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North Korea blows up parts of the Donghae road connected to South Korea on Oct. 15. [JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF]

South considers demanding payment from North over damaged inter-Korean roads, railways

The South Korean government said Monday that it is reviewing measures on the repayment of loans used for building inter-Korean roads and railways, which North Korea partly demolished in October.

2024.11.18

Preventing a U.S.-North deal next time

South Korea must contact the North, and the sooner the better — not because of its fear of Pyongyang, but because of the need to avoid the worst-possible scenario.

2024.2.18

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un observes the launch of a Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile on Dec. 18 in this photo released the day after by the Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the regime’s ruling Workers’ Party. [NEWS1]

Inter-Korean tensions soar to new heights [REWIND 2023]

Inter-Korean tensions showed no signs of abating in 2023 as the North tested a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in April, followed by its first successful launch of a military spy satellite into orbit in November.

2023.12.24

Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho speaks at a parliamentary audit of the Unification Ministry at the National Assembly in western Seoul on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

Unification minister urges caution on ending military agreement with North

South Korea needs to comprehensively consider the security situation in deciding whether to suspend the 2018 military tension reduction accord with North Korea, Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho said Wednesday.

2023.10.11

President Moon Jae-in speaks at a ceremony celebrating the fifth anniversary of the inter-Korean Pyongyang Declaration of Sept. 19, 2018, at the 63 Building in Yeouido, western Seoul, Tuesday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Yoon's office slams ex-president's national security remarks

The Yoon Suk Yeol government criticized former President Moon Jae-in's recent claim that liberal administrations had a better track record with national security than conservative ones.

2023.9.20

The Inter-Korean Joint Liaison Office in the North Korean border town of Kaesong, before Pyongyang blew it up [YONHAP]

Seoul files lawsuit to recoup inter-Korean liaison office damages

The South Korean government sued North Korea on Wednesday on charges of blowing up the Inter-Korean Joint Liaison Office three years ago, demanding the regime pay nearly 45 billion won ($35.2 million) in compensation for damages.

2023.6.14

President Moon Jae-in, back row left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, back row right, watch South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo and North Korean Minister of the People’s Armed Forces No Kwang-chol sign the Comprehensive Military Agreement after the inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang on Sept. 19, 2018. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Yoon Suk Yeol may walk away from joint declaration with Pyongyang

President Yoon Suk Yeol may consider suspending both the 2018 Pyongyang Joint Declaration and the Sept. 19 inter-Korean military pact if the North intrudes upon the South's territory again, according to officials Thursday.

2023.1.5

North Korea conducts a live-fire training exercise firing dozens of artillery shots with leader Kim Jong-un watching, reported Pyongyang’s official Korean Central Television on March 20, 2020. [YONHAP]

North's provocations include planes, missile, artillery barrages

Seoul called Pyongyang's firing of hundreds of artillery shots into maritime buffer zones off its coasts Friday a violation of the inter-Korean military agreement of Sept. 19, 2018.

2022.10.16

Unification Minister Kwon Young-se [NEWS1]

Unification minister offers talks with North 'whenever, wherever'

South Korean Unification Minister Kwon Young-se said he was willing to talk to Ri Son-gwon, head of the North Korean ruling Workers’ Party’s United Front Department, “whenever, wherever.”

2022.6.21

Outgoing President Moon Jae-in, center left, and first lady Kim Jung-sook, are seen off by staffers and ordinary people gathered in the streets in front of the Blue House compound in central Seoul Monday. [YONHAP]

Moon touts his achievements, says regrets too few to mention

Outgoing President Moon Jae-in tried writing the first draft of his own legacy by describing how he led the country through five tumultuous years, including a nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula and a global pandemic.

2022.5.9