South Korea will push for talks with North Korea, including summits, this year to deepen inter-Korean relations and help stalled denuclearization talks move forward between Washington and Pyongyang, the unification ministry said Tuesday."In close coordination with the U.S., (we) will push for inter

North Korea held parliamentary elections Sunday, a key political event likely to cement national unity and leader Kim Jong-un's grip on power amid uncertainty over tough nuclear negotiations with the United States.The communist state will elect new deputies for the 14th Supreme People's Asse

South Korea is seeking to reduce the operation of coal power plants to cope with the alarming level of fine dust in the air, but its plan is facing hurdles in terms of stable energy supply and price issues, industry watchers said on Mar. 6, 2019.According to the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Ener

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un returned home Tuesday after a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump and an official visit to Vietnam last week, Pyongyang's news agency said. Kim arrived in Pyongyang at around 3 a.m. by train after "successfully" wrapping up his official goodwill visit to Vie

South Korea and the United States have decided to end their springtime Key Resolve and Foal Eagle combined exercises to back diplomacy for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, the allies' defense authorities said Sunday.In telephone talks Saturday, Seoul's Defense Minister, Jeong Ky

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has expressed hope for stepped-up cooperation and exchanges with Vietnam in all areas, and for improving bilateral relations to a new level, Pyongyang's official news agency said Saturday.The Korean Central News Agency reported on Kim's official visit to Hanoi

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 28, 2019 he has failed to reach a deal with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as Kim demanded the lifting of all sanctions on Pyongyang."Basically, they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety, but we couldn't do that," he said at a post-summit pres

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S President Donald Trump were set to continue talks in Hanoi on Feb. 28, 2019, having exchanged what Pyongyang's state media called "sincere and deep" views on their denuclearization and peace efforts a day earlier.They are scheduled to meet again at 9 a.m

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump held in-depth discussions during their first day of meetings in Hanoi to produce "epoch-making results" at this week's summit, Pyongyang's official news agency reported on Feb. 28, 2019. "Considerable progress

North Korean officials were gathering at a Vietnamese train station on the border with China on Tuesday to welcome the arrival of leader Kim Jong-un ahead of his second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. At Dong Dang Station, several kilometers south of the Chinese border, a military band star

A team of North Korean officials continued their preparations Sunday to work out the itinerary and logistics for leader Kim Jong-un, who's on his way to Vietnam for a second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. The team led by Kim Chang-son, an official at the State Affairs Commission, was s

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's special train passed the northeastern Chinese port city of Tianjin on Sunday, sources said, after departing from Pyongyang the previous day for Hanoi for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. The train, which left Pyongyang Railway Station around 5 p.m. on

The United States is seeking to move quickly and with "very big bites" to denuclearize North Korea and offer a brighter future for its people, a senior U.S. administration official said Thursday. The two countries are engaged in negotiations ahead of next week's second summit between U.S. Pres

U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton will travel to South Korea this week for talks ahead of next week's summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, CNN reported on Feb. 20, 2019.Bolton is slated to be in South Korea later this week for discussions about

The United States and North Korea are seriously considering an exchange of liaison officers, CNN reported Monday, as the leaders of the two nations prepare for a second summit next week in Vietnam. The first step forward in establishing new U.S.-North Korea ties could be the exchange of officers, th

Sohn Suk-hee, the chief and well-known news presenter of the cable channel JTBC, faced police questioning Saturday over an allegation that he used violence against a freelance journalist. Sohn was accused of punching the journalist in the face several times during a dinner meeting in Seoul in Januar

A North Korean propaganda website claimed Sunday that Pyongyang-Washington ties could experience "a major breakthrough," with the second summit between the two countries fast approaching. Meari touched upon progress that the two Koreas have made over the past year or so and added, "There's no

A senior North Korean official is believed to have looked around areas near a smartphone factory in Vietnam owned by South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co., sources said Sunday. The move is prompting speculation that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may seek to visit the Samsung factory when

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he is in no rush to denuclearize North Korea but wants the regime to refrain from testing its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.Trump is scheduled to hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Vietnam Feb. 27-28 to discuss the disma

South Korea and North Korea are likely to field joint teams in at least four sports at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, with an addition of more sports to the list remaining a possibility, officials said Friday. South Korean sports representatives, led by Sports Minister Do Jong-hwan, are visiting La