The first public washroom in Seoul opens. 1947 -- The International Olympic Committee accepts South Korea's proposal for membership. 1972 -- Thailand completes the phased withdrawal of its soldiers ...

But that progress was thrown into question last December when Yoon Suk Yeol, then South Korea’s president, briefly imposed ...

Wrapping up a one-day visit to Pyongyang, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu said that North Korean leader Kim ...

Lee Jae-myung, has an almost impossible agenda. He wants to be all things to all sides, domestically and internationally.

The 30-minute call comes as Lee, a liberal from South Korea's Democratic Party, seeks to ease tensions on the Korean ...

"North Korea is ramping up tensions because at this point in time it doesn't see any downside to it," argued Ramon Pacheco Pardo, a professor of international relations at King's College London in ...

One week later, King, 23, ran across the heavily fortified border from South Korea and became the first American detained in North Korea in nearly five years. He was set to be sent to Fort Bliss ...

North Korea has detained a U.S. soldier from Wisconsin for crossing its borders without authorization. After 23-year-old Travis King was released from a South Korean prison, he made his way to ...

Travis King, the young American soldier who crossed the border on foot from South Korea into North Korea in July, was back in the U.S. early Thursday. A defense official confirmed to CBS News that ...

An American soldier released after more than two months in North Korea’s custody has returned to the United States, a US official confirmed. Travis King arrived at a US military base in the ...

North Korea had abruptly announced earlier Wednesday that it would expel Pvt. Travis King — though some had expected the North to drag out his detention in hopes of squeezing concessions from ...

King ran across the border from South Korea during a tour in July. LONDON -- Travis King, the American soldier who crossed into North Korea two months ago, is back on U.S. soil. An official with ...