Two people died and four others were taken ill after a nitrogen leak at the LG Display factory north of the South Korean capital, Seoul, the company said today.

North Korea has warned that its military has been cleared to attack the US using “smaller, lighter and diversified” nuclear weapons.

FIVE South Koreans found dead in a hotel room are thought to have made an internet suicide pact, police say.

Inter-Korean economic talks today have been scuttled by North Korean concerns about political instability in the South after last week’s presidential impeachment.

Soldiers of North and South Korea have exchanged fire across the border but there were no reports of injuries, South Korean military officials said.