North Korea is demolishing a $37 million South Korean–built hotel and family reunion center at Mount Kumgang, erasing a key symbol of tourism diplomacy. The move signals a hard shift in Pyongyang’s ...

Mount Kumgang is a long-celebrated place of exceptional natural beauty, renowned for its near-white granite peaks, deep valleys, waterfalls, and pristine ecosystems, rising to nearly 1,600 metres. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some 75% of South Koreans registered as separated from family in the North have died of old age, government data showed Thursday.

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (UPI) --More than three-quarters of South Koreans registered as members of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War have died without being reunited with relatives in North Korea, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Mount Everest is world-famous for being the Earth's highest peak. Unfortunately, it's quickly becoming the ...

The “Roof of Africa” is the continent’s most climbed peak—which often means trekking in the company of crowds. These five climbs offer under-the-radar alternatives with challenging trails and wild ...

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SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- Businesspeople with investments in now-suspended inter-Korean projects on Wednesday called on the government to lift its unilateral sanctions imposed in 2010 that ban joint ...

A 'bucket list' trip to Russia's extreme north ended in tragedy after a 57-year-old tourist was carried away by a strong current as she went ice floating. The unnamed woman from Belarus vanished ...

The Foreign Office this morning issued an urgent travel alert to 16 nations and told people of serious concerns. Officials are concerned at developments in a region used by hundreds of thousdands of ...