Hyung-jin Kim

UN Security Council meets on Korea tensions as North warns of 'catastrophe' if South drills. World powers trying to defuse tensions between North and South Korea met in an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council on Sunday, but diplomats said China objects to the North being singled out for criticism over two deadly attacks this year that have helped send relations to their lowest point in decades.

Chinese fishing boat capsizes in scuffle with SKorean coast guard ship, killing 1. South Korean officials questioned three Chinese fishermen rescued from a boat that capsized during a maritime scuffle with the coast guard in which one fisherman died and another was missing, an official said Sunday.

South Korean appeals court upholds fraud conviction of disgraced cloning scientist. An appeals court ruled Thursday to uphold most of the fraud convictions against a South Korean scientist disgraced in a cloning scandal that shook the international scientific community.

An appeals court ruled Thursday to uphold most of the fraud convictions against a South Korean scientist disgraced in a cloning scandal that shook the international scientific community.

South Korea defends compromise with US to salvage stalled free trade agreement. South Korea's top trade official defended a hard-fought compromise with the United States to salvage a stalled free trade agreement, rejecting accusations that his government gave up too much to seal the deal.

South Korea defends compromise with US to salvage stalled free trade agreement. South Korea's top trade official on Sunday defended a hard-fought compromise with the United States to salvage a stalled free trade agreement, rejecting accusations that his government gave up too much to seal the deal.

Leaks of US diplomatic memos raise questions about insight, influence over North Korea. A top South Korean official dismisses China's nuclear negotiator as "incompetent." A Chinese envoy mocks North Korea as a "spoiled child."

Long-disputed sea border between North and South Korea seen as a recipe for accidental war. The view from this South Korean island takes in the undulating hills of North Korea just seven miles (11.25 kilometers) away and the seafood-rich waters all around ? a region of such economic and strategic importance to both countries that one expert calls it a recipe for war.

US, SKorea start war games; China proposes emergency meeting amid escalating Korean tensions. A U.S. supercarrier and South Korean destroyer took up position in the tense Yellow Sea on Sunday for joint military exercises that were a united show of force just days after a deadly North Korean artillery attack.

Latest North Korea nuclear revelations could spur US to confront whether its policy works. The United States and its partners have pushed North Korea for years to abandon its atomic ambitions, but the North has conducted two nuclear tests and now claims it has 2,000 centrifuges producing uranium for a new reactor.

Latest North Korea nuclear revelations could spur US to confront whether its policy works. The United States and its partners have pushed North Korea for years to abandon its atomic ambitions, but the North has conducted two nuclear tests and now claims it has 2,000 centrifuges producing uranium for a new reactor.

US scientist says North Korea has secretly built a 'stunning' new nuclear enrichment facility. North Korea's claim of a new, highly sophisticated uranium enrichment facility could be a ploy to win concessions in nuclear talks or an attempt to bolster leader Kim Jong Il's apparent heir.

US Scientist: NKorea has secretly built a new, highly sophisticated facility to enrich uranium. North Korea has secretly and quickly built a new, highly sophisticated facility to enrich uranium, according to an American nuclear scientist, raising fears that the North is ramping up its atomic program despite international pressure.

South Korea, US fail to reach breakthrough on stalled free trade deal. South Korea and the United States failed to score a breakthrough on a long-stalled free trade agreement and will keep negotiating, their presidents said Thursday, in a sharp setback to hopes of speedily ratifying the ambitious accord.

SKorean police to go on high alert to protect G-20 leaders from NKorea, terrorism, protests. South Korean police will go on high alert and mobilize a record 50,000 officers to thwart possible threats from North Korea, international terrorists and anti-globalization demonstrators during a summit of world leaders in Seoul next month, the national police commissioner said Monday.

Hugs seen around the world as TV coverage turns Chile rescue into global happening. Plane crashes, terror threats, oil spills, toxic leaks. The TV news diet is often dire, rarely joyous. And then there were the pictures Wednesday of brave, dignified miners who had been trapped beneath the ground for more than two months being brought to the surface, to breathe fresh air and to hug their loved-ones.

European Union gives green light to South Korea free trade deal at summit. The European Union agreed Thursday to a free trade pact with South Korea that will slash billions of dollars in industrial and agricultural duties, despite some countries' worries that the auto industry could be hurt by a flood of cheaper cars.

North Korean leader Kim tours Chinese border cities on trip that sparked succession talk. North Korean leader Kim Jong Il apparently toured several Chinese border cities Sunday while on a secretive trip reportedly aimed at drumming up support for a succession plan involving his youngest son.

Report: Video shows bustling North Korean market filled with Chinese products. Video taken at a bustling North Korean market in a border town showed an array of Chinese-made products for sale, a peek at how the country is recovering from drastic economic measures taken late last year, a report said Thursday.

Asia stops to remember end of World War II, prays for peace in tension-ridden region. Asia paused on Sunday to remember Japan's surrender to the allied forces which ended World War II 65 years ago, as the Japanese prime minister apologized for wreaking suffering on the region and the South Korean president said Tokyo's remorse was a step in the right direction.