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South Korea’s Ministry of Unification on Sunday said almost 700 North Korean defectors’ whereabouts are unknown, casting concerns over the …

South Korea and China plan to build a joint industrial complex near a border area with North Korea, according to South Korean Ambassador to China Kim Jang-soo …

Twenty South Korean tourists were injured when their boat collided with another one in a floating market near Bangkok, officials said Saturday. The accident …

South Korean President Park Geun-hye and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon have expressed hope that North Korea does not go ahead with a long-range rocket …

With the bang of a gavel, international leaders approved an ambitious 15-year plan Friday to tackle the world’s biggest problems, from eradicating …

President Park Geun-hye appeared in a video message released at a ceremony for the U.N. summit on sustainable development, Cheong Wa Dae said Friday. Park …

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s unusual warning to North Korea is seen as a sign that Beijing’s strategic thinking on the problematic communist …

South Korean President Park Geun-hye met with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Friday on the first day of her visit to New York for the U.N. General …

 Three South Koreans were convicted Friday of producing methamphetamine in North Korea and bringing some of the drugs to the South.    The Seoul Central …

  Japan plans to replace its point man on Korean affairs next month in a routine personnel management reshuffle, media reports said Friday.   Kimihiro …