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South Korea Prime Minister Lee Nak-Yon (left) and skater You Young, the countrys first torchbearer, pose with the Olympic torch during a ceremony at the Incheon bridge on Wednesday. (Photo: AFP)

Winter torch warms up South Korea

Over the two weeks of the Games, 1.18 million tickets are available, with 180,000 sold internationally so far.

2 Nov 2017 5:52 AM IST

Moon (L) and Kim (R) are due to meet on Friday on the southern side of the DMZ, in what will be only the third inter-Korean summit since the 1950-53 Korean War. (Photo: AP)

North, South Korea open hotline between leaders

The line links the presidential Blue House in Seoul with the Pyongyang office of the nuclear-armed North's State Affairs...

20 April 2018 5:16 PM IST

President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in meet in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump, Moon Jae-in discuss North Korea's threat to cancel...

Pyongyang abruptly threatened to pull out of the planned summit next month because of US demands for 'unilateral nuclear...

20 May 2018 5:21 PM IST

Since the Winter Olympics in the South, Pyongyang and Washington have agreed to the unprecedented Singapore meeting. A woman walks by a huge screen showing U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (Photo | AP)

US team in North Korea to plan summit with Kim Jong Un: Donald Trump

Trump withdrew from planned June 12 Singapore summit with Kim Jong Un last Thursday, but quickly announced that it could...

28 May 2018 9:20 AM IST

There were no shots at the time, but about 90 minutes later South Korean troops fired around 20 rounds from a K-3 machine gun to warn off Northern guards, says the spokesperson for Seouls defence ministry. (Photo: AFP)

Another North Korean soldier defects to South; fourth this year

It is the fourth time this year a North Korean soldier has defected across the world's most heavily armed border.

21 Dec 2017 10:34 AM IST