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Prime Minister Chung Hong-won on Wednesday called for intensified government capabilities to deal with future disaster situations as the country launched a new …

The arms procurement agency said Wednesday it will complete the deployment of some 100 next-generation battle tanks fitted with an indigenous engine and …

South Korea and Finland have agreed to boost their bilateral cooperation in maritime shipping that will also ensure the European country’s support for …

President Park Geun-hye has appointed the chief of South Korea’s state policy lender as the new governor of the country’s financial watchdog, an …

South Korea said Wednesday that the adoption of a U.N. resolution on North Korea’s dismal human rights conditions indicates the international …

A U.N. General Assembly committee on Tuesday passed a highly symbolic resolution calling for referring North Korea to the International Criminal Court (ICC) …

A special envoy of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday and delivered a personal letter from Kim, the Kremlin …

A U.N. committee on Tuesday rejected a Cuban proposal to remove a call for referring North Korea to the International Criminal Court for human rights …

An anxious North Korea will see Tuesday how the boldest effort yet to bring its leaders to account for alleged crimes against humanity will move forward, as …

President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday tapped former Navy Adm. Park In-yong to head the government’s new emergency control tower. The body, tentatively named the …