North Korea appears to be constructing a new building at its Yongbyon nuclear complex and continues to produce nuclear material, the head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog said.

South Korea has stopped using its propaganda loudspeakers along the northern border in an effort to reduce tensions between the two countries, the military said.

A South Korean court handed a suspended sentence to a North Korean defector who tried to cross the border back into the North using a stolen bus, according to local media.

A former Marine Corps historian has taken charge of U.S. Marines in South Korea in one of several leadership changes taking place this month across the peninsula.

In his inauguration speech, South Korea’s newly elected president pledged to strengthen the nation’s alliance with the United States while pursuing a pragmatic relationship with China.

Two U.S. Air Force pilots stationed in South Korea received a warm welcome — including homecooked meals and a wedding invitation — after their F-16 fighter jets made an emergency landing on a remote island in the Bering Sea last month.

The U.S. and South Korea are discussing ways to support Seoul’s reconnaissance operations.

About 200 U.S. troops based in South Korea have been temporarily redeployed to the Middle East, according to a South Korean military official cited in a local news report.

It is the second time Col. Kathryn Gaetke has taken a leadership role previously held by her husband, Col. Matthew Gaetke, also an F-16 pilot.

A South Korean soldier accidentally fired a machine gun round near the border with the North on Wednesday, marking the second such incident in less than a month, according to the South’s military.