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U.S. seeks North Korean amnesty for American jailed for 15 years

August 24, 2021 at 1:59 p.m.

SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea sentenced an American citizen to 15 years of hard labor on Thursday for what it said were crimes against the state, prompting the United States...

Trapped in South Korea, veteran spies still believe in the North

August 24, 2021 at 1:44 p.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Park Hee-sung, a 78-year-old North Korean former agent who has been held in the enemy South for close to half a century, remains staunchly loyal to his...

South Korean minister cancels Japan visit over war shrine

August 24, 2021 at 1:18 p.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's foreign minister has canceled a trip to Japan after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made an offering to a shrine seen as a symbol of...

Korean rapper Psy chases new megahit with ‘Gentleman’ video

August 24, 2021 at 7:38 a.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Hips swinging, South Korean rapper Psy launched the dance and video of his new song "Gentleman" at a packed Seoul concert on Saturday, with nearly 160,000 tuned...

North Korea’s peasant army gets ready to farm, not wage war

August 24, 2021 at 7:18 a.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - As a North Korean army signaler near the tense sea border with the South, Lee So-yeon was given live ammunition and a steel helmet during a 1993...

North Korea delays access to Kaesong industrial zone

August 24, 2021 at 6:57 a.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea stepped up pressure on Seoul by delaying access to a joint industrial park in a move that could trap hundreds of South Korean workers on...

As U.S. hardens line on North Korea, South may pay

August 24, 2021 at 6:40 a.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - Washington's decision to fly B-52 and stealth bomber missions over Korea this week in a warning to Pyongyang risks pushing the North into staging an attack on...

Despite threats, North Korea keeps border factories open

August 24, 2021 at 6:37 a.m.

PAJU, South Korea (Reuters) - A heavily armed border crossing between North and South Korea that allows the North access to $2 billion in trade a year, one of its...

Sanctions noose makes it harder for Japan’s Koreans to help their own

August 24, 2021 at 6:38 a.m.

TOKYO (Reuters) - When the now elderly man left Japan on a Soviet ship in 1960 for North Korea, he thought he was headed to the promised land. In reality,...

Hacking highlights dangers to Seoul of North’s cyber-warriors

August 24, 2021 at 6:16 a.m.

SEOUL (Reuters) - A hacking attack that brought down three South Korean broadcasters and two major banks has been identified by most commentators as Pyongyang flexing its muscles as military...

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