SEOUL, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- North Korean official media say reclusive leader Kim Jong Il has attended a performance by the country's state chorus celebrating the lunar New Year.

SEOUL, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il met with a top Chinese Communist official Friday, the first such visit since reports he had a stroke in August, officials said.

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- North Korea Thursday accused the United States of preparing for a pre-emptive strike by sending new fighter aircraft and spy planes to South Korea.

SEOUL, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The state-run Korean Development Bank said it would reject a deal for Hanwha Group to buy 50.4 percent of Daewoo Shipping & Marine Engineering Co.

SEOUL, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Six people died and more than 20 were injured in a fire that erupted after a police raid on squatters protesting a Seoul redevelopment project, officials said.

SEOUL, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- North Korea Saturday vowed to "shatter" South Korea's military in an attempt to redraw the inter-Korean boundary in the Yellow Sea.

SEOUL, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- The South Korean government is working on overhauling its tax agency to provide more transparency, officials said.

SEOUL, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- The North Korean government has taken steps toward normalization by scheduling overdue parliamentary elections for March, an analyst says.

SEOUL, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- South Korea Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee warned his troops Thursday to be ready for possible conflict with North Korea over a coastal dispute.