North Korea
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.
Why 'Arirang' is the perfect song for a divided Korea
They got married in Seoul and a week later, China invaded
On being Korean in America in the time of the ‘Axis of Evil’ and ‘Rocket Man’
South Koreans used to brush off talk of war. Now, they're getting worried.
South Korea's creating a special military unit to assassinate Kim Jong-un
In an unusual move, the plan was announced publicly.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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?"