SEOUL , Aug. 9 (UPI) -- North and South Korea are expected to take another epoch-making step to end their decades-long Cold War hostilities when leaders of the two rivals meet for summit talks later this month.

SEOUL, May 17 (UPI) -- Two trains crossed the border between South Korea and North Korea Thursday for the first time in more than 50 years.

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Whether North Korea continues it nuclear progress depends on how the United States treats the country, Pyongyang's second-in-command said Wednesday.

SEOUL, April 17 (UPI) -- South Korea's Unification Minister said Monday he plans to raise the abduction issue during ministerial talks with North Korea later this week.

PYONGYANG, North Korea, April 14 (UPI) -- North Korea said Friday that the country's problems with Japan, including abduction issues, should be solved using a 2002 pact signed by their two leaders. In a meeting with Kyodo News and its member news organizations, Supreme People's Assembly Presidium

TOKYO, April 11 (UPI) -- Japan says DNA tests show that a South Korean man abducted by North Korea is the father of the daughter of a Japanese woman also kidnapped to North Korea.

PYONGYANG, North Korea, July 14 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has told a visiting Chinese envoy his country's goal is a nuclear-free Korean peninsula. China's presidential envoy Tang Jiaxuan met Kim in Pyongyang Wednesday. He brought a message from President Hu Jintao, expressing hope

SEOUL, June 14 (UPI) -- South Korea's high-profile government delegation left for North Korea on Tuesday for joint events to mark the anniversary of the 2000 Korean summit.

JAKARTA, April 23 (UPI) -- South Korean Prime Minister Lee Hae Chan and North Korean official Kim Yong Nam agreed Saturday in Jakarta that talks are needed.