Topic: North Korea

US, N.Korea agree on war remains searches

The United States said it reached a deal with North Korea to resume searches for remains of Americans killed in the Korean War, after a six-year break in one of the enemy nations' only means of contact.The accord suggested a slight easing ...

U.S., North Korea in Bangkok for talks on war remains

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and North Korean officials hold talks in Thailand on Tuesday on resuming recovery of the remains of American soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, the Pentagon said in a statement.The talks in Bangkok come amid a renewed ...
South Korea's military operates giant trucks which print and send thousands of leaflets and transmit broadcasts as part of psychological warfare against North Korea, said a report disclosed on Wednesday.North Korea, which tightly controls news from outside, has responded angrily to past ...

US cautious on N.Korea war dead offer

The United States responded cautiously Friday to North Korea's announcement it would discuss operations to locate US dead from the 1950-53 Korean War, saying only that the issue was important.North Korea said it had accepted a US proposal to talk about resuming ...

Obama picks new deputy defense chief

President Barack Obama has chosen as his new deputy defense secretary Ashton Carter, a top Pentagon official who dealt with North Korea and the denuclearization of former Soviet republics.The White House said Obama intends to nominate the 56-year-old, currently the under secretary ...

Floods wash N. Korean landmines into S. Korea

North Korean landmine parts apparently churned up by torrential rains have washed up across the border in South Korea, prompting a search for more weapons, the defence ministry said Saturday.The wooden shells of two North Korean landmines were found Thursday in a ...

US admiral meets S. Korea defence chief

The head of the US Pacific command met South Korean military leaders Thursday ahead of annual joint military exercises between the two countries, officials said.South Korean Defence Minister Kim Kwan-Jin held talks with US Admiral Robert Willard, a ministry spokesman said, without ...

South Korea rejects North's call for earlier military talks

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Monday rejected a push by the North to bring forward military talks by 10 days, saying it was not enough time to prepare for their first dialogue since the North's deadly attack against a border island ...
Defense strategy specialist named to head new SKorean office of national crisis managementA retired army general who is a defense strategy specialist will lead South Korea's new national crisis management office charged with addressing North Korean provocations, the government said Friday.The new ...

South Korea to carry out live-fire drills on Monday: report

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea plans to carry out a planned firing drill from an island near the border with North Korea from Monday morning, domestic media quoted military officials as saying.Officials at Seoul's defense ministry could not immediately confirm the reports ...
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