Defections across the heavily guarded Demilitarised Zone that divides the Korean peninsula are very rare, but this year there have been four.

North Korean defector numbers slump as controls tighten

The cash -- said to total 3.8 billion won -- was reportedly delivered by NIS agents to Park's aides in uncrowded parking lots or in back alleys near the presidential Blue House.

Ousted South Korean president Park 'took money from spy agency': Reports

South Korea on Tuesday announced it was open for dialogue at a border village raising hopes of peace in the Korean peninsula.

Dialogue between North and South Korea wasn't possible if I was not firm: Trump

South Korea Tuesday has proposed holding high-level talks on January 9

After North Korea says open to dialogue, South Korea proposes talks

South Korea Tuesday proposed high-level talks with Pyongyang on January 9, after the North's leader Kim Jong-Un called for better relations and said his country might attend the Winter Olympics in the South

South Korea proposes high-level talks with North Korea on January 9

In a televised address to the nation, North Korean leader?Kim Jong Un said his country was "a peace-loving and responsible nuclear power"

Sanctions beginning to have big impact on North Korea: Trump

Kim used his televised New Year's Day speech to declare North Korea 'a peace-loving and responsible nuclear power' and call for lower military tensions and improved ties with the South

North Korea's Kim says 'open to dialogue' with South Korea, will use nukes only if threatened

South Korean authorities have seized a Panama-flagged vessel suspected of transferring oil products to North Korea in violation of international sanctions, a customs official said on Sunday

South Korea seizes second ship suspected of providing oil to North Korea

WION Evening News Brief, December 31, 2017

The issue of women forced into sexual slavery for Tokyo troops during the World War II is a hugely emotional subject that has marred ties between the South and its former colonial ruler, Japan

South Korea's Moon says 'comfort women' deal seriously flawed

The fire broke out around 4 pm local time and quickly engulfed the entire eight-storey building

29 dead in fitness centre blaze in South Korea: Fire service

Last month, a North Korean soldier also reported to be a "low ranking soldier" had crossed the border and had entered South Korean territory

South Korean army fires warning shots after North Korean soldier defects across DMZ

South Korean coast guard vessels regularly chase Chinese boats suspected of fishing illegally in South Korean waters, at times sparking violent confrontations

South Korea 'fired 249 warning shots' to fend off Chinese fishing boats

North Korea has defended its weapons programmes as necessary to counter US aggression

Japan and South Korea urge China to do more to 'pressure' North Korea

Hwang Pyong-so, a key member of Kim Jong-un's inner circle has mysteriously vanished from public life

Kim Jong-un's top aide executed by North Korean death squad: Reports

Russia and China have been interacting on coordinating action on North Korea at the UN Security Council

Trump calls Putin to discuss North Korea as Korean peninsula simmers

President Trump's national security advisor(NSA), H.R. McMaster, said that denuclearization is "the only viable objective in North Korea."?

Tillerson not creating new policy on North Korea: US State Department

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un told scientists that his country would continue to manufacturing "more latest weapons and equipment"

Ready to talk but North Korea should be ready to make a choice: Tillerson

At an emotional court martial in Japan in 2004,?Charles Robert Jenkins?-- who had never gone to high school -- said he deserted to avoid hazardous duty in South Korea and escape combat in Vietnam

US soldier who defected to North Korea in 1965 dies

The three players will take on Japan in the final round of East Asian Football Championship in Tokyo on Saturday

Born in Japan, playing for North Korea under shadow of missile crisis

China was recently reported to have conducted military drills over the sea bordering North Korea as a 'warning' to the United States

US threats make war 'unavoidable': North Korea

The five-day Vigilant Ace drill -- involving some 230 aircraft including F-22 Raptor stealth jet fighters -- began on Monday

Watch: US B-1B bombers join aerial drill with South Korea

'Analysts suggest Chinese military drills as a warning to the United States and South Korea against attacking North Korea,' a WION TV report said

China holds military drills near North Korea border, 'warns' US

South Korean President Moon Jae-In will visit China next week for talks on North Korea and other issues, his office said Wednesday, amid tentative signs of diplomatic movement after months of high tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile threats

South Korea's Moon to visit China for talks on North Korea

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