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Chinese President Xi Jinping, right and South Korean President Park Geun-hye greet children waving the two countries' national flags at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Thursday. Xi has yet to visit North Korea.

Chinese Leader's Seoul Visit Seen As Snub To North Korea

Xi Jinping's first visit to the Korean peninsula finds him in Seoul, not Pyongyang, in a possible sign of strained Sino-North Korean ties.

More than 70 second-year students who survived the sinking of the ferry Sewol returned to Danwon High School in Ansan, South Korea, on Wednesday.

In Emotional Scene, Teen Survivors Of South Korea Ferry Return To School

Only 75 of the 323 students aboard the ferry Sewol survived after the ship sank in April. Some bowed their heads and wept as they walked into Danwon High School in Ansan, South Korea.

In late April, rescue workers surrounded the area where the South Korean ferry Sewol sank. The body of a victim was recovered Thursday about 25 miles from this site.

Body Found Miles From Sunken South Korean Ferry

Nearly two months after the disaster in South Korea, the death toll now stands at 289 and 15 people are still unaccounted for.

South Korea's President Will Disband Its Coast Guard

President Park Geun-hye's speech comes a bit more than one month after the ferry Sewol sank, killing more than 300 people. It also comes as South Korea prepares hold national elections.

South Korean soldiers on Yeonpyeong last month. North Korea conducted live-fire artillery drills near the island on Tuesday.

North Korea Conducts Artillery Drills Near Southern Border

The exercises, while not uncommon, are considered provocative in the immediate wake of President Obama's visit to South Korea.

North Korea Issues Sexist Tirade Against South Korean Leader

South Korean President Park Guen-hye was called a "capricious whore who asks her fancy man to do harm to other person while providing sex to him." The "fancy man" in question: President Obama.

China's Rising Influence Looms Over Obama's Asia Trip

President Obama wrapped up a two-day visit to South Korea, warning Pyongyang that pursuing nuclear weapons will only lead to more isolation. Correspondent Anthony Kuhn talks with NPR's Scott Simon.

Crews aboard ships involved in the recovery effort at the site where a South Korean ferry sank continued to work as night fell Thursday.

Recovery Of Bodies From Sunken Ferry Growing More Difficult

Authorities say divers are finding it harder and harder to get into places where passengers' bodies are still trapped. On Friday, 185 deaths had been confirmed. Another 117 people remained missing.

As the sun set Wednesday in Jindo, South Korea, a woman kept watch on the waters where the Sewol ferry sank. It's feared the death toll will reach 300.

Death Toll Rises, Hopes Fade At Site Of Korean Ferry Disaster

Divers have found no air pockets where passengers might have taken refuge. They have, however, retrieved more bodies. The number of confirmed deaths has topped 150. An equal number remain missing.

U.S. Says It's Monitoring For Possible North Korea Nuclear Test

The State Department, citing news reports of heightened activity at Pyongyang's test site, says it's closely watching the situation.

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