Regional powers likely to increase small-scale contactThe six partners of the stalled regional dialogue aimed at denuclearizing North Korea are expected increase small-scale contact in the following weeks after Washington and Pyongyang made a breakthrough in their recent talks, analysts and officials here said Sunday. Two days of rare talks between the U.S. and North Korea ― the first in 19 months

Seoulites must be prepared for more rain through Friday, with the weather agency forecasting some 150 millimeters of rainfall in the central region. Rain will continue in central parts of the peninsula through Friday afternoon with the rain front moving southward later that day, the Korea Meteorological Administration said.  A section of the Olympic Expressway and parts of a riverside park near Ha

North Korean envoy Kim leaves for New York, expected to hold talks ThursdayWhile South Korea and the U.S. are seemingly very much together in dealing with North Korea patiently, the allies may find themselves in different positions after the upcoming Pyongyang-Washington talks, analysts and officials here said Tuesday. Pyongyang’s First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan reportedly left for New Yo

North Korea reported deaths and damage to farmland and homes from heavy rain, sparking concerns as the communist state is already struggling to overcome chronic food shortages that were deepened by floods last year. Downpours hit several provinces from July 12-15, “leaving dwelling houses, public buildings and roads destroyed and causing casualties,” the North’s official Korean Central News Agency

Advisory body vice chief calls for preparations for North Korea’s hard landingThe reunification of the two Koreas has an absolute, significant value that must not be undermined by rash discussions over insignificant details, according to vice chief of Seoul’s presidential advisory body on reunification. The ways and forms of reunification, such as “how much it would cost us to reunite with it can