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South Korean and US Militaries Begin Annual Summertime Drills to Cope With North Korean Threats

South Korea and the United States began their annual large-scale joint military exercise on Monday to better cope with ...

South Korea's Lee orders partial phased implementation of existing North Korea pacts

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, who has been seeking to improve strained relations with Pyongyang, ...

As South Korea’s population falls, its military is shrinking rapidly. Is that a problem as North Korea ramps up its forces?

South Korea’s birth rate has dropped throughout much of the past decade, spelling trouble for the military as regional ...

South Korea's Lee says no plans for 'unification by absorption' with North

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung pledged to "respect" North Korea's political system and said Seoul would not seek ...

South Korea's Lee to End Some Military Activity on Border With North Korea

In a speech to mark the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule, Lee said he would restore the ...

North Korea says South Korea's peace overtures a 'pipedream'

The North Korean leader's powerful sister said on Thursday that the country has never taken down propaganda loudspeakers and ...

Russian Duma speaker Volodin meets North Korea's Kim in Pyongyang

Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during an official visit to Pyongyang ...

North Korea denies loudspeaker removal, rejects Seoul outreach

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday denied Seoul's claim that the North had begun removing ...

North Korea Issues Warning Over 'Provocative' US Drills With Seoul

The drills, which will kick off next week, are a "direct military provocation" against North Korea, Pyongyang said.

North Korean and Russian leaders in call reaffirm their alignment over Ukraine

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call to discuss their deepening ties and ...

South Korea, US begin joint military exercises

The joint drills come at a time when Trump is eyeing higher payments for the US troops stationed in South Korea. Meanwhile, Seoul ordered the partial, phased implementation of existing pacts made with ...