A group of US experts on Korean affairs will visit Pyongyang Saturday for talks with policy makers regarding North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, a news report said.

Buddhists from 2 Koreas hold joint ceremony after naval clash earlier this month. Buddhist monks from South and North Korea held a joint ceremony at a temple in the communist country Saturday in a continuation of civic exchanges between the nations despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month.

NKorean cargo ship arrives in SKorean port, showing that trade unaffected by naval clash. A North Korean cargo ship visited a South Korean port Monday, showing that trade between the rival countries is continuing despite their bloody naval skirmish last week.

North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons in the foreseeable future despite the upcoming talks with Washington, a former senior US diplomat who recently visited Pyongyang said Monday.

President Lee Myung-Bak Monday ordered a thorough investigation into a fire that killed 10 people including seven Japanese tourists, and urged South Koreans to be more careful about safety.

President Lee Myung-Bak Monday ordered a thorough investigation into a fire that killed 10 people including at least seven Japanese tourists, and urged South Koreans to be more careful of safety.

South Korea Tuesday approved a cut in carbon emissions, saying it wants to set an example for the world's developing countries.

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea has set its voluntary 2020 emissions reduction target to a 30 percent reduction from its forecast under a "business as usual" scenario, the presidential office said in a statement on Tuesday.

Obama: Iran, North Korea have choices to make on nuclear program, warns Tehran of consequences. President Barack Obama says there will be consequences if Tehran does not demonstrate Iran's nuclear program is "peaceful and transparent."

US President Barack Obama said Tuesday he told his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao that he backs an early resumption of talks between Beijing and representatives of the Dalai Lama.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei said on Tuesday that Beijing expects the United States to hold a bilateral meeting soon with North Korea and said his government would welcome such a move.

South Korea sets greenhouse gas reduction target at 4 percent below 2005 levels. South Korea announced its first greenhouse gas reduction target Tuesday, pledging to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases by 4 percent below 2005 levels by 2020.

South Korea sets greenhouse gas reduction target at 4 percent below 2005 levels. South Korea announced its first greenhouse gas reduction target Tuesday, pledging to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases by 4 percent below 2005 levels by 2020.

China and the United States want talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons programme to resume "as soon as possible", US President Barack Obama said Tuesday after talks with his host Hu Jintao.

The death toll from a blaze at an indoor shooting range in a South Korean city has risen to 11 after a local victim died while being treated for severe burns, hospital officials said on Wednesday.

SEOUL (Reuters) - The one certainty in unpredictable North Korea is that if the state detonates a nuclear device or leader Kim Jong-il visits a duck farm, Ri Chun-hee will be on TV boasting about the amazing accomplishment.

US President Barack Obama ended the official part of his trip to China on Wednesday by meeting Premier Wen Jiabao, who emphasised that their two nations were better off as partners, not rivals.

US President Barack Obama ended the official part of his trip to China on Wednesday by meeting Premier Wen Jiabao, who emphasised that their two nations were better off as partners, not rivals.

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in South Korea on Wednesday for talks that will focus on how to tempt North Korea back to nuclear disarmament talks and a delayed trade pact between Seoul and Washington.

US President Barack Obama wrapped up his first trip to China on Wednesday by meeting Premier Wen Jiabao, who said the two nations were better off as partners not rivals, and visiting the Great Wall.