South Korean President Moon Jae-in is set to embark on a trip to North Korea this week for his third and possibly most crucial meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.Moon will head for Pyongyang on Tuesday, using a direct flight across the heavily-fortified inter-Korean border.The inter-Korean

South and North Korea will officially launch their joint liaison office Friday aimed at fostering cross-border exchanges and contact, the unification ministry said.The liaison office will be launched in the North's border town of Kaesong, with around 50 people each from the two Koreas expected t

The United States is monitoring North Korea, among other nations, for possible interference in the U.S. midterm elections in November, senior administration officials said Wednesday.U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order the same day to allow sanctions on foreign governments or their

The two Koreas will hold working-level military talks Thursday to discuss details of a comprehensive agreement to flesh out the military part of their April summit accord aimed at reducing border tensions and building mutual trust.The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. at Tongilgak, a North Korea-control

U.S. President Donald Trump thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and pledged to work together with him on Thursday after Kim said via a South Korean envoy that his faith in Trump remains unchanged."Kim Jong Un of North Korea proclaims 'unwavering faith in President Trump.' Thank you to C

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met with a special delegation of South Korean President Moon Jae-in Wednesday, possibly reaffirming his commitment to establishing peace on the Korean Peninsula and denuclearizing his country."The special delegation met with Chairman Kim Jong-un to deliver the person

The National Assembly is set to open its regular session Monday with key bills aimed at propping up the slowing economy and promoting business regulation pending.Rival parties failed last week to narrow their differences about proposals easing Internet-only banks' ownership cap and other key der

South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Sunday named his top security adviser as a special envoy to North Korea.Chung Eui-yong, head of the presidential National Security Office, will head a five-member delegation to the communist state that is set to leave for Pyongyang on Wednesday. T

South Korea said Tuesday it will expand the inter-Korean cooperation fund 14.3 percent on-year to 1.1 trillion won (US$990 million) in 2019, reflecting the recent peace mood highlighted by the April 27 summit deal.Especially, the budgets for cross-border projects such as the modernization of the Nor

North Korea's media reported Monday on the weeklong reunions of hundreds of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War.South and North Korea held the event in two rounds from Aug. 20-26 at Mount Kumgang, a scenic resort on the North's east coast. It is part of the promise their leaders mad

Elderly South Koreans headed back home Sunday after brief, emotional meetings with their long-lost kin residing in North Korea in the second round of the latest family reunions.More than 300 South Koreans, from 81 families, left the North's Mount Kumgang resort by bus at about 1:20 p.m., wrappin

Dozens of South Koreans began their second day on Mount Kumgang on Tuesday by having private meetings with their long-separated families, a day after a tearful first group encounter in about seven decades.On Monday, the 89 elderly South Koreans and 185 North Korean people reunited for the first time

South and North Korea will begin their weeklong reunion event for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War on Monday.A total of 89 South Koreans will hold the first session of meetings with their families living in North Korea at a Mount Kumgang resort on the North's east coast at 3 p.m.They

The United States and North Korea will have frequent discussions until the goal of Pyongyang's denuclearization is reached, the State Department said Friday, declining to provide details on a reported meeting last weekend.U.S. Ambassador to Seoul Harry Harris is reported to have met with North K

More than half of South Korean farmers believe their country's agricultural industry will improve if economic cooperation with North Korea becomes active, a recent survey said Friday.The Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI) polled 1,379 farmers on their views of cross-border economic tie-ups an

North Korea and the United States held their latest working-level talks at the truce village of Panmunjom over the weekend, a diplomatic source said Tuesday, amid news reports that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit the North again.U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim

North Korea unveiled Saturday that the Venezuelan president has sent a letter to the country's leader Kim Jong-un to reaffirm his commitment to cement ties with the North."(Leader) Kim Jong Un ... received a message of greeting from Nicolas Maduro Moros, president of the Bolivarian Republic of

South and North Korea have confirmed a list of delegates for high-level talks next week which have been scheduled to discuss preparations for a new meeting between their leaders and review implementation of their previous summit agreements, the unification ministry said Saturday. Unif

Three South Korean firms imported North Korean coal from Russia by forging customs documents in apparent violation of a U.N. sanctions resolution, authorities here announced Friday.The findings present the South's government with a diplomatic burden amid the U.S.-led efforts to maintain internat

North Korea's top diplomat has said that the country will hold onto its nuclear knowledge, saying that it will serve as a means to gird for the U.S.' possibly continued hostile policy toward Pyongyang, according to Iranian media reports.North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho made the remar