City-sponsored tours of the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea resumed.

To compensate Pocheon residents for the noise, the South Korean defense ministry agreed to construct a gymnasium, golf course and other sports facilities around the range at an undetermined date, citizen’s group spokesman says.

A former defector, unhappy with life in the South, stole a 25-seat shuttle bus this week and attempted to cross a bridge into North Korea before he was apprehended by guards.

A U.S. service member stationed in South Korea pleaded guilty to assaulting a taxi driver in Seoul and was fined roughly $2,250 last month.

Police plan to recommend assault charges against a US soldier accused of throwing a 73-year-old taxi driver to the ground.

Local police arrested an Osan airman on suspicion of drunken driving and crashing into six vehicles at his apartment complex parking lot over the weekend.

The U.S. State Department has greenlighted the sale of 36 Apache attack helicopters to South Korea — a deal potentially worth $3.5 billion.

Earlier this month, the South Korean Ministry for Unification unveiled a monument to those who escaped North Korea or lost their lives in the attempt. Overlooking the DMZ, the monument is “more than just stone” for those who have made the harrowing journey.

North Korea showed off 250 new missile launchers over the weekend as the country’s leader announced delivery of the weapons to front-line units facing the southern border.

Moscow sent a pair of missile-armed, long-range bombers on a 10-hour training flight this week between Japan and South Korea, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.