Seoul, Aug. 27: Former US president, Mr Jimmy Carter, flew out of North Korea on Friday after securing the release of an American citizen and a pledge from Pyongyang that it wants to resume nuclear di

Former US president, Mr Jimmy Carter, left North Korea on Friday after achieving the release of a US man who had been imprisoned there, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said.

Carter flew to P

At least eight people were killed and one was left missing as heavy rains triggered fresh floods in northeast China on the border with North Korea, state media reported on Friday.

Nearly 1,200 house

Seoul, Aug. 15: The South Korean President, Mr Lee Myung-Bak, on Sunday urged North Korea to end its military provocations and make a “courageous change” as he laid out a long-term plan for reunificat

The South Korean military started a five-day naval exercise on Thursday near its disputed maritime border with the communist north, a local report said. The country’s largest-ever anti-submarine drills are to be held near the location of the deadly sinking of a South Korean corvette in March, which Seoul blames on its northern neighbour, South Korean agency Yonhap News reported.

South Korea has developed a long-range cruise missile capable of striking nuclear sites and military targets in North Korea, news reports said on Saturday.

The Hyunmu-3C missile has a range of 930 m