The election was watched around the world as one of the first nationwide votes since the pandemic began.

South Korea has been increasingly sidelined as denuclearization talks between the United States and North Korea have stalled.

President Moon Jae-in made the comments in a meeting with senior aides to discuss Japan’s imposition of trade curbs on South Korea. They came as a surprise since North Korea has raised tensions in recent weeks with tests of new short-range weapons that pose a threat to South Korea’s security.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would leave sanctions in place on North Korea as he and South Korean President Moon Jae-in discussed ways to get U.S.-North Korea nuclear talks back on track after a failed summit in Hanoi.

North Korea enters 2019 with a chance to broker peace or spark renewed fears of nuclear war in a second summit between Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump.

During the G20 summit, U.S. President Donald Trump asked South Korea President Moon Jae-in to give Kim Jong Un the message.

South Korean engineers rode a train into North Korea to inspect the hermit country’s railway network, in hopes of someday connecting the two nations.

North Korea, South Korea and the UN Command have finished withdrawing firearms and troops from the border village of Panmunjom as part of a broader de-escalation effort.

North and South Korea have agreed to remove weapons and guard posts from the demilitarized zone village between the two countries.

The agreement on transport links came during talk aimed at following up on the third summit this year between South Korea's President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, last month.