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Seoul and Washington are discussing joint planning and exercises involving US nuclear assets to counter growing threats from the North, South Korea's presidential office said Tuesday, after US President Joe Biden said there would be no such joint drills.

South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo vowed on Wednesday to hold police accountable for Seoul's deadly Halloween crowd surge.

South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a period of national mourning on Sunday after a Halloween crush killed some 151 people in a packed nightlife area in Seoul.

Around 200,000 households live in such flats, which make up around five percent of housing stock in the South Korean capital, according to official figures.

Yoon formally assumed his duties at midnight on Monday with a bell-tolling ceremony at Bosingak Pavilion in downtown Seoul.

President Moon met with leader Kim Jong Un four times, and brokered high-profile talks between Pyongyang and Washington.

The man has been charged for stalking and murdering his ex-girlfriend in her flat in central Seoul

Cluster infections have surfaced in areas including schools, offices and shopping malls, with people in their 20s and 30s

The cause of the accident was not immediately clear. Police have launched a probe into the case, authorities said.

His death came a day after his former secretary filed a police complaint -- said to involve sexual harassment -- against him.

Of the 46 new cases reported Tuesday 30 were people arriving from overseas.

In a series of denunciations of Seoul, the North rejected an offer it said had come from the South's President Moon Jae-in to send an envoy for talks.

North Korea's harshest criticism of Washington came on Friday, and casts doubt over the future of the two sides' long-stalled nuclear talks process.

FC Seoul came under fire after dozens of dolls wearing T-shirts or holding placards with the logo of a sex-toy seller appeared at Sunday's game.

The K-league's new season kicked off on May 8 after being postponed for more than two months.

The North Korean leader has not made a public appearance since presiding over a Workers' Party politburo meeting on April 11.

The BTS concerts are the latest events to be cancelled or postponed as the outbreak has spread in the world's 12th-largest economy.

Moon's appeal came after Kim threatened a demonstration of a "new strategic weapon" at a four-day ruling party meeting last week.

South Korea move to lift sanctions is aimed at encouraging North Korea down the path of denuclearization.

Seoul's gesture comes after successful sports diplomacy during the Olympic games in which North Korean players took part.

The North Korean defector says she has grown tired of life in the South and demanded authorities allow her to return home.

The bill, which will come to approximately 2.86bn Korean won (£1.9m, $2.64m), will be paid from the South's Ministry of Unification budget.

South Korea's defence minister said his country will not drop its guard despite signs of improving ties with the Kim Jong-un regime.

North Korea's state media has said Pyongyang would 'smash' challenges against reunifying the Korean peninsula.

North and South Korea plan to send joint ice hockey team to Winter Olympics in Seoul. North Korean delegation also includes an orchestra.

French rights groups file lawsuit against electronics giant, accusing it of misleading advertising because of alleged labour abuses at factories.

Relations between North Korea and South Korea have been strained for many years, but one moment in 2000 shows another future is still possible.

Hospital officials told police that the deaths "do not seem to have originated from a contagious cause."

A recap of the soldier's defection and recovery from his wounds has been played on loudspeakers at the border.

A North Korean prison camp survivor has launched a crowd-funding campaign to finance the assassination of dictator.