The new commander of U.S. forces in Korea stood just feet away from North Korean soldiers on Friday.
North Korea has returned the body of a South Korean man after it washed up on its southwestern coast, according to South Korea's Red Cross.
South Korea admitted Thursday that it held a secret meeting with the North last month.
North Korea has demanded that South Korea immediately return 31 North Koreans who accidentally crossed over into South Korean waters on a fishing boat -- even though the South says four of them have decided to defect.
Four members of a group of 31 North Koreans who accidentally crossed over into South Korean waters on a fishing boat, have decided to defect to the South, despite Pyongyang's demands that they all be repatriated to the North, the South Korean Red Cross said.
Talks between North and South Korea collapsed Wednesday after the two sides failed to reach an agreement on securing high-level military discussions during preparatory meetings held in the border area of Panmunjom.
North and South Korea opened working-level military talks Tuesday at the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea's Defense Ministry said, marking the first inter-Korean dialogue in months.
CNN's Becky Anderson talks with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon about efforts to calm ongoing tension in Korea.
North and South Korea have agreed to hold working-level military talks at the truce village of Panmunjom next week, the Ministry of Defense said Tuesday.
In July, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. discussed the condemnation of the sinking of a South Korean warship.
South Korea proposed on Wednesday holding working-level talks with North Korea on February 11, the unification ministry said.
The South Korean Ministry of Unification confirmed Wednesday that it has reopened communication channels with Pyongyang, North Korea, in the border area of Panmunjom.
South Korean officials tell CNN that they're reviewing a call for resumption of talks between Pyongyang and Seoul that was published by North Korea's state-run KCNA news agency Saturday.
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.
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.
North Korean officials are criticizing the U.S. for bringing heavy weapons into a border village in the demilitarized zone that divides the Korean peninsula, state media reported Monday.
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It all starts on the sixth floor of the five-star Lotte Hotel, in the center of Seoul. After booking my place for Panmunjom Travel Center's Combined Tour, I show up at the agency office at 7:45 on a chilly Friday morning in December to begin my adventure.
North Korea's leader wants to add a day to a summit, but South Korea declines the offer. CNN's Sohn Jie-Ae reports.
Spitting across the demarcation line that separates the two armies. Making throat-slashing hand gestures. Flashing their middle fingers. Trying to talk to the South Korean troops.
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