North Korea on Wednesday asked for 300,000 tons of fertilizer in aid, the Unification Ministry said, days after the two Koreas agreed to resume humanitarian projects. "Chang Chae-on, president .. [Mar.7,2007 20:17 KST]

North Korea said Wednesday that the afternoon session of the normalization talks with Japan has been canceled, reports said, citing the North's embassy in Hanoi, the venue of the talks. The North Kor.. [Mar.7,2007 17:51 KST]

North Korea made clear it would live up to last month's denuclearization deal and was willing to look ahead to the next stage when it will have to come clean on all the nuclear weapons and programs .. [Mar.7,2007 09:28 KST]

Former Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan is scheduled to visit North Korea on Wednesday amid speculations that he may arrange an inter-Korean summit. Lee, a special advisor to President Roh Moo-hyun .. [Mar.6,2007 17:35 KST]

Japanese prime minister Abe Shinzo said Monday that there is "no need for us to apologize even if there is a resolution" passed by the... [Mar.6,2007 15:31 KST]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il visited the Chinese embassy in Pyongyang on Sunday and received a "verbal personal message" from China's President Hu Jintao, a news report said Monday. The Nor.. [Mar.6,2007 09:27 KST]

North Korean and U.S. negotiators began unprecedented talks in New York on Monday aimed at eventual diplomatic normalization that would end over half a century of animosity. North Korean Vi.. [Mar.6,2007 08:52 KST]

A state-run think tank said Sunday that a second summit between South and North Korea could take place in August amid the gradual easing of tension on the Korean Peninsula following the recent six-.. [Mar.4,2007 19:36 KST]

North Korea appears to be strongly committed to carrying out the first steps of the recent agreement on disabling its nuclear program, South Korea's chief nuclear negotiator said Saturday after meeti.. [Mar.4,2007 19:34 KST]

South Korean politicians on Saturday urged the Japanese prime minister to officially apologize for his claim that Japan never sexually enslaved Korean women during World War II. Japanese Prime .. [Mar.3,2007 14:27 KST]