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North Korea

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Do you feel safe?
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Takuya Yokota in Tokyo in November 2017. He continues to speak out about North Korea's abduction of his sister in 1977.
Conflict & Justice
Japan could ease tensions with North Korea — if North Korea comes clean on its abduction of Japanese citizens
President Trump Holds Historic Meeting with Kim Jong-un
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) talks with officials onboard his personal plane in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang Feb. 15, 2015.
Global Politics
Trump, Kim summit in Singapore presents logistical challenges for North Korea
Positive signs celebrating the Inter-Korean Summit are seen near Seoul Station the day before on April 26, 2018.
Global Politics
North and South Korea come together in historic summit
Students hold posters with pictures of South Korea's President Moon Jae-in and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un
North and South Korea to hold historic first summit in decade
Arts, Culture & Media
Postcard from Pyongyang
The delegation and the team of North Korea arrive at The Paralympic Village in Pyeongchang, South Korea, wearing red jumpsuits, March 8, 2018.
Sports
North Korea’s debut at Paralympics could signal improvements for citizens with disabilities
Won Hyung-joon leads the Lindenbaum Festival Orchestra and hopes one day to perform together with North Korean musicians.
Music
Why ‘Arirang’ is the perfect song for a divided Korea
A concrete border is seen as a South Korean soldier stands guard at the truce village of Panmunjom, South Korea July 19, 2017
Conflict
The ‘Truce Village’ between North and South Korea
Sook Ei and George Lampman met at the US embassy in Seoul in the months before the start of the Korean War.
Conflict
They got married in Seoul and a week later, China invaded
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 South Korean policeman takes part in an anti-terror drill as part of the Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise in Seoul, South Korea, August 22, 2017.
Conflict
South Koreans used to brush off talk of war. Now, they’re getting worried.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides field guidance to the Wonsan Baby Home and Orphanage in the run-up to a ceremony for their completion, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) June 2, 2015.
Economics
North Korean hackers are trying to steal bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un guides a target-striking contest of the special operation forces of the Korean People's Army (KPA).
Conflict
South Korea’s creating a special military unit to assassinate Kim Jong-un
Director Morten Traavik (r) with the lead singer of Laibach, Milan Fras. Traavik brought the Slovenian band to Pyongyang in 2015 for a concert. And then he made a film about it.
Culture
Here’s an idea for engaging with North Korea. Bring in a Western rock band and make a movie about it.
Students from the Daum School on a field trip with their teacher. Their faces are blurred to protect their privacy. Many North Korean refugees have trouble adjusting to life in fast-paced South Korea, especially at school.
Conflict
North Korean students learn to deal with trauma at this Seoul school
A new multiple launch rocket system is test fired in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang March 4, 2016.
Conflict
Some Americans are panicking about North Korea. Here’s why South Koreans aren’t.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised a ballistic rocket launching drill of Hwasong artillery units of the Strategic Force of the KPA on the spot in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, March 7,
Conflict
Trump seeks options for eliminating North Korean nuclear threat
Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses a joint news conference with US President Barack Obama in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, Sept. 25, 2015.
Global Politics
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will talk North Korea and trade in first face-to-face meeting
A South Korean soldier patrols at a checkpoint on the Grand Unification Bridge, which leads to the demilitarized zone separating North Korea from South Korea, in Paju, north of Seoul, April 8, 2013.
Conflict
A father remembers when Korea was one country. His son dreams of seeing the same someday.
Thanksgiving in Hibbing, Minnesota with the family of Korean-American author Marie Myung-Ok Lee.
Global Politics
A mundane Thanksgiving can be the ideal holiday gift
Seated protestors listen to a speech against a new American anti-missile defense system being located in their area. They're worried about potential health impacts.
Conflict
South Koreans raise voices against a new US anti-missile system aimed at North Korea
African Renaissance Monument - From Above
Economics
North Korea’s biggest export? Giant statues. To African dictators.
Drone
How Drones Are Reshaping the World
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North Koreans chat on mobile phones and take some pictures as they enjoy nice weather in a park in central Pyongyang on October 11, 2015.
Belief
North Korea is not as closed as you might think
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un visits a pharmaceutical factory, in an undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on November 8, 2014.
Justice
Is Kim Jong-un going to be charged with crimes against humanity?
U.S. citizen Matthew Todd Miller sits in a witness box during his trial at the North Korean Supreme Court in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 14, 2014.
Justice
No one really knows why a young American was sentenced to hard labor in North Korea
Global Scan
A teenage defector from North Korea grew up believing Kim Jong-il could read her mind
Michael Kirby, chairperson of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea holds a copy of his report during a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva February 17, 2014.
Conflict & Justice
A UN report details atrocities in North Korea that are painful to even imagine
Sports
How about a ski vacation to North Korea?
Global Politics
Academics say to de-escalate in North Korea U.S. must talk
Global Politics
Reports: North Korea agrees to suspend some nuclear activities in exchange for food aid
South Korea on alert as North Korea mourns passing of Kim Jong Il
Global Politics
North Korean defectors can’t join South Korea’s army
Environment
North and South Korea united in augmented reality app