...

November 30, 2018

Koreas survey North's railways in hopes of joining networks

A South Korean train rolled into North Korea for the first time in a decade on Friday as the countries began joint surveys ...

November 29, 2018

Asian stocks gain after Fed chief hits rate rises may slow

Asian stocks followed Wall Street higher on Thursday after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested the pace of ...

November 28, 2018

South Korea apologizes over vagrants' detention, forced work

South Korea's top public prosecutor apologized Tuesday over what he described as a botched investigation into the enslavement ...

November 23, 2018

S. Korean court says government must pay salt farm slaves

The South Korean government must pay 80 million won ($70,700) to three men who were enslaved on salt farms in remote islands ...

November 22, 2018

AP Explains: Dispute between Seoul, Tokyo over WWII brothels

South Korea's decision to dissolve a foundation funded by Japan to compensate South Korean women who were forced to work in ...

November 21, 2018

Seoul says it will close Japan-funded sex slavery foundation

South Korea said Wednesday it will dissolve a foundation funded by Japan to compensate South Korean women who were forced to ...

November 20, 2018

Seoul: North Korea destroys 10 guard posts to lower tensions

North Korea on Tuesday blew up some of its front-line guard posts as part of an agreement to ease tensions along its heavily ...

November 15, 2018

South Korea dismantles guard posts with dynamite, excavators

South Korea exploded one of its own front-line guard posts Thursday, sending plumes of thick, black smoke into the sky above ...

November 12, 2018

S. Korea sends tangerines to North in return for mushrooms

South Korea has airlifted 200 tons of tangerines to North Korea in return for shipments of pine mushrooms by the North in ...

November 09, 2018

Asian stock markets sink after Wall Street rally fades

Asian stock markets fell Friday after a post-election Wall Street rally faded and the U.S. Federal Reserve suggested it will ...

November 09, 2018

Fire kills at least 7 at dormitory-style housing in S. Korea

A fire that likely blocked a crucial exit at a low-cost dormitory-style housing facility in central Seoul killed at least ...

November 01, 2018

S. Korea's Moon: N. Korean leader Kim to visit Seoul 'soon'

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will "soon" visit Seoul as part of a ...

November 01, 2018

North Korea women suffer serious sexual abuse but no 'MeToo'

North Korean refugees say sexual violence against women in their former homeland is part of daily life. But a new report ...

October 26, 2018

South Korean war on 'fake news' raises concern of censorship

While governments around the world ponder how to deal with the explosion of "fake news," South Korea has come out swinging, ...

October 25, 2018

Koreas, UN finish removing firearms from border village

The rival Koreas and the U.S.-led U.N. Command finished removing firearms and troops from a jointly controlled area at a ...

October 19, 2018

South Korea, Britain in talks about future trade talks

South Korea's foreign minister says Seoul has begun "contingency planning" to ensure that her country and Britain maintain ...

October 19, 2018

South Korea, Britain in talks about future trade talks

South Korea's foreign minister says Seoul has begun "contingency planning" to ensure that her country and Britain maintain ...

October 19, 2018

Asian stocks tumble after Wall Street skids, China slows

Asian stock markets sank Friday after Wall Street declined on losses for tech and industrial stocks and Chinese economic ...