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South Korea and the United States will begin preliminary military drills on Tuesday, the Yonhap news agency reported on Monday, despite North Korea's warning that the exercises would dent signs of an inter-Korean thaw. The drills, called…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has mobilised the military to carry out relief work in areas recently hit by heavy rains, state media said on Sunday, amid concerns over an economic crisis and food shortage. The ruling Worker's Party's…

Japan will soon remove senior diplomat from its embassy to South Korea after he was reported to have made an inappropriate comment on President Moon Jae-in, Kyodo news agency reported on Monday, citing a government source. Senior…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said his country needs to prepare for “both dialogue and confrontation” with the United States under President Joe Biden, state media reported on Friday. At a plenary meeting of the central committee…

The newly appointed U.S. envoy for North Korea, Sung Kim, will make his first visit to neighbouring South Korea this week for a possible three-way meeting with counterparts from Seoul and Tokyo, the Kyodo news agency said on Wednesday. The…

South Korea's vaccination drive has picked up speed as the new infections decrease. Data from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) showed that, South Korea injected 857,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses, setting a daily record…

South Korea approved Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, as the country attempts to speed up its inoculation efforts. The drug safety minister, Kim Gang-lip said, "Moderna is the fourth COVID-19 vaccine to be approved in South…

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday that he sees his final year in office as the last chance to achieve a lasting peace with North Korea, and said it was time to take action amid stalled talks over Pyongyang's nuclear and…

Iran has released a South Korean-flagged tanker it seized and the vessel’s captain amid a dispute over billions in frozen oil funds. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized the Hankuk Chemi in January but the South’s foreign…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will make their first overseas trip on Monday as they visit key Asian allies, Japan and South Korea for discussions likely to be dominated by questions of how to…