Over the years, plenty of Koreans have explained how they feel when the North drums up the militant rhetoric. It’s just a part of life, they usually say, and not as big of a deal here as it is in the American press.... Read more»
Externally, it’s clear enough that Kim Jong Un intends this season’s extreme saber-rattling performance to establish North Korea as a recognized nuclear weapons and long-range missiles power, not to be messed with. Internally, it’s equally clear he wants his subjects to see him not as a 30-year-old kid who’s inheriting power from his dead daddy but as a clever and fearless general able to save them from the machinations of ferocious enemies.... Read more»
A delegation seeking to establish a national trauma system in South Korea is in Arizona to see how hospitals, first responders and health care leaders manage the state’s system.... Read more»
North Korea has vowed to disregard the 1953 truce that ended the Korean War, in response to South Korea’s joint military drills with the U.S.... Read more»
The world is producing too much carbon dioxide to limit global warming to a few degrees, reports the AP.... Read more»
Asians have surpassed Hispanics as the largest wave of new arrivals to the United States, according to Pew Research.... Read more»
Any primer on Korean cuisine has to begin with kimchi. No Korean meal is complete without it, either as an ingredient in the main dish, or as part of a medley of side dishes called banchan.... Read more»
The United Nations and several countries were quick to respond to news of North Korea’s rocket launch, saying it was a provocative move.... Read more»
The North Korean rocket launch, intended to place a satellite in orbit, was an unambiguous failure, officials in Washington, Seoul and Tokyo all agree.... Read more»
On International Women’s Day, 10 larger-than-life women are celebrated.... Read more»
The death of North Korean ruler Kim Jong Il and the accession to power of his son Kim Jong Un has the world wondering in what the future holds for “the hermit kingdom” ... and its neighbors.... Read more»
A United States soldier based in South Korea has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the rape of an 18-year-old Korean teenager.... Read more»
Stalled six-nation talks to discuss North Korea’s nuclear disarmament will reportedly resume next week in Geneva, according to a South Korean news report.... Read more»
Two U.S. soldiers have been accused of raping teenage girls in South Korea in separate incidents last September, prompting small protests near the American Embassy in Seoul, the Associated Press reports.... Read more»
Before defecting, Song Byeok cut his artistic teeth turning out grinning propaganda portraits of founding father Kim Il Sung. Since arriving in South Korea, however, he has turned his talents against the repressive regime.... Read more»
Scientists are warning of a new, untreatable strain of gonorrhea, discovered in a sex trade worker in Japan.... Read more»1
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