INCHEON, South Korea - President Barack Obama's special envoy arrived in South Korea on Sunday en route to North Korea for a rare meeting aimed at bringing the communist country back to international nuclear disarmament talks. Stephen Bosworth, the
SEOUL - One person was killed and five injured in an explosion Thursday at a South Korean weapons test site, the defence ministry said. A spokesman said two of the five injured were seriously hurt by the blast, which happened when artillery shells
South Korea is caught in a dilemma between its promise to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions and mounting concerns that the move will only benefit business rival China, a minister said Tuesday. Knowledge Economy Minister Choi Kyung-Hwan also s
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - A South Korean fishing vessel has burned and sunk in the port of Uruguay's capital. Navy officials say all 38 crew members are safe. Navy spokesman Anselmo Borges says Saturday's fire began in the bunk area and spread to other
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean soldiers and police executed nearly 5,000 citizens during the early months of the 1950-53 Korean War, fearing they could collaborate with invading North Korean troops, a government commission said Thursday. The vict
SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean official says a gunman has opened fire on the island of Saipan, killing four people before fatally shooting himself. The Foreign Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized t
SEOUL - South Korean security authorities Thursday announced the arrest of a college lecturer on charges of spying for North Korea, saying he was recruited by Pyongyang's agents in India. The man, identified only as Lee, is accused of passing infor
A South Korean court Monday imposed a suspended prison term on a disgraced scientist whose claims of stem-cell breakthroughs rocked the scientific world until his research was found to be faked. The Seoul court passed a two-year sentence suspended f
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