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South Korea's defense chief called Wednesday for a pre-emptive strike on North Korea if there is a clear indication the country is preparing a nuclear attack....

South Korea and the U.S. rejected North Korea's proposal to start peace talks to formally end the Korean War, with Seoul saying Tuesday that can happen only after the North rejoins disarmament talks and reports progress in denuclearization.

Flights are cancelled, and roads and schools closed as parts of China and the Koreas endure heavy snow and ice storms.

North Korea announced today that it has custody of an American who entered the country illegally on Christmas Eve. Activists believe the man arrested is a missionary who went into the Communist country on Christmas Eve.

South Korea's military said Friday it was investigating a hacking attack that netted secret defense plans with the United States and may have been carried out by North Korea....

Five foreigners were detained and their foreign-registered aircraft impounded after it landed in the Thai capital Saturday with tons of war weaponry on board that originated in North Korea, Thai officials said.

President Obama's envoy on North Korea said Thursday that officials in Pyongyang agreed on the need to resume nuclear disarmament ...

Washington hopes to coax the nuclear-armed nation back into six-party disarmament negotiations, but Pyongyang wants one-on-one talks with the U.S.

North Korea revalued its national currency for the first time in decades in a bid to fight inflation and flush out the black market money trade, reports said Tuesday - a move that sent residents of the communist state scrambling to convert hoarded money into foreign currencies....

South Korean soldiers and police executed nearly 5,000 citizens during the early months of the 1950-53 Korean War, fearing they could collaborate with invading North Korean troops, a government commission said Thursday.