South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that the government will take appropriate measures on the arrest of 175 North Korean defectors in Thailand. On Tuesday night, Thai police.. [Aug.23,2006 19:59 KST]

A French couple suspected of involvement in the deaths of two newborn babies in Seoul refused to return from France to face investigation, so the case is now in the hands of the French poli.. [Aug.23,2006 19:49 KST]

Thai police raided a church home and rounded up 175 North Korean defectors being sheltered there while seeking asylum in another country, sources here said Wednesday. Officials indicated th.. [Aug.23,2006 15:43 KST]

Washington indicated that it would expand sanctions to cover North Korean bank accounts worldwide, saying that the North was hiding considerable illegal funds in international banks, including .. [Aug.23,2006 15:32 KST]

U.S. President George W. Bush said he talked Monday with Chinese leader Hu Jintao about dissuading North Korea from pursuing nuclear weapons and bringing it back to dialogue. The telephone.. [Aug.22,2006 20:38 KST]

The U.S. military here has declined a South Korean request for a joint probe of an oil leak from a base, the Environment Ministry said... [Aug.22,2006 15:45 KST]

South Korea received notice in June from the United States that Washington would return 19 bases for which negotiations between the two... [Aug.22,2006 15:32 KST]

Seoul, Aug. 21 (Yonhap News) South Korea and the United States kicked off a joint military exercise on Monday, officials said, amid heightened tension over North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons .. [Aug.21,2006 21:46 KST]

South Korea has stepped up monitoring of North Korea's nuclear activity following reports of the secretive state's alleged preparations for the underground test of an atomic bomb, defense source.. [Aug.20,2006 19:28 KST]

North Korea has opened accounts at 23 banks in 10 countries following the U.S. imposition of financial sanctions on a bank in Macau last year, a Japanese newspaper reported Saturday. The S.. [Aug.19,2006 14:30 KST]