A growing number of South Korean males in their late teens and early 20s are going to Southeast Asian countries to buy sex, as the crackdown on the... [Dec.6,2006 14:10 KST]

The amount of trade between North Korea and the United States for the first nine months of this year - before the North's nuclear test - was US$3,000, said the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency .. [Dec.6,2006 13:55 KST]

The United States demanded that North Korea by the end of 2008 fully carry out the stipulations of the September 19 Joint Statement that Pyongyang agreed to last year, according to a December 3 report.. [Dec.4,2006 15:21 KST]

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun arrived in Indonesia Sunday for a three-day state visit to the Southeast Asian nation prior to participating in an annual East Asian summit in the Philippines nex.. [Dec.3,2006 21:25 KST]

The United States will make sure North Korea comes back to nuclear negotiations fully prepared to make progress, even if it takes time, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reaffirmed Thursday. .. [Dec.2,2006 16:26 KST]

North Korea completed its crop harvest, and results suggest the country will need at least 1 million tons of food aid from the outside, according to a report released Thursday by the U.N. Food and Ag.. [Dec.2,2006 16:20 KST]

President Roh Moo-hyun formally appointed his chief security secretary Song Min-soon as the foreign minister Friday, Roh's office Cheong Wa Dae said. Song was awarded a letter of appointment i.. [Dec.1,2006 19:58 KST]

North Korea's top nuclear envoy said Thursday that his country will not "unilaterally" give up its nuclear weapons program, snubbing Washington's repeated calls for it to "get out of the business.".. [Nov.30,2006 21:18 KST]

South Korea's defense minister said Thursday that the country's troops stationed in Iraq will be able to "terminate their mission" of aid and reconstruction there by the end of next year. "Th.. [Nov.30,2006 20:52 KST]

Clashes between locals and the authorities broke out in the North Korean city of Hoeryong (Hoeryeong) in September and again in early November, according to a November 29 report in the Japanese newspa.. [Nov.30,2006 15:28 KST]