DPRK delegates meet with S.Korean president at Blue House

Four high-ranking delegates from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) met with South Korean President Moon Jae-in Saturday at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, local TV footage showed.

North Korea: U.S. is trying to ruin inter-Korean relations

 North Korea has accused the United States of devising ways to "intentionally" harm inter-Korean relations.

Korean unification flag emblematic of better ties

North and South Korea's plan to march together under the same blue-and-white Korean peninsula flag at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics next month marks the revival of an emblem of warmer ties between the old foes from years past.

Seoul to discuss family reunions with Pyongyang during intra-Korean talks

South Korea will seek to discuss the issue of divided families during landmark intra-Korean talks with its neighbor to the north later this week, Yonhap news agency reports.

Washington et Séoul reportent les manoeuvres militaires prévues durant les JO d'hiver

Le président américain Donald Trump et son homologue sud-coréen Moon Jae-In ont convenu de reporter les manoeuvres militaires prévues entre les deux pays pendant les Jeux Olympiques d'hiver de Pyeongchang en février, a déclaré jeudi le bureau de M. Moon.

S. Korean foreign minister sees lack of communications with sex slavery victims in deal with Japan

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Tuesday that the agreement with Japan in December 2015 lacked communications with South Korean victims who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese army during World War II.

North Korea defector says life in South miserable

A North Korean defector in the South is demanding the Seoul government allow him to return to his country of origin.

North Korea says 'no' to joint celebration of holiday with South

 North Korea declined an offer from the South to jointly celebrate National Liberation Day on Aug. 15, a holiday observed in both Koreas to mark the end of Japanese colonial rule.

South Koreans shout 'THAAD Out, Peace In'

South Korean people and religious figures gathered in central Seoul, where millions of people had demanded the impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye, for the removal of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) from their territory and bring peace to the Korean Peninsula.

Abe sends ritual offering to notorious Yasukuni Shrine

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine, which honors 14 Class-A convicted war criminals among 2.5 million Japanese war dead from WWII.

Seoul reviews North Korea policy as President Park Geun-hye removed

South Korea's unification ministry is maintaining "preparedness" and reviewing its North Korea policy after the removal of President Park Geun-hye from office.

Japan PM sends ritual offering to notorious Yasukuni Shrine

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering Monday to the notorious Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo during the war-linked shrine's annual autumn festival, regardless of the feelings of the peoples of Japan's Asian neighbors.

Tokyo, Seoul agree on spending priorities for $9.9M comfort women fund

The foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea agreed on how $9.9 million in funds would be used to help comfort women, former sex slaves forced to serve in wartime brothels during World War II.

S.Korea, Japan reach agreement on sex slavery

South Korea and Japan on Monday reached an agreement on Japan's wartime sexual slavery of Korean women during World War II as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an official apology for the atrocities.

S.Korea, Japan to speed up 'comfort women' talks

South Korean President Park Geun-hye and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Monday to speed up talks on Japan's wartime sex slavery of Korean women to reach an agreement on the issue at an earliest possible date, Park's office said.

Two Koreas hold joint football match for national reunification

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) jointly held a workers' football match Thursday at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, a move aimed to improve inter-Korean relations and strengthen national solidarity.

Japanese lawmakers make mass visit to Yasukuni Shrine

Scores of Japanese lawmakers visited the controversial Yasukuni Shrine on Tuesday, two weeks before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is scheduled to meet with his Chinese and South Korean counterparts for trilateral talks.

S Koreans arrive in North for emotional family reunions

Hundreds of South Koreans have crossed the border to North Korea in a stream of buses for emotional reunions with relatives they have been separated from since the war between the countries more than 60 years ago.

Inter-Korean cooperation increasingly frail

South Korea played down speculation over imminent talks with North Korea on Tuesday, just a month ahead of scheduled reunions for relatives separated by the tense inter-Korean border.

S. Korea, DPRK (North Korea) agree to hold family reunion in October

South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed Tuesday to hold the reunion of Korean families, separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, late next month in the DPRK's Mount Kumgang resort, Seoul's unification ministry said.