Bush welcomes Korean President Lee Myung-bak to Camp David

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.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton had better order up lots of late night coffee and round-the-clock pizza when she replaces Condoleezza Rice as secretary of state: Around the world, threats to U.S. national security and global interests have metastasized. Cleaning up those messes will make mucking out the Augean Stables look easy.

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.

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.

MOSCOW, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- The global media have been discussing the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il since September, after he failed to show up at several important official events, including celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. This sparked rumors of illness and a possible stroke.