Andrei Lankov, professor at Kookmin University in Seoul and director of Korea Risk Group, talks about the tension between the two Koreas. North Korea destroyed a liaison office with South Korea and …
S. Korea says no suspicious activities by North Korea yet
South Korea says it hasn’t detected any suspicious activities by North Korea, a day after it threatened with provocative acts at the border in violation of a 2018 agreement to reduce tensions …
South Korea’s nuclear envoy visits U.S. as tensions flare with North Korea
South Korea’s chief nuclear negotiator will hold talks with officials in Washington on Thursday amid flaring tensions with North Korea after Pyongyang blew up an inter-Korean liaison office and …
First North Korea, Now Iran Warns South Korea Over Its Ties to U.S.
Both North Korea and Iran have hit out South Korea over its perceived over-dependence on a decades-long alliance with the United States.
Kim Jong-un poised to send North Korea army back into buffer zone
North Korea has dismissed South Korea’s offer of diplomatic talks and is preparing to return troops to border areas. The move comes after a joint liaison office was demolished, bringing to an end two …
North Korea demolishes inter-Korean liaison office near border amid growing tensions
Korean liaison office in a town on the border with South Korea in an escalation of tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The North Korean state news agency, KCNA, reported Tuesday that the office was …
President Trump’s North Korea Summits Gave Kim Jong Un ‘de Facto Nuclear State Status,’ Ban Ki-moon Says
Former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said that Kim Jong Un played to President Donald Trump’s “ego and penchant for pageantry” during their three one-on-one high-profile summits in …
North Korea broadcasts explosion video as tensions with Seoul and Washington escalate
North Korea has upped the ante even further by broadcasting footage of an explosion in the DMZ linking it to South Korea. North Korean state television has broadcast footage of the demolition of the …
North Korea rejects South’s offer to send envoys
North Korea rejected South Korea’s offer to send special envoys to ease escalating tensions on Wednesday and instead vowed to redeploy troops to the border. This comes a day after North Korea blew up …
South Korea’s Moon faces crisis in peace bid with North but has few options
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in faces the biggest crisis yet in his bid to foster reconciliation with North Korea, as it lashes out with the destruction of a joint office and rolls back agreements …