South Korea's president and his team have started moving back into Seoul's historic Blue House, which his predecessor abandoned for being too "imperial", an official said Tuesday.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's recent visit to a local factory opening ceremony drew attention for the attendance of his daughter, Kim Ju-ae, who was spotted walking beside him and sometimes in front of him — a rare sight for the North's leader.

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has opened a meeting to prepare for the upcoming ruling party congress, one of the country’s biggest political conferences meant to lay out new state priorities.

Hyung-tae Kim is the founder and director of Shift Up, the Seoul-based developer behind Stellar Blade and mobile hit Goddess of Victory: Nikke. Under his leadership, the studio has grown into one of South Korea’s most prominent game developers.

Kim has been presiding over a key party meeting this week as the country prepares for the Ninth Congress of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea.

Taiwan is stepping up its protests over Korea’s designation of the country as “China (Taiwan)” on its electronic arrival card system. Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday personally urged the Korean government to take action.

President Trump described North Korea's border as a barrier of “seven walls of wire” electrified with “a million volts.”

Washington relationship confrontational, and North Korea something of a wild card in the worsening geopolitical and security situation in Northeast Asia, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung is putting himself forward as the peacemaker.