• North Korean defectors create new lives in South Korea

    North Korean defectors create new lives in South Korea

    Jan 01, 2017 06:32 PM EDT

    ... KARLA MURTHY: Twenty six year old Park Young Ho runs this food truck at a horse racetrack just outside Seoul, the capital of South Korea. With race fans streaming in all day, he’s well positioned to sell his sandwiches. PARK YOUNG HO: I sold about 200 sandwiches on ...

  • Preserving the history of America’s first black filmmakers

    Preserving the history of America’s first black filmmakers

    Dec 25, 2016 07:07 PM EDT

    ... Read the full transcript below. KARLA MURTHY, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND: In the early part of 20th century, with racial segregation still in place in much of the U.S., black filmmakers made movies for black audiences, outside the white hollywood mainstream. They produced around 500 so-called “race films ...

  • Defectors lift curtain on North Korea’s information blackout

    Defectors lift curtain on North Korea’s information blackout

    Dec 18, 2016 06:51 PM EDT

    to a world of information. YEONMI PARK: Every story was propaganda to brainwash us about the Kim dictators. KARLA MURTHY: And she’s become a human rights activist, speaking out against the North Korean regime. She also wrote a memoir about her escape. YEONMI PARK: Now I am free. And ...

  • How media smuggling took hold in North Korea

    How media smuggling took hold in North Korea

    Dec 18, 2016 04:41 PM EDT

    ... outside the country. Jieun Baek, a Ph.D candidate at Oxford University who has conducted research on North Korea, spoke with NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Karla Murthy about the effects of this information inside North Korea's borders. An excerpt of their conversation is below. How did outside information first ...

  • These apps help people trade votes to boost Clinton in swing states

    These apps help people trade votes to boost Clinton in swing states

    Nov 05, 2016 08:00 PM EDT

    ... By Mori Rothman and Karla Murthy KARLA MURTHY: 25-year-old Sadiq Khan is a Hillary Clinton supporter, but he doesn’t think his vote matters much, because he lives in New Jersey, a state that’s voted Democratic in the last six presidential elections... and is expected to ...

  • How will South Korea's robot revolution affect American jobs?

    How will South Korea's robot revolution affect American jobs?

    Oct 22, 2016 08:08 PM EDT

    ... By Mori Rothman and Karla Murthy KARLA MURTHY: Hyundai means “modernity,” and it’s is a big name in the South Korean economic landscape – and not only for cars. Headquartered in the industrialized port city of Ulsan, Hyundai Heavy Industries, or HHI, is the world’s largest shipbuilder. It ...

  • Fifteen years after 9/11, illnesses compound for first responders

    Fifteen years after 9/11, illnesses compound for first responders

    Sep 11, 2016 04:45 PM EDT

    ... Oh by the way, I get this strange tingling in my feet,” or, “I’m having weakness in my hands. You think it’s related?” KARLA MURTHY: In 2014, Dr. Wilkenfeld decided to test his hunch that neuropathy might be related to the toxic dust at ground zero. KARLA MURTHY ...

  • How Rust Belt city Youngstown plans to overcome decades of decline

    How Rust Belt city Youngstown plans to overcome decades of decline

    Apr 16, 2016 05:28 PM EDT

    ?We’re going to be struggling to get to where we need to be. KARLA MURTHY: Part of Youngstown’s plan to create more jobs is to change its image as a city dominated by steel. Sharon Woodberry, Youngstown’s director of economic development and community planning, is trying ...

  • The bipartisan idea that gives a tax boost to childless workers

    The bipartisan idea that gives a tax boost to childless workers

    Feb 07, 2016 07:29 PM EDT

    ... was really happy about it. I wasn’t annoyed with it at all. It was fantastic. Something was getting paid in that direction, you know. KARLA MURTHY: That wasn’t hanging over your head anymore. ALVIN MARTINEZ: Exactly my point. KARLA MURTHY: Researchers are studying whether the “bonus’” improves things ...

  • Debate over how to treat the homeless simmers in Sarasota, as more cities crack down

    Debate over how to treat the homeless simmers in Sarasota, as more cities crack down

    Dec 13, 2015 09:45 PM EDT

    Like many cities with temperate climates, Sarasota, Florida, is struggling with a growing homeless population. A lawsuit against the city argues that the issuance of citations for sleeping outside while there's a lack of resources available has criminalized homelessness. Meanwhile the City of Sarasota says it’s working hard to help homeless residents. Special Correspondent Karla...