The Nobel Peace Prize, awarded on Friday, is one of the most important political rewards that is being forgiven in the world. This year, the choice seems more difficult than in other years because it is not clear how sustainable current peace initiatives will be.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is sending a special envoy to Pyongyang next Wednesday. The diplomat must prepare for Moon's visit to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, news agency Yonhap.
North Korea repatriated a South Korean citizen who illegally crossed the border last month. The South Korean authorities speak of a 'positive humanitarian gesture', the South Korean news agency Yonhap reports.
For the first time in more than a decade, North and South Korean soldiers have consulted each other to talk about relaxation. The consultation is at the border post of Panmunjom. The officers talk about relaxation along the almost hermetically sealed border that runs through the peninsula since the Korean War (1950-1953) ended 65 years ago with a cease-fire.
US President Donald Trump has agreed with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to meet before a possible summit with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. That has been announced by the White House.
The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is determined to continue the meeting with US President Donald Trump on 12 June. He made this clear to the South Korean president Moon Jae-in, with whom he had an unexpected meeting on Saturday, reports the North Korean state press agency KCNA.
US President Donald Trump will receive the South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House in Washington on May 22nd. The two heads of government will then talk about the upcoming summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the White House has said.
US President Donald Trump knows where and when he meets North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. 'We have a date, we have a location,' Trump told reporters. He did not go into details.
The leaders of South and North Korea, President Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un, have planted a pine tree together at the dividing line between the two Koreas, where they met for a summit on Friday.
The leaders of North and South Korea have shaken hands for the first time in ten years. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un traveled to the demilitarized zone for a special summit in the Panmunjom border town.
The leaders of North and South Korea meet Friday for the first time in ten years. The summit meeting between the South Korean president Moon Jae-in and the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could possibly mean the end of the state of war between the two countries, which signed a truce in 1953.
The leaders of South and North Korea will also have dinner on Friday and then find a menu with a wink to the past. Moon Jae-in and Kim Jong-un meet in the border town of Panmunjom.
South Korea temporarily stops the loudspeaker propaganda at the border with North Korea. The move should serve to 'reduce military tensions between the South and the North and create a climate for peaceful talks.'
The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded with approval to North Korea's decision to stop conducting nuclear tests.
North and South Korea have a direct hotline between the leaders of the countries. The line was opened a week before North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae meet in the Panmunjom border town.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is optimistic about North Korea's willingness to phase out its nuclear program.
The North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un talked openly about planned summits with leaders from South Korea and the United States for the first time.
Artists from North and South Korea have given a joint performance in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. Afterwards they received a standing ovation from the approximately 12,000 spectators in the stadium, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reports. The North Korean leader Kim Jong-un did not show up; however, other senior officials from the countries were present.
The armed forces of the United States and South Korea started Sunday's joint spring exercise. The starting time was postponed due to the Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang in February. This was done in order not to thwart the cautious rapprochement between North and South Korea.
North Korea is sending an orchestra to South Korea during the Olympic Winter Games next month. The South Korean government announced after consultation with the North Koreans that 140 musicians from the Samjiyon Orchestra will give a concert in the capital Seoul and in Gangneung where parts of the Games will be held.
For the first time in many years North Korea seems seriously prepared to improve the relationship with Seoul. Where promises were often broken at the last moment in the past, the dictator Kim Jong-un's regime is now strikingly cooperative. What's behind that?
North and South Korea have a military hotline available as of Wednesday. The north has completed technical maintenance which has restored the connection between the Koreas. The South Korean government announced the renewed installation of the connection on Tuesday.
A North Korean delegation, consisting of dignitaries, athletes and supporters, will travel to the Olympic Winter Games next month. South Korea announced this on Tuesday, after earlier talks on the two countries in the border town of Panmunjom earlier that day.
North Korea has accepted South Korea's invitation to once again hold diplomatic talks. The session will take place on Tuesday, January 9th.
The South Korean minister on unification, Cho Myong-gyon, has proposed a date for an appointment with North Korea to talk about the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.
The United Nations is investigating the shooting of a North Korean soldier who tried to flee over the border with South Korea on Monday. The medical condition of the military is critical, but South Korean doctors expect him to be saved.
A North Korean military was shot by North Korean soldiers during his flight to South Korea. The military was found on the southern side of Panmunjom border village, about 50 meters south of the demarcation line. He was injured on his shoulder and elbow, said the South Korean Ministry of Defense.
A North Korean soldier crossed to South Korea on Monday. The military was found alive 50 meters south of the border at Panmunjom. He was shot by North Korean border guards in his elbow and shoulder.
South Korea deals with the proposal of North Korea together to sit around the table. That made it South Korea's Yonhap news agency on Friday. The northern country will talk about further improvement of relations. The talks will be November 26 in the border town of Panmunjom take place, according to state news agency KCNA.
