The Foreign Ministry announced that they will replace the Office of Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs with the Office of Strategy and Intelligence on Thursday.
According to the island’s government, the South Korean military had requested the evacuation citing North Korean provocation.
The B-52 landed on the Korean Peninsula for the first time when it touched down at Cheongju International Airport.
Typhoon Khanun, after a shift in its projected trajectory, could make landfall on Korea's southeastern coast later this week, according to the national weather agency Sunday.
A group of U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday reintroduced a bill calling for U.S. efforts to declare a formal end to the Korean War and improve relations with North Korea.
Outgoing President Moon Jae-in tried writing the first draft of his own legacy by describing how he led the country through five tumultuous years, including a nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula and a global pandemic.
President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un exchanged letters earlier this week, the two sides confirmed Friday.
In his final New Year's address Monday, President Moon Jae-in stressed that he will not stop efforts to “institutionalize sustainable peace” on the Korean Peninsula through the end of his term.
Pope Francis reaffirmed his willingness to visit North Korea, said a senior South Korean bishop Monday, recognizing the tremendous pain of the Korean people who have been separated for 70 years.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong Saturday said the two countries will work together to seek a “political resolution” of the Korean Peninsula issue.
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