President Barack Obama and his South Korean counterpart hailed a new trade deal and close ties between the two countries at a state dinner Thursday night at the White House.
In the face of North Korean threats, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak stepped up his nationalist push, urging countrymen in a radio address "to stand together, united as one."
CNN's Kyung Lah tours a photo gallery designed to create unified opinion about South Korean national security.
A top North Korean general offered Sunday to help return the remains of several hundred U.S. troops killed during the Korean War, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said.
With South Korea returning to an uneasy calm down after a fatal artillery attack on an offshore island Tuesday, North Korean watchers in Seoul were scrambling to explain what may have been the thinking behind Pyongyang's fatal attack.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on North Korea to end belligerent actions during a visit to South Korea.
With fingers pointing to North Korea for the March 26 sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan and the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War falling on June 25, the flashpoint peninsula is in the global spotlight once more. Here is a look at the questions looming over the two Koreas.
Jo Myong Rok, a top North Korean military officer, died of heart disease Saturday, the country's official news agency reported. He was 82.
Relatives divided since 1953 reunited for the first time Saturday at a South Korean-built tourism resort in North Korea amid tensions between the two sides.
The first military talks between South Korea and North Korea ended without progress Thursday, the Yonhap news agency reported.
South Korea and North Korea on Thursday morning began military talks for the first time in nearly two years, the Yonhap news agency reported.
South Korea and North Korea on Thursday will hold military talks for the first time in nearly two years, according to the South's defense ministry, the Yonhap news agency reported.
North Korea on Thursday proposed working-level military talks with South Korea, the Yonhap news agency reported.
The U.S.-led United Nations Command will meet again Friday with North Korea to discuss the sinking of a South Korean warship, according to the U.S. Forces Korea website.
Former CNN correspondent Mike Chinoy discusses the latest threat from North Korea.
North Korea on Saturday heightened its threats against upcoming U.S.-supported military exercises after talks over the sinking of a South Korean warship.
CNN's Dan Rivers reports on the major issues on the table at the ASEAN conference in Hanoi.
The second round of talks between North Korea and the U.S.-led U.N. Command on the peninsula ended Friday.
North Korea has agreed to hold talks Friday with the U.S.-led U.N. Command on the peninsula over the sinking of a South Korean warship.
A much-anticipated meeting Tuesday between military officers of the U.S.-led U.N. Command and North Korea in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea has been postponed, the command said.
North and South Korea marked the 60th anniversary of the Korean War with sober commemorations and sharp rhetoric as tensions continued to ripple between the two countries over the sinking in March of a South Korean warship.
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