SEOUL, April 17 (UPI) -- South Korea said Friday that North Korea should not connect a South Korean prisoner with his country's planned membership in the Proliferation Security Drive.

A female South Korean tourist was shot and killed by a North Korea soldier at Mount Geumgang, the Unification Ministry said Friday.

ABUJA, Nigeria, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- Nine pipeline workers from Korea who were abducted in Nigeria were released Saturday and were to be handed over to their employer.