South Korea's unification ministry announced plans to pursue a 'peace declaration' to formally end the 1950-53 Korean War armistice and transition to a peace regime.

North Korea is holding a delegate ceremony, signaling the imminent 9th Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea.

North Korea has unveiled a statue of its leader, Kim Jong Un, in Pyongyang, an honor typically reserved for deceased members of the ruling dynasty, according to South Korea's Unification Ministry.

South Korea plans to develop new in-depth indicators to better detect suicide risk among North Korean defectors, with a particular focus on women, who account for the majority of the defector population, a Unification Ministry official said Wednesday. The ministry recently completed internal procedures to commission a research project on suicide among defectors and plans to post a public notice in early March, according to the official, who declined to be named. A research firm will be selected