PYONGYANG, North Korea, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Relations between North and South Korea will continue to deteriorate unless South Korean President Lee Myung-bak changes his tone, Pyongyang warned Sunday.
KAESONG, North Korea, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- North Korea has moved to severely curtail the number of South Koreans it allows into the country for joint industrial and tourism projects, officials said.
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- South Korean officials said they were preparing Sunday for a planned cutback in border crossings and economic contacts with their North Korean neighbors.
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- South Koreans working at an industrial facility jointly run by North Korea are returning home as relations between the neighbors worsen, officials say.
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- North Korea has rebuffed an offer by South Korea to talk about its decision to suspend almost all cross-border crossings and projects, Seoul officials say.
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- South Korea may opt for an undersea pipeline to receive Russian natural gas if North Korea refuses an overland route, says the state-run gas company's head.
MOSCOW, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Prospects are good for cooperation between the South Korean government and the new Obama administration in Washington on the North Korean nuclear issue, but the uncertainties of succession in Pyongyang continue to stall progress.
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- North Korean officials Monday detailed plans to close its border with South Korea as a protest of the South's plans to tie investment to nuclear disarmament.
TOKYO, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Japan announced Friday it will play host to a summit next month with China and South Korea to discuss the current global financial turmoil.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak says he would welcome a meeting between U.S. President-elect Barack Obama and North Korea once Obama takes office.
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak Thursday urged early parliamentary ratification of the free-trade agreement with the United States.
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- South Korea Thursday warned North Korea against carrying out its threat to close the inter-Korean land border.
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- North Korea Wednesday threatened to close its overland border with South Korea Dec. 1 after accusing the South of not abiding by inter-Korean agreements.
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is expected to call South Korea leader Lee Myung-bak Friday to discuss a stronger bilateral alliance, a Lee spokesman says.
BEIRUT, China, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak says Asian and European leaders should help him entice North Korea into demilitarizing through economic cooperation.
