North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles off its west coast this week amid international alarm at its planned long-range rocket launch, South Korean newspapers said on Friday.

The North fired

Trying to muscle North Korea toward peace over provocation, President Barack Obama is broadening his squeeze play from the heart of this tensely divided peninsula, pressuring China to show more influe

Investment from South Korea is a 'priority' for India, visiting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday, adding that the government was taking 'proactive' steps improve the business climate and m

India and South Korea on Sunday decided to expand their political and security cooperation besides upgrading the already booming business ties to achieve an ambitious trade target of USD 40 billion by

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday left for a four-day visit to South Korea where he is expected to unveil steps conceived by India to tackle challenges of nuclear terrorism before 57 world

A US military F-16 jet crashed in southern South Korea on Tuesday during a training mission but its pilot ejected to safety, US authorities said.

The plane crashed into a rice paddy around noon (083

Japan will deploy missile interceptors on a southern island chain ahead of a planned North Korean satellite launch in April, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday.

The defense ministry will ta

North Korea's plan to launch a long-range rocket would breach a United Nations resolution and be a 'grave, provocative act', South Korea said on Friday.

The North announced earlier in the day that it

US President Barack Obama will visit the tense military border between the two Koreas and address a message to the communist state during a trip to South Korea this month, a report said Monday.

Obama

The United States said on Friday it won't let the recent progress in its nuclear diplomacy with North Korea affect its close relations with key ally South Korea.

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham