Myanmar's NLD chooses rapper as candidate

Seoul: Myanmar halting arms purchases from Pyongyang

YANGON -- Myanmar's president has confirmed that his country bought weapons from North Korea during the past 20 years and assured his South Korean counterpart that it will no longer do so.

Lee to mourn South Koreans killed in 1983 Myanmar blast

YANGON -- President Lee Myung-bak has met with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi before visting the site where North Korean commandos staged a bloody 1983 attack against visiting South Korean dignitaries.

Lee tries to nudge Myanmar away from military ally N. Korea

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak made a surprise visit to Myanmar to wean the country from military ally North Korea.

UPDATE/ Lee makes first South Korean trip to Myanmar since attack

YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar tightened security for a visit by President Lee Myung-bak on May 14, the first by a South Korean leader since an assassination attempt by North Korean commandos nearly 30 years ago.

@SEOUL: Green Party makes debut in general election

With a presidential election looming later this year, South Korean politics are in a state of flux.