(ATTN: Minor edit in para 7) SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korean officials pledged allegiance to their new leader Kim Jong-un on Thursday as they formally announced..|12-29 18:53

(ATTN: UPDATES with comment by Chinese and South Korea officials in paras 8-13; Minor edits in paras 1, 14) SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korean officials pledged al..|12-29 18:15

SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Yonhap) -- North Korea began a nation-wide memorial service for Kim Jong-il on Thursday as the final event in the official mourning period for the late..|12-29 11:47

SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- Tens of thousands of North Koreans wept and wailed in an emotional tribute to late leader Kim Jong-il on Wednesday as a hearse carrying his ..|12-28 21:26

(ATTN: UPDATES with more comments of North Koreans, background and launch of latest anti-Pyongyang leaflets) SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- Tens of thousands of North Korea..|12-28 18:37

BEIJING, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- China's ambassador to North Korea attended the state funeral for Kim Jong-il on Wednesday, a Beijing official said, indicating that Pyongy..|12-28 17:27

SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans wept and wailed as they lined the major streets of Pyongyang Wednesday despite heavy snow, as a hears..|12-28 16:12

PAJU, South Korea, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- About 50 North Korean defectors launched balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets into the communist state Wednesday, as the re..|12-28 15:21

SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korea began a state funeral for its late leader Kim Jong-il at a snow-covered plaza in Pyongyang on Wednesday, with new leader Kim Jon..|12-28 14:35

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SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- North Korea was to hold a state funeral for its former leader Kim Jong-il on Wednesday, as the communist state's military and political elit..|12-28 11:40

DORASAN, South Korea, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- Two high-profile South Korean delegations returned home Tuesday after a rare trip to Pyongyang to pay tribute to the late Nor..|12-27 15:55

DORASAN, South Korea, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- Two high-profile South Korean delegations arrived at an industrial complex in a North Korean border city on Tuesday after a r..|12-27 14:24

DORASAN, South Korea, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- Two high-profile South Korean delegations were to meet with the head of North Korea's parliament on Tuesday before returning ..|12-27 11:07

By Kim Eun-jung SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- A progressive South Korean civic activist flew to North Korea two days ago without government approval to pay her respects to..|12-26 22:45

DORASAN, South Korea, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- A former South Korean first lady and the chairwoman of Hyundai Group on Monday met with new North Korean leader Kim Jong-un i..|12-26 22:29

SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- A former South Korean first lady and the chairwoman of Hyundai Group on Monday met with Kim Jong-un, North Korea's new leader, the Unificati..|12-26 21:53

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