The official tour bus departed from the corporate-chic Lotte Hotel near Seoul’s City Hall, at exactly 8:50 am. As we sped north along the Han River away from the city, our tour guide briefed us on the ...

The U.S. and South Korea may be holding joint naval exercises in the East Sea, and North Korea may be threatening nuclear retaliation in habitual, heavy-handed response, but it's really just the ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Tuesday some tours of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas will restart for selected guests for the first time since they were suspended after a ...

Last month I went on the DMZ Peace Tour in Paju, South Korea. Despite being a "demilitarized zone," the DMZ is the most heavily fortified border in the world. The peaceful tour was a stark contrast to ...

With North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meeting with US President Donald Trump in Hanoi this week for a second summit, hopes for peace on the Korean Peninsula have once again been raised. It’s the latest ...

Gangwon Province has stepped up efforts to ease regulations imposed by the military on some areas of the region in a move to boost tourism to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The move is being pushed ...

CAMP BONIFAS, SOUTH KOREA -- It's been six decades since the Korean War of 1950 -- 53 left the peninsula charred and devastated. But the Demilitarized Zone that has ever since divided the two Koreas, ...