Lee is easing tensions with North Korea by reversing his predecessor’s hardline approach. However, with Kim Jong-un uninterested in diplomacy and backed by Russia, prospects for peace remain slim.

Coal remains one of the most heavily used energy sources in the world. From East to West, coal powers economies from China to ...

President Lee Jae-myung is taking action to ease tensions between South Korea and the People’s Republic of China, hoping to enlist the regional power’s help improving relations with the regime ...

South Korea's foreign ministry emphasised its efforts to reopen communication with Pyongyang to ease tensions, without ...

The 30-minute call comes as Lee, a liberal from South Korea's Democratic Party, seeks to ease tensions on the Korean ...

The US has a long history of not knowing how to end or peacefully resolve vexing international crises and conflicts with less ...

The South resumed the daily loudspeaker broadcasts in June last year in retaliation for North Korea flying trash-laden ...

Keith Luse is the executive director of the National Committee on North Korea. Previously, Luse was the senior East Asia ...

North Koreans are "not interested" in entering the country, according to a commentary published by state media.

South Korea’s military has shut down loudspeakers broadcasting anti-North Korean propaganda along the inter-Korean border ...

South Korea’s new president, Lee Jae-myung, is a pragmatic outsider whose “Korea First” approach could strain ties with Trump ...

From the North Korea-Russia alliance to China and Japan, South Korea’s neighbors are watching closely for signs of Lee’s ...