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Korea

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Korean pop culture inspires a Korean-language learning boom at US universities
A man wears a black shiny outfit and performs with backup dancers
Music
The 7 global music trends from the past decade
Korean Leaders Pledge Denuclearization and End to Korean War
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Over 60 Years Later, Hope for Peace on Korean Peninsula
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Deported U.S. Veterans Speak Out Against Treatment by Feds
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Boy on horse in carousel, looking at camera. Old, scanned photo
Conflict
On being Korean in America in the time of the ‘Axis of Evil’ and ‘Rocket Man’
A scene from the movie "Okja," featuring the title creature — a humongous pet pig.
Culture
A Netflix animal rights movie came at a strange time for South Korea
A Korean bean sprout dish, kongnamul muchim), gets an Uzbek spin (fresh cilantro) at Cafe at Your Mother-in-Law.
Food
At this Brooklyn restaurant, you can get Korean food with a side of Russian history
Kim Craig has spent the past three years in Korea, hoping to get home to the US.
Justice
This woman has been stuck in Korea for three years trying to get home to the US
Kristyn Leach on her Sunol, California farm, Namu. “There is significance to all this in terms of that sense of pride and connectedness,” she says.
Culture
A Korean adoptee finds her heritage through farming
South Korean officials trying to convince youth of importance of unification
Can the US catch up to Russia in obtaining more icebreakers?
Global Politics
A new ‘cold war’ is emerging between the US and Russia — over icebreakers
Kaomi Goetz, 44, (r) with distant relative, Alice Thompson, 28. They're both Korean-American adoptees who found a shared genetic connection on a DNA database, after they had met by chance at a gathering for adoptees in Brooklyn, New York. Kaomi is still t
Science
Korean adoptees are using DNA kits to get a glimpse of their ancestry
Arts, Culture & Media
Here’s what we lost when we stopped writing letters
Arts, Culture & Media
Here’s what we lost when we stopped writing letters
Health & Medicine
Historical photos circulating depict women medical pioneers
Business, Economics and Jobs
In wake of this week’s attacks, pressure cookers will need an image makeover
Environment
Humanoid robot shows off advances in technology, dances to Gangnam Style
Business, Economics and Jobs
Asian market in Missouri becomes hub of many different immigrant communities
Ethiopian veteran recalls serving alongside Americans during Korean War
Business, Economics and Jobs
South Koreans worry they’re headed for U.S.-style debt bubble
South Korean Park Geun-hye makes bid to be country’s first female president
In South Korea, activists try to support single mothers
Arts, Culture & Media
New PBS movie based on journal kept by World War II POW
In culturally homogenous South Korea, tentative steps toward multiculturalism
In Korea, trees planted in Mongolia bring hopes for fewer dust storms
Grandson of North Korean leader makes waves by attending Bosnian high school
Arts, Culture & Media
Korea’s godfather of rock honored by Fender
Business, Economics and Jobs
Software helps businesses cross cultural divide
To be or not to be: Kim Jong Il’s successor
Business, Economics and Jobs
Language software business thrives
Berlin Wall squatters
Arts, Culture & Media
World Cos-play Summit
Environment
Nanotechnology hits store shelves
Music Heard on Air
Music Heard on Air for November 21, 2011
Top of the Hour: War Powers Act, Morning Headlines
Not Your Average Cabbage
Sports
Hitting a Homerun: The Dutch beat the Dominicans in the World Baseball Classic
Environment
Give peace parks a chance