ERBIL, Iraq, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The prime minister of Kurdistan bid farewell Wednesday to South Korean troops who will wind up their operations in Iraq at the end of December.
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. 30 (UPI) -- Thousands of people rallied Saturday to protest a South Korean plan to double the time irregular employees must work before they must be made full-time workers.
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. 24 (UPI) -- A Korean district court ruled Monday the sale of 51 percent of the Korean Exchange Bank to a U.S. equity firm was handled legally.
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.
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il made another public appearance at a military arts festival, the Communist country's official news agency reported Sunday.
BOSSASSO, Somalia, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A Russian frigate prevented the seizure of a vessel flying the Saudi flag from being taken over by pirates off Somalia's coast Sunday, a Russian official said.
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.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The United States and South Korea have signed an agreement to expand cooperation on countering terrorist and other security threats.
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Kim Jong Il's brother-in-law reportedly is governing North Korea while the dictator recovers from a stroke, intelligence sources in South Korea say.
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A South Korean jet fighter pilot ejected safely after his F-5E clipped another fighter and crashed north of Seoul, South Korean officials said Tuesday.
PYONGYANG, North Korea, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- North Korea has released photographs of leader Kim Jong Il watching a soccer game in an apparent bid to assure the world he's healthy, officials said.
