SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Seoul says the rival Koreas began removing mines and other explosives at two sites inside their heavily armed border on Monday as part of their recent tension-reduction steps ...

Established along the 38th parallel after World War II, the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) forms a 155-mile barrier that splits the Korean Peninsula. Created by the 1953 armistice that ended the ...

A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the rivals' heavily fortified border on Sunday, South Korea's military said. The military took custody of the soldier who crossed the central ...

Dec. 17 (Asia Today) --The United Nations Command issued an unusual public statement Tuesday opposing South Korea's ruling party push to enact legislation governing civilian access to the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In 1950, a civil war broke out in Korea that ended up dividing the once-united country into two. This war is technically still ongoing because ...

South Korea sent two helicopters to battle a wildfire inside the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Seoul’s military said Friday, adding it had warned North Korea in advance of its firefighting mission ...

SEOUL — South Korea is stopping the shouting into North Korea even as Pyongyang builds a new plant for a nuclear reactor. In hopes of launching talks with North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, South ...

Crossing the inter-Korean “demilitarized zone”—ironically the most militarized zone on Earth—is extraordinarily dangerous on foot, but some North Korean conscripts attempt it anyway. Since the end of ...

A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the rivals' heavily fortified border on Sunday, South Korea's military said. The military took custody of the soldier who crossed the central ...