China heap praise on the leaders of the two Koreas for holding a landmark summit, calling their handshake over the Military Demarcation Line that divides the peninsula a "historic moment".

Donald Trump's White House voice hope that a Korean summit would "achieve progress toward a future of peace," as the leaders of the two countries sat down to talk.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in embrace after pledging to work for the "complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula," punctuating a day of smiles and handshakes at the first inter-Korean summit in more than a decade.

South Korea halts the propaganda broadcasts it blares across the border at North Korea ahead of their first summit in a decade, as US President Donald Trump cautioned the nuclear crisis on the peninsula was a long way from being resolved.

A South Korean farmer killed and cooked a neighbour's barking dog before inviting its unsuspecting owner to join him for a dog-meat dinner, police say in a case that has sparked online outrage.

South Korea's disgraced former president Park Geun-hye is jailed for 24 years for corruption, closing out a dramatic fall from grace for the country's first woman leader who became a figure of public fury and ridicule.

A South Korean delegation meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a South Korean official said, after arriving in the North on a visit aimed at encouraging North Korea and the United States to talk.

Olympics chief Thomas Bach dismisses concerns that North Korea has tried to "hijack" the Winter Games for political purposes, as officials reveal he will visit the isolated country after the tournament in South Korea.

When a hotel on South Korea's east coast is asked at short notice to host nearly 280 North Korean visitors, the problem is't finding enough rooms. It is to learn how not to offend them.

It is a historic moment, and it happens even before the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics had officially begun.

North Korean delegates arrive in South Korea to inspect venues and prepare cultural performances for next month's Winter Olympics, in the first visit by Pyongyang officials to the capitalist South for four years.

The two Koreas will field a combined women's ice hockey team and march together under one flag at next month's Winter Olympics in the South, Seoul says, after a new round of talks amid a thaw in cross-border ties.

North Korea and South Korea agree to hold working-level talks at the Tongil Pavilion on the North Korean side of the truce village of Panmunjom on Jan 15, South Korea’s unification ministry says in a statement.

North Korea says it will not discuss its nuclear weapons in coming talks with Seoul because they are aimed only at the United States, not its "brethren" in South Korea.

North Korea say during rare talks with the South that it will send a delegation to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea next month and Seoul said it was prepared to lift some sanctions temporarily to facilitate the visit if needed.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reopens a key cross-border communication channel with South Korea for the first time in nearly two years as the rivals explored the possibility of sitting down and talking after months of acrimony and fears of war.

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myong-gyon offers high-ranking government talks with North Korea next week at the border village of Panmunjom, a day after Pyongyang suggested talks despite sticking to its nuclear ambitions.

Kim Jong Un warns the United States that he has a “nuclear button” on his desk ready for use if North Korea is threatened, but offered an olive branch to South Korea, saying he was “open to dialogue” with Seoul.

A fire broke out at an eight-storey building in the central South Korean city of Jecheon, killing 29 people and injuring 29 others, officials say.

South Korea adds several North Korean groups and individuals to its sanctions list in a largely symbolic move that is part of efforts to cut off funding for the North’s weapons programs.