The division of Korea into North and South is one of the defining events of modern history. After World War II, political tensions and Cold War rivalries split the peninsula into two nations. This ...

Despite setbacks in efforts to spread outside news in North Korea, Lee Young-hyeon, a defector-turned-lawyer in South Korea, ...

With North Korea building up ties with China and Russia while growing ever more distant from Seoul, the chances of reunions for families torn apart by the 1950s Korean War look slim. South Korean ...

Paju, South Korea (CNN) — Captured during the Korean War and imprisoned for decades for refusing to renounce his political beliefs, 95-year-old Ahn Hak-sop now has a single dying wish: to return to ...

North Korea said it won't allow divided elderly family members in the DPRK and South Korea to meet for a reunion, after having been separated for more than 60 years by the Korean War. The decision was ...

North Korea has been focusing on ideological indoctrination to teach the public that it is a completely independent nation — not an incomplete, divided nation.

The bipartisan rift over the South Korea-US joint fact sheet is deepening, with rival parties clashing over the necessity of ...

After Washington confirmed its support to Seoul’s development of an indigenous nuclear-powered submarine, Pyongyang released ...

North Korean troops who crossed into South Korea at the Demilitarized Zone last week did not heed broadcasted messages to halt, prompting South Korean soldiers to fire warning shots, according to a ...

South Korea’s military said it fired warning shots early Friday to drive away a North Korean merchant ship that briefly crossed the disputed western sea boundary between the rival neighbors.The ship ...