In The Economist’s recent ranking of the best and worst places to be a working woman, South Korea did not fare well. In fact, it was considered last among OECD countries.

On January 6 North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test and its second successful satellite launch on February 7, 2016. The following is a collection of the international response to these two actions.

When senior Chinese diplomat Wu Dawei left for North Korea in early February to persuade Kim to step down from his threat of launching a missile, not only did his entreaties fall on deaf ears, Kim also ordered the launch a day earlier so that it fell on that same day, the eve of the Lunar New Year.

With the passage of a new round of sanctions against North Korea, there is an expectation that Pyongyang will not go gracefully into negotiations over its weapons programs. How might Pyongyang respond to the new sanctions?

In last night’s CNN-Telemundo Republican debate, the remaining candidates got the chance to comment on the situation on the Korean Peninsula and highlight their policy for the region.

The South Korean National Assembly is currently in the middle of its first filibuster in decades, already smashing the world record for longest filibuster and still going strong.