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Pyongyang unlikely to close Gaeseong first: observers

Despite its menacing rhetoric, North Korea is unlikely to move first to shut down the inter-Korean joint industrial park in Gaeseong, which would fatally harm investor confidence and further worsen i...

Updated : 2013.04.28 20:45

Seoul focuses on safety of Gaeseong assets, compensation to firms

Vehicles of South Korean companies pass the customs, immigration and quarantine office of South Korea in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, Sunday as they return from the Gaeseong industrial complex. (Yonhap N...

Updated : 2013.04.28 17:19

U.S. fully understands, supports Seoul's decision to withdraw from Gaeseong: official

South Korea's foreign ministry said Sunday that the United States fully understands and supports the country's decision to withdraw all of its personnel from the inter-Korean industrial complex after...

Updated : 2013.04.28 15:33

S. Korea should take full responsibility for shutdown of joint

A North Korean official said Saturday that South Korea should be held responsible if a troubled inter-Korean industrial complex in the communist country is shut down permanently. In a report by the ...

Updated : 2013.04.28 10:32

Timetable not decided on when to discuss resumption of six-party

South Korea's foreign ministry said Saturday that no decision has been made yet on when to hold a three-way meeting among Seoul, Washington and Tokyo to discuss the resumption of long-stalled talks o...

Updated : 2013.04.28 10:30

S. Korean workers return home from Gaeseong

More South Korean workers returned home from North Korea Saturday, a day after their government decided to pull all of them out of a troubled joint industrial complex in the communist country followi...

Updated : 2013.04.27 15:04

N. Korea says it will try detained Korean-American for 'crimes'

North Korea said Saturday it will try a Korean-American detained in Pyongyang for unspecified "crimes" he has admitted to committing. In a short dispatch, Pyongyang's Korean Central News Agency (KCN...

Updated : 2013.04.27 13:51

Chronology of N. Korea's suspension of Kaesong industrial complex

The following is a chronology of major events leading up to South Korea calling for official government-level talks to resolve the suspension of operations at the Kaesong Industrial Complex on April ...

Updated : 2013.04.26 22:11

S. Korea starts pulling workers from Gaeseong

South Korean vehicles pass through the Dorasan Customs, Immigration and Quarantine office in Paju, Gyeonggi province, on Saturday in this still image taken from video footage of the Korean TV network...

Updated : 2013.04.26 20:59

‘N. Korean leader has $1 billion slush funds’

WASHINGTON (Yonhap News) ― North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is believed to have more than $1 billion in overseas secret bank accounts, according to a news report that cited an intelligence official. ...

Updated : 2013.04.26 20:51

Korea, U.S. marines hold logistics drill on East Coast

POHANG (Yonhap News) ― South Korea and the United States jointly held a logistics drill on the east coast involving MV-22 Ospreys as part of their annual exercises, the Combined Forces Command said F...

Updated : 2013.04.26 20:49

S. Korea to pull workers from Gaeseong

South Korea decided Friday to withdraw its all citizens from the Gaeseong industrial park after the North rejected its offer of talks to normalize the last symbol of cross-border cooperation. The Un...

Updated : 2013.04.26 18:09

N. Korea snubs Seoul's call for talks on Gaeseong

North Korea on Friday rejected Seoul's proposal to hold official talks to resolve the suspension of a joint industrial complex, warning it could be the first to take grave action. Operations of the ...

Updated : 2013.04.26 14:30

N. Korea fails to respond to offer for Kaesong complex talks

North Korea did not respond to Seoul's call for talks to normalize operations at the joint industrial complex that has been suspended for nearly three weeks, the government said Friday. The Ministry...

Updated : 2013.04.26 13:55

N. Korean leader pays tribute to late grandfather, father on KPA's birthday

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the mausoleum for his late grandfather and father on the 81st anniversary of the founding of the country's armed forces, Pyongyang's official media said Friday...

Updated : 2013.04.26 09:37