South Korean troops fired warning shots at two North Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the fortified inter-Korean border not long after another soldier defected to the South in that area, South ...

North Korean troops who crossed into South Korea at the Demilitarized Zone last week did not heed broadcasted messages to halt, prompting South Korean soldiers to fire warning shots, according to a ...

Established along the 38th parallel after World War II, the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) forms a 155-mile barrier that ...

North Korea is building sections of what appears to be a wall in several places near its border with South Korea, new satellite images reveal. Images analysed by BBC Verify also back up previous ...

SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said Tuesday that the government is considering narrowing the distance of the Civilian Control Line (CCL) from the inter-Korean border in ...

A North Korean teen soldier walked across the world's most heavily militarized border on Monday in a bid to defect to South Korea, South Korean Defense Ministry officials said. It is rare for a North ...

While the UN Command takes issue with pending legislation for peaceful use of the DMZ, it should reflect on its efforts to militarize the “police” forces deployed there ...

A North Korean man has crossed the demilitarised zone into South Korea and was in Seoul's custody early Thursday, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said. There was no immediate word on the man's identity or ...

South Korean soldiers held their normal stern and unmoving positions Wednesday outside the blue huts of Panmunjom village, the only place along the border where troops from the two Koreas stand nearly ...

A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea across the rivals' heavily fortified border on Sunday, South Korea's military said.The military took custody of the soldier who crossed the central ...