The top U.S. commander in South Korea said yesterday North Korea is likely to launch more military attacks against the South, but Seoul and Washington are prepared to more adequately address the threat. “While the Kim regime has proven a willingness to escalate in order to obtain what it wants, I am convinced that the More >

North Korea has probably succeeded in miniaturizing a nuclear device, South Korea’s defense minister said on Monday, an advance that would in theory allow the hermit state to place an atomic warhead on a rocket. Regional powers have for years tried — with a mix of aid offers and punitive sanctions — in vain to More >

Civic and religious leaders urged South Korea’s government Monday to resume food aid for North Korea and to soften its stance towards the impoverished communist country. The plea came a day before a US team led by Robert King, the special envoy on North Korean human rights, begins a trip to the North to assess More >

South Korea on Monday announced sites for its $4.76 billion “science belt” designed to help Asia’s fourth-largest economy take the lead in cutting-edge technologies. Daedeok district in the city of Daejeon, 120 kilometres (72 miles) south of Seoul, will be the main base for the development, said Education, Science and Technology Minister Lee Ju-Ho. The More >

UCPN-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who abruptly flew to Bangkok, has returned to Kathmandu on Monday. Upon his arrival at the Tribhuvan International Airport today late afternoon, the Maoist leader stayed clear of telling the media the purpose of his whirlwind visit. Accompanied by his son Prakash, Dahal had left to the Thai capital yesterday More >

FC Seoul had its first consecutive wins of the K-League season in a 4-3 slugfest away game to Sangju Sangmu Phoenix, Sunday, while Incheon United managed a 2-1 come-from-behind victory at Daejeon Citizen. Seoul striker Dejan Damjanovic scored his first hat trick of the season for the reigning champions to continue the club’s resurgence. Incheon More >

South Korea has deployed rockets on two islands near its tense Yellow Sea border with North Korea to guard against possible attacks, reports said. The Chosun Ilbo newspaper, citing government sources, said more than 10 130-millimetre Kuryong multiple rocket launchers have been positioned on Yeonpyeong and Baengnyeong islands. The North attacked Yeonpyeong with artillery and More >

Seoul will not have talks with Pyongyang solely as a way of restarting the six-party denuclearization process, but will insist on some proof that North Korea is sincere in shutting down its nuclear weapons program, a high-ranking South Korean government official said yesterday. The remark came as the drumbeat for resuming the stalled talks with More >

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to visit Seoul this weekend at the earliest, a foreign ministry official said Monday. “Her Seoul schedule has not been fixed. We will brief on her Seoul visit once the schedule is set,” the official said, asking not to be named. Another official said Clinton may arrive More >

Mahindra was the only Indian company chosen for this honour and Mr. Mahindra was extremely proud to represent India at this august gathering. Anand Mahindra, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Mahindra Group, was asked to participate in the tape cutting ceremony at the Seoul Motor Show, along with the Prime Minister of Korea, Hwang-sik Kim More >