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Record number of Australian, New Zealand troops taking part in joint military drill

A record number of troops from Australia and New Zealand are taking part in the ongoing joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States, …

Park’s approval rating moves up amid tension with North Korea

President Park Geun-hye’s job approval rating moved up amid tension on the Korean Peninsula over North Korea’s provocations, a local poll showed …

Korea confirms additional FMD outbreak

An additional outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed in South Korea, rekindling concerns that the livestock disease may further spread widely, …

South Korea sends letter to UNSC in response to N.K. missile launch

South Korea has sent a letter to a sanctions panel under the U.N. Security Council to call for an “appropriate response” to North Korea’s …

Army serviceman attempts suicide in border area

A noncommissioned Army officer was seriously injured in a suspected suicide attempt near the heavily fortified border with North Korea on Friday, a military …

Minor opposition party member resigns from party post over merger

A senior member of the minor opposition People’s Party resigned from his post Friday, deepening an internal feud over a possible merger with the main …

U.N. chief to hold first meeting with victim of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will hold a meeting this week with an elderly South Korean victim of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery, an activist group …

U.N. chief urges North Korea to honor U.N. resolutions after missile firings

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges North Korea to comply with U.N. Security Council resolutions and halt destabilizing acts, his spokesman said Thursday, …

Royce nominates late Korean-American war hero for Presidential Medal of Freedom

The chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee has nominated late Korean-American war hero Kim Young-oak for this year’s Presidential Medal of …

Inter-Korean ties barely hang by a thread
Inter-Korean ties barely hang by a thread

Relations between the two Koreas appear to be hanging by a thread as Pyongyang declared plans to abolish all bilateral exchange projects, confiscate all South …

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