North Korea runs a cyber warfare unit that tries to hack into U.S. and South Korean military networks to gather confidential information and disrupt service, a news report said Tuesday.

North Korea took a fresh swipe at President Barack Obama on Monday, saying his administration is no different from that of his predecessor, George W. Bush.

Asian stock markets soared Monday, led by gains of 5 percent or more in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and India, amid upbeat economic signs from China and the United States. European markets opened higher, too.

A South Korean navy warship has rescued a North Korean freighter by driving away a pirate ship chasing it off Somalia.

Asian stock markets rose Monday, led by Taiwan, on optimism about emerging strength in the U.S. economy and easing fears about swine flu.

Asian stock markets rose Monday on optimism about emerging strength in the U.S. economy and easing fears about swine flu.

Health authorities in South Korea said Saturday they have confirmed the country’s first case of swine flu in a woman who recently returned from Mexico.

A news report says South Korea has its first confirmed case of swine flu.

South Korea’s trade surplus hit a record high for the second straight month in April as imports fell sharply on cheaper costs for oil and as declines in exports eased, the government said Friday.

North Korea said Friday it is intensifying its investigation into a South Korean worker detained on suspicion of denouncing the communist nation’s government, indicating it had no intention of releasing him any time soon.