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Jeong Yeon-doo, vice minister for diplomatic strategy and intelligence at the Foreign Ministry, right, and Kevin Kim, charge d'affaires ad interim at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, shake hands before a joint discussion at the Foreign Ministry building in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Dec. 16. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Unification Ministry's absence at South Korea-U.S. talks raises questions on government coordination efforts

Internal tensions have arisen within South Korea's government over North Korea policy, leading to meetings between the National Security Council and the Foreign and Unification Ministries.

2025.12.16

Korea's National Security Advisor Shin Won-sik [NEWS1]

Korea, U.S. national security advisers hold first phone conversation, agree to meet soon

Korea's National Security Adviser Shin Won-sik held his first phone conversation with his new U.S. counterpart, Mike Waltz, and agreed to meet in Washington soon, Seoul's presidential office said Thursday.

2025.2.6

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits 2nd Corps of the Korean People's Army on Thursday in a photo released by the Rodong Sinmun the following day. [NEWS1]

White House 'highly concerned' over reported North Korean troop dispatch for Russia's war in Ukraine: NSC

The United States is "highly concerned" about North Korea's reported dispatch of troops to support Russia in its war against Ukraine, a White House official said, noting that Washington will consult with allies if the report is true.

2024.10.19

A military facility near the inter-Korean border in Paju, Gyeonggi, is seen on Sunday in the area where loudspeakers used for propaganda broadcasts against North Korea were located. On the same day, South Korea announced the resumption of propaganda broadcasts via loudspeakers for the first time in six years, following the North's sending of more trash-loaded balloons across the border since Saturday. [NEWS1]

South responds to North's trash balloons with loudspeakers at border, propaganda broadcasts

South Korea announced Sunday that it would install loudspeakers near the inter-Korean border and resume propaganda broadcasts for the first time in six years in response to North Korea's sending of more trash-loaded balloons over the weekend.

2024.6.9

A South Korean soldier uses a chemical testing device to inspect trash strewn across the ground near a weather observatory in Incheon's Jung District on Sunday morning after a balloon sent over the border by the North landed there. [YONHAP]

South to launch 'unendurable' response to North's trash balloons

South Korea’s National Security Council (NSC) agreed at an emergency meeting on Sunday to take measures the North would find “unendurable” for launching hundreds of trash-laden balloons across into the South, according to a presidential official.

2024.6.2

News on Seoul Station’s TV shows images of North Korean missiles in the past on Wednesday. North Korea launched what it claims to have been a reconnaissance satellite at 6:29 a.m. [NEWS1]

[THINK ENGLISH] 북 위성발사체로 경계경보 발령, 하지만 실패로 끝나

North Korea’s first reconnaissance satellite crashed into the sea early Wednesday morning after the space launch vehicle’s (SLV) second-stage separation failed, according to Pyongyang's state media.

2023.6.5

South Korean military forces retrieve a white metal cylinder that the Joint Chiefs of Staff believe was part of the North Korean space launch vehicle that crashed into the Yellow Sea on Wednesday morning. [JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF]

North's satellite launch sets off alarms, but ends in failure

2023.5.31

National Security Director Cho Tae-yong presides over a meeting of the presidential National Security Council in Yongsan District, central Seoul on Thursday, following the launch of a suspected long-range ballistic missile by North Korea earlier. [PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE]

North launches possible long-range missile: South's JCS

North Korea on Thursday morning fired a long-range ballistic missile into the East Sea, according to South Korean military officials.

2023.4.13

South Korean Marines take part in the ongoing South Korea-U.S. Ssangyong amphibious landing exercise on a beach in Pohang, North Gyeongsang on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

U.S. vows to ensure readiness against North's threats

The United States will continue to ensure its readiness to defend itself and regional allies against North Korea's advancing nuclear and missile capabilities, White House National Security Council (NSC) spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday (local time).

2023.3.29

President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida toast as the leaders and their wives have dinner together at a restaurant in Tokyo on Thursday. [YONHAP]

U.S. welcomes Korea-Japan summit, 'new chapter' in bilateral cooperation: NSC coordinator

The United States welcomes a "new chapter" in South Korea-Japan relations highlighted by a summit this week between their leaders and will work to help further improve their bilateral relations, as well as trilateral cooperation between the United...

2023.3.17