SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (CNN) — A "low-ranking" North Korean soldier defected to South Korea early Thursday morning across the demilitarized zone between the two countries, South Korea said. It is the ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - The "peace village" of Panmunjom, with its cluster of distinctive bright blue buildings and chequered history of defections, tension and murder, is an apt choice for the first ...

The 1976 Korean axe incident is one of those moments when Cold War tensions boiled over into a bizarre situation. What should have been a routine pruning job inside the Korean Demilitarized Zone ...

CAMP HUMPREYS, South Korea — The United Nations Command reasserted its authority over the border between North and South Korea amid a series of recent border crossings from the North. Tensions remain ...

A North Korean soldier has been taken into custody after crossing the Demilitarized Zone into South Korea in a suspected defection, the Yonhap news agency says.

South Korea has recovered 25 sets of remains and nearly 2,000 artifacts from a former Korean War battlefield inside the Demilitarized Zone, the country’s defense ministry said Monday, calling the ...

In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, shakes hands with South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back at the southern side of Panmunjom in ...

Feb. 6 (Asia Today) --South Korea's Defense Ministry said Thursday it is consulting with the United Nations Command on ways to manage the Demilitarized Zone more effectively. A ministry official told ...