SEOUL, July 4 (UPI) -- The North Korean government should take steps to improve human rights in the Asian country, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Friday.

PYONGYANG, North Korea, May 25 (UPI) -- North Korea and China have boosted border patrols to stop North Koreans trying to escape poverty and hunger in their homeland, a U.S. aid group said.

SEOUL, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Newly inaugurated South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said Monday he would meet with his North Korean counterpart to discuss reunification of the two Koreas.

SEOUL, Jan. 29 (UPI) -- Six-party talks aimed at encouraging North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program needs solidarity, South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon said.

SEOUL, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The largest maritime oil spill in South Korea's history was declared a "special disaster" Tuesday as President Roh Moo-hyun toured the blackened coast.

SEOUL, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- The South Korean Coast Guard Friday struggled to contain the largest ever oil spill in Korea following a collision between a barge and an oil tanker.

SEOUL, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- North Korea's nuclear dismantlement does not diminish its military threat, South Korea's defense minister said in Seoul Wednesday.

JEJU CITY, South Korea, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- South Korea held a conference Friday on the standardization of condoms, acknowledging the country’s international dominance in condom production.

SEOUL, June 3 (UPI) -- Foreign ministers from China, South Korea, and Japan Sunday urged North Korea to return to stalled six-party talks on its nuclear weapons program.