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The World's Global Classroom
Korean revenge film ‘Oldboy’ returns to theaters for its 20th anniversary
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol waves a national flag during a ceremony to celebrate Korean Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule in 1945, at the presidential office square in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. 
Critical State
Imagining empire: Part II
Young man in blue shirt lifts a piece of concrete as other men sift through rubble after an airstrike
Top of The World
Prospects of a ceasefire offer hope to ending violence between Israel and Hamas
A worker dressed in white protective gear disinfects as a precaution against the coronavirus at a café in Goyang, South Korea, Aug. 25, 2020.  
To quell COVID-19 outbreak, South Korea bans seating at big cafés
Man stands in 7-Eleven in work vest
Protest
South Korea’s ‘No Japan’ boycott is new. But the wounds are old.
A man walks along corridor between booths
South Korea’s latest big export: Jobless college graduates
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Global Nation First Person
For many, international adoption isn’t just a new family. It’s the loss of another life.
A man throws a plastic water bottle into a dark gray sea
Commentary
This group uses the tide to send bottles of rice and contraband to North Korea
korean students wear gas masks
Conflict & Justice
In South Korea’s war panic economy, sales thrive on nuclear angst
two men shake hands
Global Politics
Why some South Koreans feel more positive about Kim Jong-un
Korea's Godfather of Rock Shin Joong-hyun got his start as a teenage guitarist at the Yongsan Garrison in Seoul. Now the US military base is closing.
Culture
The US military’s Yongsan Garrison leaves a mixed legacy in Seoul
Moon Jae-In celebrates nomination
Jobs
Lawyer, soldier, activist, president: Who is Moon Jae-in?
The Univoca smartphone app gives users the North Korean versions of South Korean words.
Media
Korean is virtually two languages, and that’s a big problem for North Korean defectors
Students at the Pyongyang University of Technology doing their morning exercise.
Education
Watching Harry Potter in North Korea
Students from a high school cheer for their seniors in front of a college entrance examination hall before the exam begins in Seoul, South Korea.
Education
South Korea falls silent for college entrance exams — but students still feel the pressure
An advertisement for "It's OK, That's Love," a Korean TV show that aired this summer and became one of the country's few public forums discussing mental health.
Culture
A TV drama shatters taboos around mental health in South Korea
Yeonmi Park with her family in North Korea
Justice
She risked her life to defect from North Korea — now she wants the world to hear her story
Kang Chun-hyok is an aspiring rapper in Seoul. He's also a defector from North Korea, and his music reflects what life was like there.
Music
This North Korean rapper’s lyrics draw on his experience eating tree bark and drinking from puddles
People attend a mass rally against "U.S. Imperialists" at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang June 25, 2014.
Global Politics
Two Americans went to North Korea as tourists — now they’re both going on trial for ‘hostile acts’
Conflict & Justice
Japan’s Military Priorities Now Focus on China
Global Politics
China’s thoughts on North Korea, via diplomatic cables
Global Politics
North Korea bombs South Korean island
Global Politics
South Korea’s president goes on national TV to apologize for the ferry disaster
Family members of passengers missing on the overturned South Korean ferry "Sewol" at the port in Jindo.
Global Politics
The South Korean coastguard says it’s possible that some people could still be alive trapped in air-pockets inside the ferry
Family members of passengers missing on the overturned South Korean ferry "Sewol" at the port in Jindo.
Global Politics
The South Korean coastguard says it’s possible that some people could still be alive trapped in air-pockets inside the ferry
Tensions reach boiling point on Korean peninsula
Global Politics
Takeouts: tension on the Korean peninsula, listeners on the first synthetic living cell
K-pop girl group SNSD
Arts, Culture & Media
Korea’s K-pop stars have to dance around… the censors
Students exercising at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology
Development & Education
At this North Korean university, the West may be distrusted — but it’s also studied
Business, Economics and Jobs
When money’s tight, the $6 latte is one of the first things to go for South Koreans
Global Politics
On South Korean island, tensions high as North Korea’s tough talk continues
Global Politics
Academics say to de-escalate in North Korea U.S. must talk
Global Politics
North Korea rages over U.S.-South Korea military exercise
North Korea increases rhetoric, threatens pre-emptive nuclear strike
North Korea conducts third nuclear test in challenge to global community
Business, Economics and Jobs
South Koreans worry they’re headed for U.S.-style debt bubble
In culturally homogenous South Korea, tentative steps toward multiculturalism
Global Politics
North Korean defectors can’t join South Korea’s army
To be or not to be: Kim Jong Il’s successor
Environment
Internet addiction in South Korea
North Korea halts nuke disabling
Conflict & Justice
Cuba Says Weapons Hidden in Sugar Shipment Were Just Bound for North Korea for Repair
On the Ground in South Korea
Arts, Culture & Media
Baengnyeong Island and North Korean Threats
U.S. Sends B-2 Bombers on Practice Run Over South Korea
Global Politics
Behind North Korea’s Tough Talk, A Global ‘Extortion Racket’
Global Politics
South Korean Border Workers Prevented from Entering Kaesong Industrial Complex
Global Politics
Seeing the World from North Korea’s Perspective
Arts, Culture & Media
US Ready for North Korean Attack
Global Politics
North Korea’s Missile Test: More Than Just an Effort to Get Washington’s Attention
Conflict & Justice
North Korea’s Nuke Blast Tests China’s Resolve
North Korea Makes New, More Explicit Threat
Arts, Culture & Media
Join the Army, Speak a Language and Become a Citizen
Global Politics
North Korea: Government Struggles to Keep Tech Genie in the Bottle
Arts, Culture & Media
South Korea’s K-Pop Beyond Gangnam Style
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Comrade Kim Goes Flying’: A North Korean Rom-Com
Global Politics
Bridge Signs Used in South Korea Anti-Suicide Efforts
Global Politics
Growing Debt Worries for South Korea
Arts, Culture & Media
Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s Overtures Toward North Korea
Sports
How a British Charity Ended Up Financing North Korea’s Only Paralympian