Kim Jong Il's eldest son speaks about North Korea's new leader, his brother. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.
One day after South Korea staged exercises near Yeonpyeong Island marking the anniversary of North Korea's deadly shelling, the North's military threatened "a sea of fire" upon the South's presidential office, the South's Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday.
Jim Clancy interviews a key North Korean lawmaker on prospects for reviving talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons.
The sense of security that South Koreans had enjoyed for almost 60 years was shattered one year ago, when the North launched an attack on the civilian island of Yeonpyeong, killing two marines and two civilians.
The South Korean coast guard said Saturday it found 21 North Korean defectors adrift on the Yellow Sea this week.
In February, military talks between North and South Korea ended in failure. CNN's Paula Hancocks reports.
North Korea has identified a detained American man, who was arrested last year for "committing a crime" against the reclusive nation, according to state-run media.
CNN's Jill Dougherty reports on an American man detained by North Korean authorities.
An American man has been detained in North Korea, two State Department officials told CNN.
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.
South Korea agreed in principal to hold humanitarian talks with North Korea, as the two sides resumed working-level military meetings Wednesday, South Korea's government said.
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.
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 Korea's president said Monday the country should respond to the attack on Yeonpyeong Island the same way the United States reacted to the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York -- by using the event as an opportunity to reflect on security and overhaul the country's defenses.
Weeks after North Korea's attack on Yeonpyeong Island, the mood is still tense on the streets of Seoul, especially following the largest ever winter live-fire drill and civil defense exercise.
Gov. Bill Richardson says North and South Korea were 'very close' to war when he arrived in North Korea last week.
The South Korean defense minister will meet his Chinese counterpart next year amid growing tensions between the Koreas, Seoul state media said Sunday.
CNN's Kyung Lah reports South Korea's government and citizens say perceptions have changed about North Korea.
A disputed maritime border. Long-standing tensions. And Tuesday, a sharp escalation of hostilities. North and South Korea fired at each other for about an hour on an island that sits off a disputed border. The deadly skirmish raised fears of war between the two rival nations, once again spiking tension in the entire region.
A few months ago, most South Koreans would have laughed at a question that now looms large in their minds: "Will there be a second Korean War?"
Amid South Korean plans to hold live-fire military drills this week and North Korean threats of retaliation, many residents of Yeonpyeong Island are evacuating, afraid of being caught in the middle.
North Korean military leaders agree in principle to a hot line with Seoul and offer to return U.S. remains.
South Korean residents of disputed island leave before naval drills. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.
While the United Nations' Security Council wrangled over growing tensions in the Korean peninsula, South Korea ordered thousands to find shelter in preparation for the South's planned live-fire military exercises, which could take place within hours, the military announced.
North Korea warned Friday it would launch a military strike against the South if Seoul goes ahead with live-fire drills near Yeonpyeong Island over the next five days, North Korea's state-run KCNA reported.
South Korea will conduct naval fire drills near a flashpoint with the North that resulted in the deaths of four people, military officials said Thursday.
South Korea conducted its largest-ever nationwide civil defense drill Wednesday afternoon to prepare the public for a potential military attack from North Korea after Pyongyang shelled a South Korean island less than a month ago.
The South Korean presidential office accepted the resignation of the chief of the Army Tuesday, the Yonhap news agency reported.
Former Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair believes South Korea will take military action against the North.
South Korea will conduct a new round of naval firing drills Monday -- but it is scheduled to steer clear of border islands, defense officials told the Yonhap News Agency.
The South Korean navy began live-fire exercises on the seas surrounding the Korean peninsula Monday in the midst of bristling tensions with the North, South Korean state media reported.
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