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South Korean soldiers, locking a guard post on the Demilitarized Zone in Gangwon-do, South Korea

North and South Korea tear down border guard posts

US President Donald Trump and Mr Kim signed a vaguely-worded statement on denuclearisation at Singapore summit

North Korea warns US of return to nuclear policy

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at their third summit in Pyongyang in September

North Korea leader Kim Jong-un to visit Seoul 'soon'

Lee Myung-bak is the fourth former president of South Korea to be jailed

Former South Korean president jailed for 15 years

A researcher hunts for landmines in woodland near the DMZ in 2015

North and South Korea removing landmines along border

Kim Jong-un said he will visit Seoul in the near future, in what would be the first-ever visit to the South's capital by a North Korean leader

N Korea to 'permanently' shut down key missile sites

Nearly every able-bodied South Korean man is required to enrol by age 28 in the military, for a minimum of 21 months

South Korean students gain weight to avoid conscription

News Lens / 11 Sep

Kim Jong-un met with high-level South Korean delegation to agree the third inter-Korean summit this year

N Korea recommits to denuclearising Korean peninsula

North Korea / 06 Sep

As South Koreans were taken away by bus, their family members strained for a final glimpse

Korean families bid farewell after brief reunion

News Lens / 23 Aug

South Korea said it plans to reduce guard posts along the demilitarised zone

US commander in S Korea backs plan to cut DMZ outposts

Cho Sun-do (L), 89, meets her younger sister Cho Hye-do (R), 86, and younger brother Cho Do-jae (C), 75, during the inter-Korean family reunions

Korean families separated by war reunite after 65 years

Kim Kwang-ho will meet his brother next week for the first time since 1950

Seven decades apart: Families separated in Korea

News Lens / 17 Aug

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will meet in Pyongyang next month

North and South Korea to hold third summit in Pyongyang

The talks were reportedly held in the DMZ village of Panmunjom

US and North Korea hold talks on war dead repatriation

North Korea / 15 Jul

The decision to halt military exercises with South Korea baffled allies, military officials and politicians

US suspends some military exercises with South Korea

South Koreans bid farewell to their North Korean relatives after the last reunion event in 2015

Koreas to hold reunions for war-separated families

Caged dogs at a dog farm in Namyangju on the outskirts of Seoul

Killing dogs for meat illegal, rules S Korean court

Previous US-South Korean joint military drills have infuriated North Korea

US and S Korea call off August joint military exercises

About 28,500 US troops are stationed in South Korea

S Korea, US to announce suspension of 'war games'

South Koreans watch on a screen reporting on the US President Trump meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at Seoul Railway Station

S Korea hails Trump-Kim summit as 'talks of century'

The heist at Coinrail sent the price of bitcoin tumbling to two-month lows

Bitcoin tumbles as hackers hit South Korea's Coinrail

Business / 11 Jun

Donald Trump and North Korean official Kim Yong Chol following talks at the White House

Trump says Singapore summit with North Korea is back on

South Korean President Moon Jae-in (L) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un yesterday

North Korea committed to 'complete' denuclearisation

South Korean President Moon Jae-In (R) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hugging each other after their second summit in the North Korean side of the demilitarised zone

Leaders of two Koreas hold surprise meeting over summit

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he is hopeful the summit will proceed

Pompeo says US-North Korea summit is 'up to Kim'

North Korea / 23 May

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