On Wednesday, Russia's TASS news agency quoted Shoigu as saying North Korea would send a "division of builders, two military brigades [of] 5,000 people", as well as 1,000 deminers to help with the "restoration" of the Kursk region.

Anchor: North Korea will send thousands of its military workers to Russia’s Kursk region to help with rebuilding efforts in the war-hit area, which had been seized by Ukraine

At their first face-to-face meeting on the sidelines of the G7 leaders summit in Canada, the leaders of South Korea and Japan vowed Wednesday (June 18) to boost cooperation in the face of growing threats from the nuclear-armed North.

South Korea suspended its propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts across the border to North Korea, officials said Tuesday, in a bid to reduce tensions with Pyongyang under the administration of newly elect

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said Sunday that his administration would work to restore long-defunct emergency communication channels with the regime.

BANFF, Canada (Kyodo) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung agreed Tuesday in their first face-to-face summit to build on the recent thaw in relations and promote dialogue at the highest level.

The South Korean unification ministry discussed measures with related government agencies on Monday to prevent activists from s