North Koreans skeptical of better future, unification

The increase in inter-Korea cooperation and exchange has not raised hopes among ordinary North Koreans their lives will improve, even in the event of national unification.

Pyongyang Seeks to 'Write New History' of Korean Unification - State Media

Shortly after Kim Jong-un hosted a high-level delegation of South Korean officials for dinner in Pyongyang on Monday, North Korean state media said the country's leader intends to advance inter-Korean relations and make the story of Korean history a story of unification.

Tillerson: US is not looking for 'regime change' of DPRK

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday that the US does not seek to topple the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and is willing to sit down for talks with Pyongyang on the conditions that it stops the pursuit of nuclear weapons.

South Korea offers direct talks with the North

South Korea has offered to talk with North Korea to ease animosities along their tense border and resume reunions of families separated by their war in the 1950s.

Cyprus reunification talks end without a deal : UN

Marathon talks in Switzerland aimed at ending the decades-old conflict in Cyprus wrapped up early today without a deal, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.

UK apologizes to Italy for 'racist' form

Britain's Foreign Office has said it was sorry for an online form that asks Italians resident in the UK if they are "Italian, Neapolitan or Sicilian" - 155 years after the unification of Italy.

S.Korea, DPRK begin vice ministerial-level meeting

South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday began a vice ministerial-level meeting in the DPRK's border city of Kaesong.

S. Korea, DPRK (North Korea) agree to hold family reunion in Oct.

South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed Tuesday to hold the reunion of Korean families, separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, late next month in the DPRK's Mount Kumgang resort, Seoul's unification ministry said.

S. Korea, DPRK continue marathon talks for family reunion

SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) continued their dialogue early Tuesday as talks for the reunion of Korean families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War lasted for more than 14 hours.

UNSG Special Adviser announces resumption of Cyprus talks

UNSG Special Adviser for Cyprus Espen Barth Eide announced Tuesday that UN-backed talks are expected to resume within weeks following the illegal elections in the occupied areas of the island.