SEOUL, June 14 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has praised his troops as combat-ready amid preparations to produce more nuclear weapons, sources said Sunday.

SEOUL, May 28 (UPI) -- Chinese fishing vessels are avoiding the Yellow Sea as North Korea's actions raise the threat of a military conflict with South Korea, a source told Yonhap.

SEOUL, May 25 (UPI) -- More than 100,000 people have paid their respects to former South Korea President Roh Moo-hyun, who died Saturday after jumping from a cliff.

SEOUL, May 15 (UPI) -- North Korea said Friday contracts for a joint industrial venture with South Korea are invalid following unsuccessful negotiations between the two sides.

SEOUL, May 12 (UPI) -- A U.S. intelligence official is in South Korea to collect information on North Korea and other regional issues, a South Korean official said Tuesday.

SEOUIL, South Korea, April 10 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has named his brother-in-law and right-hand man to the powerful National Defense Commission, officials say.

SEOUL, March 31 (UPI) -- Two South Korean military pilots ejected Tuesday before their F-16 fighter jet crashed off the country's west coast, air force officials said.

SEOUL, March 22 (UPI) -- South Korean officials say their top envoy will meet with Chinese and U.S. officials over North Korea's planned missile test and stalled nuclear talks.

PYONGYANG, North Korea, March 12 (UPI) -- North Korea has told an international shipping safety agency it will launch a rocket with a satellite in early April, Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday.