Two days of talks between South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soong and his Japanese counterpart came to an end here Sunday as the two apparently failed to narrow differences on issues that were .. [Apr.2,2007 09:16 KST]

Voices in Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party are again calling for alternatives to Yasukuni Shrine in the wake of revelations March 28 that... [Mar.31,2007 14:35 KST]

With relations between the two Koreas showing signs of improvement since a denuclearization deal was struck at the six-party talks on February 13,... [Mar.31,2007 14:27 KST]

A Japanese war criminal who ran a so-called "comfort station" during World War II were found to have been enshrined in the Yasukuni Shrine, several sets of documentary records showed. The station.. [Mar.30,2007 17:19 KST]

South Korea on Thursday asked Japan to clarify an allegation that the Japanese government proposed a Tokyo war shrine to honor convicted war criminals from World War II a half century ago. O.. [Mar.29,2007 21:28 KST]

The head of the World Food Program (WFP)'s office in North Korea warned Thursday of a severe food crisis in the communist country, confirming that the North had made a plea for help from the United .. [Mar.29,2007 18:03 KST]

Several Japanese media sources on March 28 criticized high-ranking government officials’ recent remarks that their country never forcibly recruited so-called comfort women. The Asahi Shimbun, NHK, .. [Mar.29,2007 14:31 KST]

The U.S. State Department was optimistic Tuesday the banking dispute that last week held up North Korean denuclearization talks can be overcome and is "pretty close" to being solved. "We are n.. [Mar.28,2007 21:13 KST]

Park Han-sik, professor at University of Georgia in the United States and well-known North Korean expert, just returned from a March 17-20 visit to... [Mar.28,2007 14:11 KST]

China has been pushing ahead with construction of a mega-sized nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to be completed in 2020, according to a Chinese... [Mar.28,2007 12:51 KST]