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Aftermath of the Korean War

US President Donald Trump walks on a red carpet flanked by Vietnamese military wearing white uniforms.

North Korea could be the big winner from a formal peace agreement with the South

As President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrive in Hanoi for a second summit, there is a chance that there could be a formal declaration of the end of the Korean War. But that kind of announcement would give North Korea leverage over South Korea, argues a Tufts professor.

A group of protesters wear yellow scarves and hold blue signs.

Some South Koreans say Trump-Kim summit is ‘all political theater’

Global Politics

South Korean officials trying to convince youth of importance of unification

North Koreans Sentence American to 15 Years of Hard Labor

Global Politics

South Korea’s Youth Not Interested in Reunification

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Smartphone Makes Korea DMZ Disappear

Arts, Culture & Media

Visualize Korea without its heavily fortified frontier between North and South.

Korean DMZ

For nearly 50 years a two and a half mile wide demilitarized zone has separated the Korean peninsula, dividing north from south. This no man’s land has become a de facto nature sanctuary. Host Steve Curwood talks with Penn State University professor Ke Chung Kim about the DMZ and its prospects for permanent reserve status.

The World

Decades on, thousands of troops still in South Korea

Arts, Culture & Media

When President Obama continues his Asia trip today in South Korea, he’ll get a look at the long aftermath of the Korean War. Joining us now to explain why there are still so many U.S. troops committed is Robert Kaplan, correspondent for The Atlantic.

The World

Visiting North Korea

Arts, Culture & Media

Anchor Lisa Mullins tells us about her recent trip to North Korea, where only a tiny part of the country is open to the rest of the world; it’s a luxury resort, built for foreigners.