South and North Korea begin first official talks in two years
Under the dark cloud of Trump vs Kim war of words, South and North Korea began talks with an eye on forthcoming Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.
Jan 09, 2018, 10:31 AM IST
North and South Korea begin talks
North and South Korea began their first talks in more than two years on Tuesday, Seoul`s Unification ministry said.
Jan 09, 2018, 07:15 AM IST
Iranian oil tanker collides with vessel off China coast, 32 crew members missing
The 32 missing crew members were all from the oil tanker.
Jan 07, 2018, 12:33 PM IST
Donald Trump says willing to talk with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un
US President Donald Trump said Saturday he would be willing to speak directly with Kim Jong-Un, voicing hope that rare talks between North and South Korea could help de-escalate the crisis over Pyongyang`s nuclear drive.
Jan 07, 2018, 07:21 AM IST
North Korea 'likely' to join Winter Games, says IOC official
The comments by Chang Ung, Pyongyang's representative to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), come a day after the North and South agreed to hold rare talks next week and follow Seoul and Washington's announcement that they would postpone joint military exercises that rile North Korea.
Jan 06, 2018, 14:55 PM IST
Seoul, Pyongyang agree to hold high-level talks
North Korea notified that it has accepted South Korea's latest offer for talks on January 9.
Jan 05, 2018, 08:53 AM IST
Donald Trump calls talks between North Korea and South Korea 'good thing', takes credit for it
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the reopening of a hotline between North and South Korea.
Jan 04, 2018, 17:40 PM IST
North Korea should change course, end nuke programme: Japan's Shinzo Abe
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says North Korea should change its policies to help enrich its people.
Jan 04, 2018, 13:15 PM IST
Pyeongchang Winter Olympics organisers: South Korea well-prepared, if North Korea attends
Lee Hee-Beom, head of the 2018 Olympic organising committee, said they had long been preparing for the North's attendance at what he described as the "largest-ever winter festival in history".
Jan 03, 2018, 20:04 PM IST
Pyongyang to reopen inter-Korean hotline after Seoul proposes talks
North Korea said Wednesday it will reopen a hotline with the South to discuss attending the Winter Olympics, forging ahead with peace overtures despite taunts from US President Donald Trump who said he has a "much bigger" nuclear button than Kim Jong-Un.
Jan 03, 2018, 11:47 AM IST
South Korea proposes high-level talks with North, after Kim Jong-Un's New Year olive branch
South Korean minister Cho Myoung-Gyon said Seoul is ready for talks "at any time and place in any form".
Jan 02, 2018, 11:16 AM IST
Kim Jong Un says 'open to dialogue' with South Korea
Kim Jong Un on Monday warned the United States he has a "nuclear button" on his desk ready for use if North Korea is threatened.
Jan 01, 2018, 23:16 PM IST
North Korea could participate in South Korea's Winter Olympics, says Kim Jong-un
Two North Korean athletes – pairs figure skaters Ryom Tae-Ok and Kim Ju-Sik – qualified for the Games but the North Korean Olympic Committee missed an October 30 deadline to confirm to the International Skating Union that they would participate.
Jan 01, 2018, 16:27 PM IST
South Korea seizes second ship suspected of providing oil to North Korea
The UN Security Council last month unanimously imposed new sanctions on North Korea for a recent intercontinental ballistic missile test.
Dec 31, 2017, 15:08 PM IST
2018 Winter Olympics: Ice hockey forward Brock Radunske, 15 others get South Korean citizenship
Changes to the country's immigration laws, which came into effect in 2011, allow foreign players to represent South Korea while retaining passport from the country of origin.
Dec 29, 2017, 16:02 PM IST
South Korea seizes Hong Kong ship for oil transfer to North Korea: Seoul
South Korea briefly seized and inspected a Hong Kong-registered ship in November for transferring oil products to a North Korean vessel and breaching UN sanctions, a foreign ministry official said Friday.
Dec 29, 2017, 13:49 PM IST
Dog meat business dying a slow death in South Korea as growling protests make effect
South Koreans are believed to consume about one million dogs a year as a summertime delicacy. Now, protesting animal rights activists have begun making an impact to save the canines.
Dec 27, 2017, 11:13 AM IST
29 killed as massive fire rips through 8-storey building in South Korea's Jechon
The fire broke at the fitness centre and quickly engulfed the entire eight-storey building, leaving many trapped inside.
Dec 22, 2017, 07:51 AM IST
Another North Korean soldier defects to South, 2nd to do so in two months
A North Korean soldier defected to the South on Thursday across the heavily-guarded Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula, Seoul's defence ministry said, only a month after a comrade did the same under a hail of bullets from his own side.
Dec 21, 2017, 08:28 AM IST
Colombia's Edwin Cardona gets five-game ban for racist gesture
FIFA said the suspension would be "served during the upcoming friendly matches of the Colombian representative team" and includes a stadium ban for those five matches and a fine of 20,000 Swiss Francs.
Dec 12, 2017, 22:35 PM IST
