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

South and North Korean officials are holding a meeting to discuss cooperation in modernizing and eventually reconnecting railways across their border, a unification ministry official said Thursday.The meeting is currently under way between railway policymakers of the two Koreas at the Customs, Immig

North Korea accused South Korea on Wednesday of seeking confrontation and undermining the cross-border conciliatory mood, bristling at a recent defense meeting between Seoul and Washington.The Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, said the recent South Kore

South Korea is expected to resume a government-led humanitarian assistance program for North Korea, spurred by new related U.N. guidelines, an official said Tuesday.A year earlier, the government decided to provide the impoverished neighbor with $8 million worth of aid materials, such as nutritional

A North Korean media outlet reported in detail on a South Korean firm's devotion to inter-Korean cooperation Friday, apparently trying to create a favorable mood for resumption of the company's now suspended tour program.Uriminjokkiri, the North's external propaganda website, shed light

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho arrived in Singapore on Friday for an annual forum hosted by a group of Southeast Asian countries.Ri flew from Beijing on an Air China plane. Entering his hotel in downtown Singapore, wearing a black suit and a purple tie, he did not respond to reporters'

The United States Congress on Wednesday passed a defense authorization bill that restricts any drawdown of American troops in South Korea.The John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act, which approves US$716 billion for defense in fiscal year 2019, passed the Senate by a vote of 87-10 after p

North Korea's media reported Wednesday on military talks the two Koreas held a day earlier to discuss measures to ease cross-border tension."The north-south general-level military talks took place at the 'House of Peace' in the south side portion of Panmunjom on Tuesday to implement the

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has lauded President Donald Trump for securing the return of American troops' remains from North Korea.Pence, who is to attend a ceremony in Hawaii Wednesday to honor the 55 soldiers whose remains were transported out of North Korea last week, said he was moved by

North Korean athletes to compete in the upcoming Asian Games arrived here on Sunday for joint training with South Koreans.The delegation of 34 athletes and coaches landed at Incheon International Airport via Beijing. The Koreas will assemble unified teams in canoe's dragon boat racing, women'

Germany will provide support for the Korean Peninsula peace process moving forward on the basis of its own reunification experience, its top diplomat said Thursday."Germany was unified about 25 years ago, but its people are still reminded of the days before the unification when they see the status

South and North Korea exchanged the results of their weekslong search for families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War Wednesday ahead of the upcoming reunion event, the unification ministry said.The two Koreas are set to hold temporary family reunions from Aug. 20-26 at the Mount Kumgang resort on

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday welcomed reports that North Korea has begun to dismantle a key missile testing site in line with a pledge North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made at their historic summit last month.Trump was speaking to Monday's report from 38 North, a U.S. website specializi

North Korea has begun to dismantle a missile engine testing site in line with a promise made by its leader, Kim Jong-un, at his historic summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, a website monitoring the regime said Monday.According to 38 North, new satellite imagery from July 20 shows key facilities

China has resumed supply of fertilizers and food to North Korea and drastically increased oil shipment to the country following Chairman Kim Jong Un’s visit to Beijing last month. This was recently reported by Korean-language daily Chosun Ilbo and other Korean media published in Seoul.According to t