South Korea will start withdrawing its troops from Iraq Tuesday and plans to down-scale its military contingent there to 2,200 at the end of this year, the country's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) office.. [May.8,2006 15:50 KST]

Finance ministers from South Korea, Japan and China agreed to make efforts on introducing a common currency to be used in the Asian region as part of efforts to create a pan-Asian economic block. .. [May.8,2006 15:00 KST]

Finance ministers from South Korea, Japan and China agreed Thursday to make further efforts on financial cooperation in the Asian region. During a meeting on the sidelines of the 39th annual meet.. [May.8,2006 14:56 KST]

Five or six North Korean defectors are currently staying at U.S. embassies in Southeast Asian countries and are soon expected to be allowed to enter the United States with refugee status, U.S. officia.. [May.8,2006 14:44 KST]

invisible progress By Lee Chi-dong SEOUL, May 3 (Yonhap) -- Chung Yung-woo, South Korea's chief negotiator to the troubled talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis, uses a famous saying to encapsulate.. [May.8,2006 14:43 KST]

South Korea's foreign minister on Wednesday dismissed as groundless media reports that the latest military deal between Japan and the United States would lead to a major change in American troops' r.. [May.8,2006 14:43 KST]

Wrapping up more than three years of extended negotiations, Tokyo and Washington signed on Monday a set of agreements on a U.S. military... [May.8,2006 14:33 KST]

South Korea's human rights Ambassador Park Kyung-seo will attend a forthcoming international conference on North Korean human rights, the Foreign Ministry said on Monday. Park will join the 7th int.. [May.8,2006 14:27 KST]

Ban Ki-moon, South Korea's foreign minister, urged Japanese politicians Tuesday to play a bigger role in repairing ties battered by Tokyo's wayward claim over islets controlled by Seoul. In his mee.. [May.8,2006 14:25 KST]

A U.S. human rights organization on Thursday urged North Korea to allow international monitoring of food distribution, saying its recent policy changes on outside aid may cause renewed hunger among it.. [May.8,2006 14:06 KST]