Powell, South Korean minister endorse military alliance plans
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell and South Korea's defense minister Yoon Kwang-Ung endorsed plans to pump more money into beefing up South Korea's defense capability despite a planned cut in US forces there.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell sought  South Korea's support on Tuesday for a U.S. hard line on North  Korea after China said Washington must be more flexible to  entice the reclusive state back to nuclear arms talks.
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South Korean and U.S. officials are  discussing a possible visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell  to Seoul next week, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, just  two weeks ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
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South Korea's vice foreign minister on Wednesday confirmed reports that the United States had offered one-on-one talks with North Korea over the communist nation's nuclear program, but was rejected.
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South Korea and the United States closed a round of defense talks in Seoul on Friday aimed at scheduling a reduction of U.S. troops on the Korean peninsula without agreeing on the timeline of the realignment.
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The United States and South Korea agreed  on Wednesday to keep pushing North Korea to join some form of  talks on Pyongyang's nuclear programs before the end of the  year, Yonhap news agency reported.
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WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Colin L. Powell offered strong support yesterday for an Iraqi proposal for an international conference to promote political stability in the country.
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South Korea's incoming conservative government agreed Wednesday not to scrap the ministry handling reconciliation with North Korea, following fierce opposition from liberals who have a majority in parliament.
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South Korea on Saturday welcomed an agreement struck with Washington to hand Seoul wartime operational control over its own forces for the first time in more than 50 years.
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South Korean and U.S. officials are discussing a possible visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell to Seoul next week, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, just two weeks ahead of the U.S. presidential election.
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The United States and South Korea agreed Friday that by 2012 the South Koreans will be responsible for commanding their military in wartime.
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One day after China urged the Bush administration to adopt greater flexibility in talks over North Korea's nuclear programs, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell on Tuesday sought to maintain a united front with South Korea over the administration's tough line on dismantling Pyongyang's weapons.
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WASHINGTON Secretary of State Colin Powell will visit Japan, China and South Korea next weekend. The department says discussions will deal with such issues as regional security, stability, the global war on terrorism, Iraq and North Korea.
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WASHINGTON, Oct 28  - US Secretary of State Colin Powell underlined Thursday the US commitment to defend Taiwan and respect for the one-China policy, during talks with China&#39;s visiting military chief.
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The United States and South Korea on Friday said they would dissolve by 2012 an arrangement dating from the Korean War under which Seoul's military forces were put under the control of U.S.-led U.N. forces.
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SEOUL, OCTOBER 26: US secretary of State Colin Powell on Tuesday sought to fend off complaints from key partners in the effort to end North Koreaâs nuclear programs that the Bush administration has not been sufficiently creative or willing to compromise
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South Korea and the United States have already begun talks about a possible agreement with North Korea formally ending the 1950-53 war on the peninsula, the US ambassador to Seoul said Thursday.