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Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se (right) speaks with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken before a meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul. (Yonhap) North …

A Chinese diver was injured following an underwater explosion while working for the Sewol ferry recovery operation off the southwest coast of the country, …

The head of South Korea’s National Assembly returned home  Tuesday from a trip to Russia and Finland. Chung Ui-hwa met with Russia’s parliamentary …

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un instructed the communist country to bolster its nuclear arsenal and war preparations in a special essay to mark an upcoming …

Marketplaces in North Korea have expanded over the span of more than 10 years despite the North’s crackdown on them in 2010, a report showed Tuesday, …

A former intelligence chief who had been serving a jail term over alleged election meddling was released on bail Tuesday. Won Sei-hoon, who headed the National …

South Korea Tuesday said it will provide a global vaccine aid group with $12 million over the next three years. The Foreign Ministry said it has signed a …

North Korea is likely to mark its key anniversary with a variety of celebratory events, rather than a provocative act such as a long-range rocket launch, South …

South Korea will sign a deal with Indonesia this month to cement the Southeast Asian country’s partnership in the local Air Force project to build …

South Korea will hold a government-civilian meeting this week to craft protective measures for its nationals in the crime-prone Philippines, an official said …