A major US-South Korean military exercise ended Thursday without incident despite harsh North Korean criticism of the drill and its threats of retaliation for any aggression. "No unusual North Korean military movements were detected during the exercise," said a spokesman for the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff. The annual Key Resolve/Foal Eagle exercise this year ran from March ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has executed a ruling party official blamed for a botched currency reform, in a desperate attempt to quell public unrest and stem negative impact on Pyongyang's power succession, a news report said on Thursday. The execution by firing squad in Pyongyang last week of Pak Nam-ki, Labour Party chief for planned economy, was for the ...

A major US-South Korean military exercise ended Thursday without incident despite harsh North Korean criticism of the drill and its threats of retaliation for any aggression. "No unusual North Korean military movements were detected during the exercise," said a spokesman for the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff. The annual Key Resolve/Foal Eagle exercise this year ran from March ...