A North Korean soldier defected to the South on Saturday through the heavily militarised border, telling Seoul military personnel that he had shot dead two officers, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

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South Korea and the United States have reached an agreement on extending the range of Seoul's ballistic missiles to counter the threat from North Korea, local media reported on Saturday citing unnamed

The South Korean and US military on Monday began an annual major joint exercise to test defences against North Korea, a drill denounced by Pyongyang which vowed to strengthen its nuclear deterrent.

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North Korea's military threatened Monday to blow up the Seoul offices of South Korean media outlets following critical coverage of a mass children's event in Pyongyang.

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North Korea has apparently finished preparations for a third nuclear test and is awaiting a political decision to go ahead, a South Korean nuclear expert said on Wednesday.

The expert also said the c

New satellite images show more work under way at North Korea's nuclear test site but give no indication of when a test may occur, a US-based specialist website reported on Saturday.

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North Korea has reportedly threatened military action against South Korea unless Seoul apologises for 'insulting' the centenary celebrations of Pyongyang's late founding leader Kim Il-sung.

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South Korea has deployed new cruise missiles capable of destroying targets such as missile and nuclear bases anywhere in North Korea, the defence ministry said on Thursday.

The ministry released a vi

North Korea said its much hyped long-range rocket launch failed on Friday, in a very rare and embarrassing public admission of failure by the hermit state and a blow for its new young leader who faces

The neighbours met in Seoul, South Korea after all. But if Pak Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was hoping that his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh would readily accept his invite to visit Pakistan