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President Donald Trump is shown with his hand up during a news conference in Hanoi, Vietnam.

After no deal in summit, Washington rethinks sanctions against North Korea

Global Politics

The summit in Hanoi ended prematurely, with no deal. For some in Washington, the time has come for toughening sanctions against North Korea.

US Air Force intelligence officer, Donald Nichols ran a covert network of spies who infiltrated North Korea and fed information back to Nichols' headquarters in South Korea. He trained and deployed hundreds of agents, many of whom were sent on suicide mis

This American spymaster from the Korean War was nearly forgotten

Conflict
When many South Koreans look at North Korea, they just don’t see much to fear. Shown here, a North Korean soldier waves to tourists on a Chinese boat sailing the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, April 2, 2017.

If you’re young and South Korean, North Korea might not seem so scary

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People watch a TV screen broadcasting a news report on the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the older half-brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, on February 14, 2017.

A son of North Korea’s first family is dead, and details of the case are murky

Global Politics
North Korea says it conducted a test launch of a Pukguksong-2 guided missile on Feb. 12 and that the test was a “complete success.” This undated photo was released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on Feb. 13, 2017.

The Trump White House is still figuring out its policy for North Korea

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Kenneth Rowe is in his early 80s, lives in Daytona Beach, Florida, and still does 60 push-ups every day.

Escaping from North Korea was just the beginning for this American immigrant

Culture

Kenneth Rowe was lucky to get out of North Korea alive, let alone on to the United States as a celebrated defector. But staying in America and starting a new life was far from easy.

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