Lee is easing tensions with North Korea by reversing his predecessor’s hardline approach. However, with Kim Jong-un uninterested in diplomacy and backed by Russia, prospects for peace remain slim.

North Korean woman and a South Korean man, at a time. Morten Traavik and Sun Kim will world premiere their film with a specific location and universal themes at the Sheffield DocFest.

Coal remains one of the most heavily used energy sources in the world. From East to West, coal powers economies from China to ...

Lee Jae-myung is taking action to ease tensions between South Korea and China, hoping to enlist the latter's help improving relations with North Korea.

South Korea's foreign ministry emphasised its efforts to reopen communication with Pyongyang to ease tensions, without ...

The 30-minute call comes as Lee, a liberal from South Korea's Democratic Party, seeks to ease tensions on the Korean ...

The US has a long history of not knowing how to end or peacefully resolve vexing international crises and conflicts with less ...

The South resumed the daily loudspeaker broadcasts in June last year in retaliation for North Korea flying trash-laden ...

Keith Luse is the executive director of the National Committee on North Korea. Previously, Luse was the senior East Asia ...

At first glance, South Korea’s next president will be less Western aligned than the last, emphasising pragmatism over ...

Tensions have mounted in northeast Asia since President Donald Trump met North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in 2019. Pyongyang’s steady buildup of long-range nuclear-armed missiles has ignited a ...