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/ 16 February 2011
North Korea was in festive mood as leader Kim Jong-il turned 69 on Wednesday, state media reported.
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/ 9 February 2011
South Korea agreed on Wednesday to hold talks with North Korea on humanitarian issues between the rivals.
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/ 17 January 2011
Somali pirates hijacked a Greek-owned bulk carrier on Monday after releasing a Greek-owned tanker the day before, the European Union Naval Force says.
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/ 17 January 2011
Impoverished North Korea could bring its own collapse if it keeps pouring scarce national resources into its nuclear weapons programme.
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/ 10 January 2011
Computer hackers from South and North Korea are waging an apparent propaganda battle in cyberspace.
Samsung Electronics said on Friday that both sales and operating profit likely rose to record highs in 2010.
South Korean police have found evidence that Internet giant Google illegally collected private data while producing its Street View mapping service.
South Korea said on Monday it was open to dialogue with Pyongyang if the North was ready to dismantle its nuclear facilities.
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/ 29 December 2010
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said on Wednesday the nuclear crisis on the peninsula must be tackled by negotiation.
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/ 28 December 2010
South Korean activists rallied on Tuesday against North Korea, burning a flag and photos of the North’s leaders to protest a deadly artillery attack.
North Korea criticised major land and sea military exercises staged by the South on Thursday, but stopped short of threatening a retaliatory strike.
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/ 22 December 2010
South Korea is preparing for a major live-fire drill involving fighter jets and tanks near the tense North Korean border.
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/ 21 December 2010
G20 commitment to tackle corruption is good news — if its proposals are implemented.
South Korea launched live firing drills in a disputed area on Monday despite threats of war from Pyongyang.
South Korea will go ahead with live firing drills from a disputed island on Monday, local media said, despite threats of attack by Pyongyang.
South Korea said on Saturday it will go ahead with artillery drills on a border island, despite Pyongyang’s retaliation threats.
North Korea said on Friday it would strike again at the South if a live-firing drill planned by Seoul on a disputed island went ahead.
Communist allies North Korea and China proclaimed their unity as the North’s leader held a meeting with a senior Chinese envoy.
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/ 7 December 2010
The US, South Korea and Japan all urged China to help rein in its ally North Korea and vowed solidarity in defending Seoul from any further attacks.
Japanese, South Korean and United States foreign ministers meet on Monday to plot strategy towards an increasingly provocative North Korea.
South Korea said on Friday it would bomb North Korea if it tries a repeat of last week’s attack.
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/ 30 November 2010
Secretive North Korea detailed for the first time its expanded nuclear programme on Tuesday, saying it had thousands of working centrifuges.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Monday labelled North Korea’s artillery attack on an island a crime against humanity.
North Korea has placed surface-to-surface missiles on launch pads in the Yellow Sea, Yonhap news agency reported on Sunday.
South Korea’s marine commander on Saturday vowed "thousand-fold" revenge for a North Korean attack that killed two servicemen.
South Korea’s marine commander on Saturday vowed "thousand-fold" revenge for a North Korean attack that killed two servicemen.
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/ 27 November 2010
South Korea’s new defence minister has called for tougher action against North Korean attacks, as tension mounted after an artillery exchange.
Kim Tae-young, South Korea’s defence minister, has resigned two days after an attack by North Korea and amid criticism on the South’s response.
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/ 25 November 2010
South Korea ordered extra troops into islands near North Korea, while Pyongyang warned it would attack again if there were any more "provocations".
A US aircraft carrier headed toward the Korean peninsula on Wednesday, a day after North Korea launched artillery shells on a South Korean island.
North Korea fired dozens of artillery shells at a South Korean island in one of the heaviest attacks on its neighbour since the Korean War.
South Korea’s defence ministry said on Tuesday that North Korea’s firing of artillery shells was a clear violation of an armistice.