Beijing urges caution as Seoul considers THAAD missile system
2016-01-13 18:58:07
As Seoul announced on Wednesday it was considering deploying the THAAD advance missile defense system, Beijing responded that "hopefully relevant countries will act cautiously and properly to tackle the issue".
ROK military fires warning shots at DPRK drone in border area
2016-01-13 14:55:41
The Republic of Korea's military fired warning shots at a drone flying across the border from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Yonhap news agency reported Wednesday.
S. Korea urges Japan to implement comfort women agreement
2016-01-13 14:03:23
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday urged Japan to play its role in implementing the bilateral agreement on Japan's wartime sex slavery of Korean women during World War II.
Park urges different response to DPRK's nuke test
2016-01-13 13:00:06
The Republic of Korea's President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday urged different responses from the international society to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's fourth nuclear test.
Aussie police officer shot by patient at hospital
2016-01-13 11:13:51
An Australian police officer and a security guard are in a critical but stable conditions after an alleged confrontation with a man who was threatening doctors with scissors at a local hospital.
Four-way talks to formulate response to DPRK nuclear test
2016-01-12 20:21:20
Seoul's chief nuclear negotiator plans to meet his US and Japanese counterparts on Wednesday and the following day will meet China's nuclear envoy in Beijing.
Union peace conference begins in Myanmar
2016-01-12 11:31:20
A union peace conference began in Myanmar's capital of Nay Pyi Taw Tuesday, ahead of the first round of national-level formal political dialogue between the government and eight ethnic armed groups.
Annual Coming of Age Day ceremony held in Tokyo
2016-01-12 10:23:19
According to a government announcement, more than 1.2 million men and women who were born in 1995 marked the coming of age this year, a decrease of approximately 50,000 from last year.
ROK to hold six-party talks with China, US, Japan on DPRK
2016-01-11 17:23:05
Representatives of ROK, China, the US and Japan in six-party talks to dismantle the DPRK's nuclear program will meet this week to discuss the DPRK's fourth nuclear test.
ROK to restrict access to Kaesong industrial complex
2016-01-11 13:29:34
The Republic of Korea (ROK) said on Monday that it will restrict the entry of ROK workers into the inter-Korean industrial complex in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) border city of Kaesong after Pyongyang's nuclear test.
ROK to restrict access to Kaesong industrial complex
2016-01-11 13:18:35
The Republic of Korea (ROK) says that it will restrict the entry of ROK workers into the inter-Korean industrial complex in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) border city of Kaesong after Pyongyang's nuclear test.
ROK, US militaries continue discussion on deploying 'strategic assets'
2016-01-11 11:29:42
Militaries of Republic of Korea(ROK)and the United States are continuing discussion on additional deployment of 'strategic assets' on the Korean peninsula.