North Korea’s test firing of a long-range Taepodong-2 missile on July 5 was a failure, as the missile broke up in midair within 2 km of the launchpad after 40 seconds of flight, the Joint Chiefs of St.. [Sep.18,2006 14:22 KST]

South Korea and Japan have decided to jointly conduct a survey on radioactivity in the East Sea in October, including waters surrounding the South Korean islets of Dokdo, Seoul's Foreign Ministry sa.. [Sep.17,2006 22:23 KST]

North Korea's No. 2 leader vowed not to return to the six-party talks on his country's nuclear weapons program, unless the United States lifts financial restrictions on the communist state, news repo.. [Sep.17,2006 22:15 KST]

An annual U.S. report released Friday noted no change in the "extremely poor level" of religious freedom in North Korea, a regime designated every year since 2001 as a "country of particular concer.. [Sep.16,2006 15:14 KST]

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun was to return home Saturday after a two-week trip to Europe and the United States, his aides said. Roh had a summit with President George W. Bush in Washing.. [Sep.16,2006 13:58 KST]

South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun acknowledged that a North Korean nuclear test would be far more devastating than the July missile launches and is sending this message to Pyongyang and Beijing, .. [Sep.16,2006 13:42 KST]

Japan is losing out significantly, as it fails to honestly cope with its past wrongdoings, souring relations with neighbors in Northeast Asia and hurting America’s security interests. One who denies h.. [Sep.16,2006 13:25 KST]

Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon came in first in the second straw poll to predict the United Nation’s next secretary-general. "We believe that... [Sep.16,2006 13:18 KST]

South Korea's chief nuclear envoy Chun Yung-woo will meet with his U.S. counterpart in New York next week to discuss detailed ways of persuading North Korea back to the six-way talks on its nuclear .. [Sep.15,2006 21:08 KST]

South Korea and the United States will begin next week to specify their joint approach to reviving the stalled Korean nuclear disarmament talks, Seoul's chief security adviser said Thursday. Br.. [Sep.15,2006 19:48 KST]