Topic: Chung Eui-yong

South Korean President Moon Jae-in nominated Chung Eui-yong, a veteran of North Korean negotiations, as foreign minister on Wednesday just ahead of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.

South Korea says it is making efforts to establish a path toward U.S.-North Korea dialogue despite recent tensions with Pyongyang.

South Korea is not ruling out a connection between North Korea's firing of three short-range missiles and measures condemning Pyongyang's nuclear weapons development in the international community.

North Korea state media is warning against the excessive use of smartphones among children.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday it was "too early to be pessimistic" about the future of dialogue between the United States and North Korea.

U.S. President Donald Trump requested the South Korean government deliver a message wishing North Korea's Kim Jong Un a "happy birthday," according to President Moon Jae-in's national security adviser.

North Korea's missiles are improving with each test, Japan's defense ministry said Friday.

North Korea entered a new era of openness in 2018, with an unprecedented RSVP to the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and several face-to-face meetings with major world leaders since.

North Korea fired two short-range projectiles presumed to be ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Friday, South Korea's military said, the sixth such round of launches in about three weeks.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in's national security adviser said Tuesday North Korea's launch of short-range missiles is not a violation of an inter-Korea military agreement reached in 2018.