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Foreign activists’ upcoming trek across the heavily fortified inter-Korean border could serve as the first step toward bringing lasting peace to the …

The ruling party leader Thursday appealed for a swift passage of a civil servant pension reform bill amid growing resistance from the opposition bloc and …

China’s nuclear experts have warned that North Korea may already have as many as 20 nuclear warheads and can produce weapons-grade uranium to double its …

The number of childbirths in South Korea fell in February after growing two months in a row, a government report showed Thursday, a negative turnaround for a …

The number of South Koreans tying the knot fell for the third straight year in 2014, mainly due to fewer people in the marriageable age, government data showed …

North Korea appears to be building a military facility on a tensely guarded Yellow Sea border island, Seoul’s defense ministry said Thursday. …

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will visit Moscow in May for World War II anniversary celebrations, a Russian diplomat said Thursday. Kim has been invited to …

South Korea has signed a deal with Chile on a work and travel program for young adults, Seoul’s foreign ministry said. The signing of the Working Holiday …

The number of nonregular workers employed by South Korean financial firms fell 11 percent last year from a year earlier, but that of regular workers remained …

South Korea Wednesday struck a deal with the United States for the start of full-fledged research into a new technique for spent nuclear fuel recycling that …