North Korea

Takuya Yokota in Tokyo in November 2017. He continues to speak out about North Korea's abduction of his sister in 1977.

Japan could ease tensions with North Korea — if North Korea comes clean on its abduction of Japanese citizens

Last year at the UN General Assembly, Donald Trump brought up the issue of the Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea. This year, he praised North Korea's leader for his courage.

Japan could ease tensions with North Korea — if North Korea comes clean on its abduction of Japanese citizens
Won Hyung-joon leads the Lindenbaum Festival Orchestra and hopes one day to perform together with North Korean musicians.

Why 'Arirang' is the perfect song for a divided Korea

Why 'Arirang' is the perfect song for a divided Korea
Sook Ei and George Lampman met at the US embassy in Seoul in the months before the start of the Korean War.

They got married in Seoul and a week later, China invaded

They got married in Seoul and a week later, China invaded
Boy on horse in carousel, looking at camera. Old, scanned photo

On being Korean in America in the time of the ‘Axis of Evil’ and ‘Rocket Man’

On being Korean in America in the time of the ‘Axis of Evil’ and ‘Rocket Man’
A South Korean policeman takes part in an anti-terror drill as part of the Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise in Seoul, South Korea, August 22, 2017.

South Koreans used to brush off talk of war. Now, they're getting worried.

South Koreans used to brush off talk of war. Now, they're getting worried.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides a target-striking contest of the special operation forces of the Korean People's Army (KPA).

South Korea's creating a special military unit to assassinate Kim Jong-un

In an unusual move, the plan was announced publicly.

South Korea's creating a special military unit to assassinate Kim Jong-un
Director Morten Traavik (r) with the lead singer of Laibach, Milan Fras. Traavik brought the Slovenian band to Pyongyang in 2015 for a concert. And then he made a film about it.

Here's an idea for engaging with North Korea. Bring in a Western rock band and make a movie about it.

What happens when a Norwegian director-provocateur brings a Western rock band to North Korea, and films the experience? The result is the new documentary "Liberation Day."

Here's an idea for engaging with North Korea. Bring in a Western rock band and make a movie about it.
Students from the Daum School on a field trip with their teacher. Their faces are blurred to protect their privacy. Many North Korean refugees have trouble adjusting to life in fast-paced South Korea, especially at school.

North Korean students learn to deal with trauma at this Seoul school

When young North Korean refugees make their way to South Korea, they're often unprepared for life there. Now there's a high school that helps them deal with their trauma.

North Korean students learn to deal with trauma at this Seoul school
A new multiple launch rocket system is test fired in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang March 4, 2016.

Some Americans are panicking about North Korea. Here’s why South Koreans aren’t.

Saturday is a big day in North Korea: The 105th anniversary of the birth of the country's founder, Kim Il Sung. It's thought that North Korea will conduct a nuclear or missile test to mark the occasion. But South Koreans aren't that worried.

Some Americans are panicking about North Korea. Here’s why South Koreans aren’t.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised a ballistic rocket launching drill of Hwasong artillery units of the Strategic Force of the KPA on the spot in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, March 7,

Trump seeks options for eliminating North Korean nuclear threat

As a US strike group led by an aircraft carrier steamed toward the Korean peninsula Sunday, a senior official said President Donald Trump has asked to be provided with a range of options for eliminating the North Korean nuclear threat.

Trump seeks options for eliminating North Korean nuclear threat
Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses a joint news conference with US President Barack Obama in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, Sept. 25, 2015.

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will talk North Korea and trade in first face-to-face meeting

No one is 100 percent sure what will happen when the most powerful Chinese leader in a generation meets a mercurial American president who has been in office fewer than 100 days, as Trump and Xi open a new chapter in the world's most consequential relationship.

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will talk North Korea and trade in first face-to-face meeting
A South Korean soldier patrols at a checkpoint on the Grand Unification Bridge, which leads to the demilitarized zone separating North Korea from South Korea, in Paju, north of Seoul, April 8, 2013.

A father remembers when Korea was one country. His son dreams of seeing the same someday.

The Kang family lived through centuries of Korean unity. Today, they can’t go home.

A father remembers when Korea was one country. His son dreams of seeing the same someday.
Thanksgiving in Hibbing, Minnesota with the family of Korean-American author Marie Myung-Ok Lee.

A mundane Thanksgiving can be the ideal holiday gift

Her parents survived war and upheaval in Korea. Then they embraced bland Thanksgiving rituals in an effort to give their kids a predictable, safe vision of their future.

A mundane Thanksgiving can be the ideal holiday gift
Seated protestors listen to a speech against a new American anti-missile defense system being located in their area. They're worried about potential health impacts.

South Koreans raise voices against a new US anti-missile system aimed at North Korea

Despite assurances from the US and South Korean governments, South Koreans living near the site of a new anti-missile shield worry about potential health impacts.

South Koreans raise voices against a new US anti-missile system aimed at North Korea
African Renaissance Monument - From Above

North Korea's biggest export? Giant statues. To African dictators.

"These statues look like they're made to be toppled," says historian Adrian Tinniswood. "They're statements of liberation but they represent a failure of confidence — where are the African designers and African sculptors who'd be better representing African consciousness?"

North Korea's biggest export? Giant statues. To African dictators.