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South Korea has initiated a comprehensive examination of scenarios aimed at restoring guard posts in the Demilitarized Zone that were deactivated and dismantled in alignment with a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement, military sources said Wednesday. One potential first step involves the restoration of a disarmed guard post, the structure of which has been exclusively preserved for historical purposes through mutual...

By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korean soldiers stationed in the Joint ...

With South Korea's birthrate plummeting, veterans in their 60s and 70s say they can bolster the army's ranks. But can they keep up with the young?

With South Korea's birthrate plummeting, veterans in their 60s and 70s say they can bolster the army's ranks. But can they keep up with the young?

“Miguk-in onda,” the Korean kids used to shout at me as I walked past the convenience store. The mere sight of a white guy on the streets of Seoul causing them to break out in cheers and shouts, proclaiming that an American guy was coming. I didn’t really have the heart to tell them I was from the south of England, nor did I fancy trying to explain Benedict Anderson’s 1983 book Imagined Communities or the War of 1812 to them. So, I just smiled and played along. “What’s your name?” ...

Pyongyang and Seoul have scrapped a five-year-old agreement meant to reduce the risk of clashes.

Pyongyang and Seoul have scrapped a five-year-old agreement meant to reduce the risk of clashes.

A tour program to the truce village of Panmunjom on the inter-Korean border will partially resume this week, the unification ministry said Tuesday.

South Korea announced the restart of select Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) tours, paused after a U.S. soldiers unauthorized crossing. These exclusive tours, limited to 20 guests with ties to the Unification Ministry, will occur thrice daily, four times weekly. The decision follows discussions with the United Nations Command (UNC) to ensure safety. General tours for the public, halted since the incident, await review by the UNC. The DMZ, overseen by the UNC, remains a symbol of the Korean conflicts unr...