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In October 2006, Kim Jong-il’s North Korea again seized international attention. With its claimed underground nuclear test, Pyongyang upped the ante in its confrontation with the United States and the…

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Region: Asia

December 25, 2006

On a frozen day in December, 1950, as the Korean War raged below him, Jesse Brown crash landed on a North Korean mountainside. A few minutes later, Tom Hudner followed…

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Region: Asia

October 28, 2015

Starting on October 20, 2015, a group of South Koreans will have the chance to cross the DMZ to meet with brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, and other family members that…

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Region: Asia
Topic: Security

October 20, 2015

October 2015 will mark 25 years since the official reunification of East and West Germany. Meanwhile, the Korean Peninsula remains divided. South Korean President Park Geun-Hye has referenced Germany many…

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Region: Asia

September 29, 2015

The Eugene Bell Foundation has been working in the DPRK for 20 years. Now they focus on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), a deadly disease that is incredibly expensive and time-consuming to…

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Region: Asia
Topic: Human Rights

September 18, 2015

By Jenna Gibson In the mid to late 2000s, Korean pop music burst onto the scene in Asia, capturing the imagination of fans in China, Japan, Malaysia, and elsewhere. The next wave of Hallyu started bringing Latin America, Europe and parts of the Middle East into the fold, bolstered by the growing popularity of YouTube…

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April 20, 2018

By Juni Kim On Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump publicly acknowledged that five locations were being considered for the proposed U.S.-North Korea summit. Although Trump stayed mum on which sites are included, media reports have speculated that the short list may include Oslo, Helsinki, Stockholm, Geneva, Warsaw, Bangkok, Singapore, and Ulaanbaatar among others. Although not…

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Region: Asia

April 19, 2018

By Troy Stangarone In the aftermath of the U.S., French, and British strike on Syrian chemical weapons facilities in response to Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons against its own people some have suggested that the strike sends a signal to North Korea that it must take seriously the United States’ threat of military force…

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April 18, 2018

By Robert R. King In just over a week on April 27, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un will meet on the South Korean side of the joint security area at the inter-Korean border at Panmunjom.  According to the latest reports, a few weeks later President Donald Trump will have…

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Region: Asia

April 17, 2018