Six fighter jets, normally based in Okinawa, Japan, will be deployed to the South for a five-day joint military exercise.
24 Nov 2017 1:47 PM
The defector, who ran across the border at the Panmunjom truce village on November 13, has been recovering in a South Korean hospital.
22 Nov 2017 11:13 AM
‘No sign of an imminent nuclear test had been detected, though the North’s Punggye-ri complex appears ready for another detonation.’
20 Nov 2017 1:04 PM
Mr Song's trip comes just a week after Donald Trump visited Beijing as part of an Asia tour.
18 Nov 2017 3:40 PM
The renewed focus on economic development could be a bid to unify North Koreans and strengthen support for the leadership.
15 Nov 2017 7:22 PM
Since becoming president, Trump has engaged in an escalating war of words with Kim Jong-Un
15 Nov 2017 6:06 PM
The Joint Chiefs of Staff official said he was found collapsed in a pile of fallen leaves and recovered by three S Korean soldiers.
14 Nov 2017 9:35 AM
Trump had warned North Korea not to underestimate the United States as he wrapped up his visit to South Korea.
11 Nov 2017 3:45 PM
The regime has for decades been criticised for a range of rights abuses including torture, rape, execution of perceived critics.
09 Nov 2017 11:17 AM
Trump painted a dystopian picture of North Korea, saying people were suffering in ‘gulags.’
08 Nov 2017 12:33 PM
‘We hope that Russia likewise will be helpful,’ Donald Trump said.
07 Nov 2017 6:26 PM
While Moon did not give specific details of the purchases, he described them as essential for national defence.
07 Nov 2017 5:30 PM
Speaking in S Korea, Trump said he was prepared to do whatever was necessary to prevent the North Korean dictator from threatening lives.
07 Nov 2017 4:18 PM
This is the closest Trump has come to frontlines of nuclear standoff with N Korea, on a visit that could aggravate tensions with Pyongyang.
07 Nov 2017 12:11 PM
All 18 individuals on whom the South Korean sanctions were imposed were directly affiliated to North Korean banks.
06 Nov 2017 6:03 PM
After arriving in Tokyo on Sunday, Trump warned that “no dictator” should underestimate the United States.
05 Nov 2017 4:55 PM
Trump departed for his first presidential trip to Asia on Saturday, with tensions over North Korea’s nuclear threats.
04 Nov 2017 5:22 PM
The note signalled an improvement in their relationships, which has soured over Pyongyang's growing weapons ambitions.
02 Nov 2017 7:15 PM
In recent months Pyongyang has carried out its sixth nuclear test, its most powerful by far.
01 Nov 2017 5:21 PM
Trump and Kim Jong-Un have traded threats of war and personal insults heightening conflict.
01 Nov 2017 5:12 PM