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Violence in N Korea as hunger woes mount

Angry North Koreans have attacked security agents as hunger woes mount following a crackdown on free-market trade, according to reports on Tuesday.

Naver’s grassroots pundits never short of an answer

In one of the world’s most wired societies, South Koreans seldom "Google" a topic. Instead they "Naver" it, thanks to a real-time question-and-answer system involving tens of…

South Korean historic landmark collapses after blaze

South Koreans mourned the loss of a 600-year-old building designated as the nation’s top cultural landmark, which collapsed in ruins early on Monday after catching fire. Police…

N Korean nuclear talks break up in disarray

Six-nation talks aimed at ending North Korea’s nuclear-weapons programme broke up on Thursday following four days of deadlock, throwing efforts to implement a disarmament accord…

North Korea: US will ‘respond appropriately’

The top United States envoy to South Korea warned on Wednesday that Washington and its allies would "respond appropriately" if North Korea test-fired a missile capable of…

No more nukes, pledges North Korea

North Korea promised on Monday to give up its nuclear weapons in exchange for pledges of aid and security, the first major breakthrough in more than two years of deadlock over…

Last-ditch wrangling over N Korean nuclear issue

Delegates were engaged in last-ditch wrangling on Sunday over a proposed joint document aimed at breaking the deadlock in North Korean nuclear talks, but there was no sign of any…

Delegates return to N Korea nuclear talks

North Korean, Russian, United States and South Korean delegates discussing ways to scrap North Korea’s nuclear-weapons programme returned to the main talks venue late on…

Flags burned in South Korea’s anti-Japan protests

Protesters burned Japanese flags in Seoul on Wednesday as South Korea’s foreign affairs minister denounced Japan for stepping up its claim to disputed islets under Seoul’s…

‘There is no genocide in Sudan’

Sudan’s foreign minister said on Monday he was optimistic about striking a peace deal within three months to end atrocities in Darfur and again rejected United States charges of…