By Chang Jae-soon

(ATTN: UPDATES with direction of Kim's train in paras 1-4; CHANGES headline, dateline)

SHENYANG, China, May 21 (Yonhap) -- A special train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-il passed through Shenyang Saturday and headed southwest, raising speculation that he may have a meeting wi

(3rd LD)FUKUSHIMA/SENDAI/TOKYO, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak came close to Japan's crippled nuclear power plant and tasted cherry tomatoes and other vegetables produced i

(3rd LD) CHANGCHUN, China, May 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il departed from Changchun, the second stop on his secretive trip to China, by train on Saturday after touring a car plan

LOS ANGELES, May 20 (Yonhap) -- A retired American soldier on Friday pinpointed a heliport inside his former military camp in South Korea as the site where large amounts of leftover toxic chemical

(2nd LD) SENDAI/FUKUSHIMA/TOKYO, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak made consolation visits to disaster-stricken Japanese regions on Saturday, expressing sympathy for victims o

(2nd LD) CHANGCHUN, China, May 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il toured a car factory in the northeast Chinese city of Changchun on Saturday on the second day of his secret trip to Chi

SEOUL, May 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks are forecast to rise after ending in negative territory for a fourth straight week on hefty foreign sell-offs, analysts said Saturday.

1882 -- Korea's Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) and the United States reach a trade agreement.