U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill is currently visiting Hong Kong for talks on frozen North Korean bank accounts in neighboring Macau, amid growing tension over Pyongyang's recent nu.. [Oct.22,2006 20:01 KST]

The United States has not given any orders yet to work out details for the extension of a nuclear umbrella for South Korea in case of an attack from North Korea, a senior U.S. defense official said F.. [Oct.21,2006 14:54 KST]

South Korea and the United States reached a compromise agreement Friday to complete the transfer of wartime operational control of South Korean troops from the U.S. over a 30-month period from 2009 .. [Oct.21,2006 14:32 KST]

Chinese banks in Dandong have been turning away North Koreans looking to open up new accounts since October 19, according to a local source. This... [Oct.21,2006 13:50 KST]

The Chinese government has issued an order to halt a tourist train service from the Chinese border city of Dandong to Pyongyang starting Sunday, tour agencies here said Friday. The move followed an e.. [Oct.20,2006 20:14 KST]

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il told a ranking Chinese envoy that his country has no plan to conduct additional nuclear tests, an informed diplomatic source here said Friday. Kim made the prom.. [Oct.20,2006 19:57 KST]

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso said Friday that Tokyo has full understanding of Seoul's pursuit of inter-Korean cooperation projects, such as the Mount Geumgang tourism project and an industrial .. [Oct.20,2006 13:43 KST]

The U.S. military on Wednesday accepted South Korea's request for a concrete pledge to provide a nuclear umbrella in case of an attack from North Korea, a senior South Korean military official said. .. [Oct.19,2006 21:10 KST]

South Korea and the U.S. delivered a joint warning on Thursday that North Korea should not conduct another nuclear test, as China sent a high-powered envoy to North Korea as part of its own diplomati.. [Oct.19,2006 20:43 KST]

North-South cooperative projects cannot be maintained as if nothing has happened, said Alexander Vershbow, U.S. ambassador to South Korea, at a... [Oct.19,2006 14:14 KST]