Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Seoul this week sends a strong message to the North Korean leadership. It's practically the first time a Chinese leader, after taking office, is coming to South Korea before paying a visit to Beijing's traditional ally North ...

North Korea fired multiple shells in the direction of a South Korean patrol ship in the West Sea at around 6 p.m. on this Thursday. Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the firing occurred about 14 kilometers southwest off Yeonpyeong-do Island, reaching below the ...

Since the Sewol-ho ferry accident on April 16th, the finance ministry says a growing number of Koreans have stopped eating out, traveling, and engaging in various leisure activities. The sales growth of restaurants dropped five percentage points following the ...

North Korea ratcheted up tensions on the peninsula once again earlier Tuesday afternoon in the form of live fire drills near the de facto inter-Korean maritime border. The exercises, however, were short-lived, and lasted just about 10 minutes. South Korea's ...

Rival party lawmakers expressed concerns about the nation's air defense system at Friday's assembly session. They raised questions about why the government was not prepared for an infiltration of North Korean drones. "Security is vital for national interest.