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Two Prisoners to Leave Guantanamo Bay

In the first transfer of prisoners in nearly a year, the Pentagon has announced that two Algerians being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp will be transferred out. The two prisoners were among the first brought the Guantanamo Bay back in 2002 and according to their files, were recommended to be sent home in […]

Teenage Rider Wins Mongol Derby

Sports

Former New York Times executive editor remembers colleague Anthony Shadid

South Korean soldiers on edge as mourning continues for Kim Jong-il

As North Korea mourns, leaders try to tie Kim Jong-un to his grandfather

Hunger Strike Grows at Guantanamo

With all the national headlines over the last week — bombings and a manhunt in Boston,  explosions in Texas,    and the Senate’s great debate over gun control — a growing hunger strike by prisoners at Guantanamo Bay escaped most Americans’ notice. The U.S. military says that 94 prisoners are now on a hunger strike at the detention […]

The World

Love and Defection in North Korea

Conflict & Justice

It’s apt timing that The Orphan Master’s Son, a story of love and defection set in North Korea, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction this week.

Guantanamo Hunger Strike Turns Violent

Conflict & Justice

Guards at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay clashed with inmates over the weekend. Carol Rosenberg covers Guantanamo Bay for the Miami Herald. She speaks with anchor Marco Werman about the latest violence and the ongoing hunger strikes.

North Korea: Government Struggles to Keep Tech Genie in the Bottle

Global Politics

North Korea limits its citizens to a government-sponsored intranet, but it can’t shield its population entirely from the widening reach of global technology, says Scott Thomas Bruce with the Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability.

British Diplomat Rides Roller Coaster with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un

Global Politics

A photo of North Korea’s Kim Jong-un on a roller coaster is making the rounds. Of particular interest is the presence of a Western-looking young man in close proximity to the ‘supreme leader’.