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 ...

Crossing the inter-Korean “demilitarized zone”—ironically the most militarized zone on Earth—is extraordinarily dangerous on foot, but some North Korean conscripts attempt it anyway. Since the end of ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Seoul says the rival Koreas began removing mines and other explosives at two sites inside their heavily armed border on Monday as part of their recent tension-reduction steps ...