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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Wednesday it will permanently block its https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-yoon-north-nuclear-asean-3e6a6839383efed921afc12351e3ba8c with South Korea and build front-line defense structures to cope with “confrontational hysteria' by South [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned again that he could https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-kim-nuclear-weapons-south-b10f3ee96e9a1171ad8043f2d8d0f8bb in potential conflicts with South Korea and the United States, as he accused [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of North Korea and China marked the 75th anniversary of their diplomatic relations on Sunday by exchanging messages that expressed hopes for stronger [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s recent disclosure of https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-nuclear-uranium-kim-feedc5606c455a94fcee67fa50e1236d was likely an attempt to grab U.S. attention ahead of next month's https://apnews.com/hub/2024-united-states-presidential-election and the North will likely stage [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons and destroy South Korea permanently if provoked, state media reported Friday, after https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-missile-north-nuclear-7f2f8774b8ebbe697e611b14c06c1de5 warned [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Three years after the 30-year-old South Korean woman received a barrage of online fake images that depicted her nude, she is still being treated for [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea unveiled its most powerful ballistic missile and other weapons targeting North Korea during a massive Armed Forces Day ceremony Tuesday, as the South's [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court gave three police officers prison sentences on Monday over their botched handling of a 2022 https://apnews.com/article/health-seoul-south-korea-halloween-ca2589fb782f9542a195274406ef1c46 in a Seoul nightlife district [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea announced plans Thursday to compensate farmers and others in the https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-dog-meat-ban-farmers-46393dbe07060cb5fa4861e1552899e5 before a formal ban goes into effect in 2027, a move that [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed Tuesday to boost the country’s nuclear war capability and take other steps to protest [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Thursday that leader Kim Jong Un supervised successful tests of two types of missiles — one designed to carry a https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-new-missile-test-34446d7f69d43f5888c0fc611bae048e and [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In a significant show of defiance against the United States, North Korea on Friday provided the outside world with https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-nuclear-uranium-kim-feedc5606c455a94fcee67fa50e1236d built to enrich uranium for […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea offered a rare glimpse into a secretive facility to produce weapons-grade uranium as state media reported Friday that leader Kim Jong Un visited […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to redouble efforts to make his nuclear force fully ready for combat with the United States and its [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Less than a month before leaving office, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-japan-kishida-yoon-summit-d12cb95e3d801b65068127069c2b4a0c and reaffirmed sympathy for the suffering of Koreans during Japan’s colonial rule, [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — When https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-diplomat-defects-cuba-south-korea-501f64302b42782fcb8f7d02ff7e4ef6 North Korea’s No.2 diplomat in Cuba, finally decided to flee to South Korea in frustration over his highly repressive, corrupt homeland last November, [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A civilian employee in South Korea’s military intelligence command was arrested for allegedly leaking military secrets, the Defense Ministry said, as local media speculated the […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The recent https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-flooding-kim-jong-un-df39fd7fbc2fb49d16e438ec4f02a6b9 in northwestern North Korea flooded thousands of houses and a vast extent of farmland and left many residents homeless and living in […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Australia’s foreign minister said Tuesday the recent defense deal between North Korea and Russia was “destabilizing” and “risky for the world,” after she visited the […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — More than 5,000 people isolated by flooding in northwest North Korea were rescued in airlifts and other evacuation work supervised by leader Kim Jong Un, [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader https://apnews.com/hub/kim-jong-un/ has regained weight and appears to have obesity-related health problems such as high blood pressure and diabetes, and his officials are […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea launched more balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea on Sunday, days after the South restarted blaring anti-Pyongyang https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-propaganda-broadcasts-trash-balloons-south-c52378da365bcf001273edde70d331d9 across the border in [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Friday it has restarted blasting propaganda broadcasts into North Korea to retaliate against the North’s latest round of https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-south-balloons-trash-loudspeakers-1d6cbf8366563c19e78784db09942944 a resumption of [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Friday it has restarted blasting propaganda broadcasts into North Korea to retaliate against the North’s latest round of trash-carrying balloon launches, a [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president on Thursday appointed a former North Korean diplomat as a vice minister, the highest-level government job for any of the thousands of [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s top court ruled Thursday that same-sex couples are eligible to receive the same health insurance benefits as heterosexual couples, a landmark verdict hailed [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a major https://apnews.com/0df3d186d2da437ab8cd0618ec6f96cd being constructed on the country's eastern coast and discussed steps to open the zone by [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean land mines could be swept into South Korea by flooding, South Korea's military warned Wednesday, after the North has recently placed tens of [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency said Tuesday that a senior North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has fled to South Korea, the latest defection by members [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed Sunday to respond to what she called a fresh South Korean civilian leafleting campaign, [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea threatened Saturday to boost its nuclear fighting capability and make the United States and South Korea pay “an unimaginably harsh price” as it [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Rescue workers were combing through the charred ruins of a factory building near South Korea's capital to find any more fire victims Tuesday, a day [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea resumed launches of balloons likely carrying trash toward South Korea on Monday night, South Korea's military said, in the latest round of a [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A fire likely sparked by exploding lithium batteries swept through a manufacturing factory near South Korea’s capital on Monday, killing 22 mostly Chinese migrant workers [...]