The U.N. Human Rights Committee recommended the South Korean government on December 4 to provide compensation to two conscientious objectors who... [Dec.9,2006 14:25 KST]

The six-party North Korea nuclear talks could reopen within the next few days, a senior U.S.official said Friday. "There is potential in the next 10 days or so," the official said on background.. [Dec.9,2006 12:22 KST]

U.S. nuclear weapons are not presently deployed in South Korea, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said Friday, dismissing North Korea's repeated claims that the U.S. has been shipping its nuclear a.. [Dec.8,2006 17:17 KST]

"Where only months ago there was an old house now stands a high-rise apartment, and once-narrow alleys have been widened into streets." So said Mr.... [Dec.8,2006 14:31 KST]

The Japanese government has been getting tougher on the association of pro-North Korean residents in the country following Pyongyang's first nuclear test two months ago. On November 27, hundreds of.. [Dec.7,2006 14:06 KST]

Fourteen executives from seven South Korean defense firms have been indicted by prosecutors for illegally selling factory equipment and technology to the government of Myanmar. The materials were to b.. [Dec.7,2006 13:38 KST]

The Japanese daily Mainichi Shinbun reported on November 30 that Ko young-hee, also known as Kim Jong-il's third wife, had published a book about... [Dec.7,2006 13:16 KST]

U.S. defense secretary-designate Robert Gates said Tuesday his views on dealing with North Korea have changed from when he wrote in 1994 that the United States should destroy Pyongyang's nuclear rep.. [Dec.6,2006 20:44 KST]

Christopher Hill, the top U.S. nuclear negotiator on Pyongyang, is most likely to be named Washington's policy coordinator for North Korea, sources here said Tuesday. Currently assistant secre.. [Dec.6,2006 20:35 KST]

South Korea and the United States struck a deal Wednesday to increase Seoul's share of the cost of maintaining U.S. troops here by 6.6 percent, the Foreign Ministry said. South Korea will contr.. [Dec.6,2006 20:10 KST]