Topic: South Korea

Two Koreas to hold nuclear talks Wednesday

Top North and South Korean envoys will meet in Beijing on Wednesday for a second round of talks aimed at restarting stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament negotiations, Seoul's foreign ministry said.The ministry gave no further details Monday of the meeting between the South's ...

Koreas sound out orchestral maneuvers, but are strings attached?

SEOUL (Reuters) - Bitter rivals South and North Korea could come together later this year to stage combined orchestral performances in the two capitals, a renowned conductor said on Friday, amid signs of improving relations on the divided peninsula.On the diplomatic front, ...

Obama to host state visit for S. Korea's Lee

US President Barack Obama will host talks and lay on the official pageantry of a state dinner for South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak on October 13, the White House has said.The meeting will showcase the solidarity between Washington and Seoul on confronting ...

North Korea military parade shows leader's succession on course

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il flanked by his son reviewed a military parade of goose-stepping North Korean soldiers in Pongyang's central square on Friday, underlining a planned third generation of dynastic rule is on track.Kim and his son Kim ...

Seoul must change to "trustpolitik" with North, says Park

SEOUL (Reuters) - The frontrunner to be South Korea's next president says Seoul must be more accommodative toward the North, proposing what she calls a policy of "trustpolitik" that marks a move away from the administration's current hardline stance.Park Geun-hye, daughter of ...

North Korea agrees to U.S. talks on recovering GI remains

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it had agreed to talks with the United States on repatriating remains of American service members killed in the 1950-53 Korean War amid a diplomatic push to ease tensions on the peninsula.The agreement follows ...

Rival Koreas trade blame for firing, U.S. says must move on

SEOUL (Reuters) - The rival Koreas traded blame on Thursday for a brief military exchange at a tense maritime border as the United States urged Pyongyang to get back to the main business of denuclearization talks.North Korea hit out against it neighbor's ...

Analysis: U.S and South Korea stand firm against Pyongyang

SEOUL (Reuters) - A rare visit by one of North Korea's top diplomats to the United States this week has renewed hopes for stalled nuclear talks, but Seoul and Washington's terms have not changed: Pyongyang has to show it is sincere about ...
The United States said Sunday it has invited a top North Korean envoy to New York for "exploratory talks" on the possible resumption of the six-party negotiations on denuclearisation.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the North's vice foreign minister and former nuclear ...

US 'encouraged' by Korea nuclear talks

The United States said Saturday it was "encouraged" by surprise talks between North and South Korea over Pyongyang's nuclear programme, but remained cool on resuming disarmament talks.US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told regional foreign ministers at an Asian security forum in ...