South Korea's prime minister on Tuesday visited a group of disputed islands to bolster Seoul's claim over them, but Tokyo called the trip inappropriate and urged the two sides to settle the row calmly. The dispute centres on a chain of

The South Korean government said on Saturday it was trying to end a crippling strike by truckers that has severely hit operations at the country's major port of Busan. Transportation minister Chung Jong-Hwan met in the southern port with

North Korea has fired three short-range missiles off its west coast, Yonhap news agency reported Saturday.The South Korean agency, quoting a government source, said the missiles were fired on Friday into the Yellow Sea off Jeungsan County,