The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Monday that getting U.N. nuclear monitors back in North Korea would be a "complex process" that requires lots of efforts to build confidence between his a.. [Mar.12,2007 20:48 KST]

President Roh Moo-hyun said Monday that his government will strive to replace the cease-fire that ended the 1950-53 Korean War with a permanent peace treaty following the resolution of the North Kore.. [Mar.12,2007 19:34 KST]

At a March 6 working-level meeting held in New York designed to normalize relationship between Pyongyang and Washington, chief six-party talks delegate Christopher Hill stressed that North Korea has b.. [Mar.12,2007 15:09 KST]

Thomas Schieffer, United States ambassador to Japan and one of the U.S.’s more prominent officials familiar with Japan, has come out criticizing Japanese prime minister Abe Shinzo’s recent comments on.. [Mar.12,2007 14:55 KST]

The United States has promised North Korea that it would end financial sanctions against the communist state, the North's chief nuclear envoy said Saturday. "The U.S. has promised the North it .. [Mar.10,2007 15:09 KST]

Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s recent denial that the Japanese military forcibly rounded up women into sexual slavery and that there is any... [Mar.10,2007 14:13 KST]

North Korea's nuclear envoy met his Chinese counterpart here Friday to prepare for a fresh round of six-nation talks on the North's denuclearization slated for March 19, a report said. Accordin.. [Mar.9,2007 21:23 KST]

Comments made by South Korean Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Song Min-soon on March 8 hinted that U.S. and North Korean officials are... [Mar.9,2007 15:34 KST]

North Korea said Thursday it ended talks with Japan on normalizing ties, blaming Japan for the failure to make headway in the negotiations. "It is meaningless to hold the talks further because .. [Mar.8,2007 17:22 KST]

Amid the controversy surrounding Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s denial that the Japanese military forced foreign women into sexual slavery during World War II, Japan’s conservative newspapers su.. [Mar.8,2007 15:22 KST]