The first such visit in more than two years comes at a time of frenetic diplomatic activity in Northeast Asia, ahead of the North's planned summits with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump

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Lee is accused of embezzling about 35 billion won from Samsung and using the money for political and personal gains

Ex-South Korean president indicted for corruption

Related government agencies are now negotiating comprehensive regulations for cryptocurrency markets

South Korean cryptocurrency executives detained over alleged embezzlement

The international isolation of North Korea appeared near complete towards the end of last year.

Opinion: Expect the unexpected in the Korean theatre

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un today attended the first concert in Pyongyang for over a decade by South Korean entertainers, including a K-pop girlband, the latest gesture of reconciliation before a rare inter-Korean summit

North Korea's Kim attends South Korea concert in latest reconciliatory move

The 500-tonne Marine 711 with about 40 Ghanaian and three South Korean sailors was boarded by unidentified pirates last Monday. The three South Korean sailors were kidnapped

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Amid thawing ties between the rivals after more than a year of heightened tensions over the North`s nuclear program, the visit came as a gesture of reconciliation before the peninsula after months of military tensions

Kim attends South Korean performance by K-pop stars in Pyongyang

The two allies are also set to stage the annual Key Resolve drill

US, South Korea begin low-key army drills amid diplomatic thaw

Trump offered no explanation for the apparent threat, which came just a day after he hailed the US-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) as a victory for his get-tough stance on commerce

Trump may put hold to South Korea trade deal until North Korea talks

The compensation that is being demanded is $12 million in total with each customer demanding $188

Over 60,000 iPhone users sue Apple in South Korea

This will be their first summit in over a decade. The two countries are still technically at war

North, South Korea to hold summit on April 27

The currency deal is considered a "side letter" that will not be enforceable with trade sanctions

US, South Korea to revise trade pact with currency side-deal

A South Korea court issued an arrest warrant for ex-President Lee Myung-bak on corruption charges Thursday, Yonhap news agency reported, days after he faced a marathon interrogation by prosecutors

Arrest warrant issued for ex-South Korean President Lee: Report

A Seoul defence ministry spokesman Tuesday confirmed the main exercise, expected to resume on April 1, would be truncated

US, South Korea military drills to resume

Trump reaffirmed on Friday that he was willing to meet Kim after South Korean officials passed on an invitation earlier this month. North Korea has so far not publicly acknowledged the invitation

Sweden, North Korea talks end, may help pave way for Trump-Kim encounter

Allegations of graft involving the conservative 76-year-old's relatives and aides during his term have mounted in recent weeks as prosecutors investigate multiple cases of bribery amounting to millions of dollars

South Korean ex-president Lee Myung-bak questioned on graft

Can the world expect substantive achievements to come out of the meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong, who will face each other they know only from media reports and biased information from their eager-to-please intelligence services?

Opinion: Sneak-peek into Kim Jong's unpredictable mind before meeting Trump

Farkasova and her guide Natalia Subrtova finished in 1min 29.72 sec, beating second-placed Millie Knight of Britain and her guide Brett Wild by 0.86 sec

Slovakia's Henrieta Farkasova wins first gold of Winter Paralympics

The 2018 Winter Paralympics is scheduled to take place in Pyeongchang County, South Korea from 9 to 18 March 2018

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Kim Jong came up with an effective response to North Korea's urgent need to deflect pressure, buy time and make a pitch for easing sanctions and humanitarian assistance.

Opinion: Kim Jong wins the first round against US, South Korea

The US president said "statements coming out of South Korea and North Korea have been very positive."

Possible progress made in talks with North Korea, tweets Trump

South Korean officials met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Monday in the first such encounter of its kind and said he had expressed his willingness to denuclearise if his country's security is assured

South Korea's Moon says sanctions on North to stay, too early to be optimistic

Kim's discussions with the South Korean delegation lasted more than four hours,

North Korea ready for 'inter-Korean ties and pursue reunification', says Kim during meeting with South Korean delegation

One of his secretaries told a television interviewer on Monday that he had raped her four times since hiring her in June

South Korean presidential hopeful quits after rape accusation

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