Nov 08 Americans Kenneth Bae, Matthew Todd Miller released from North Korea By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The two remaining Americans who had been held in North Korea have been released and are on their way home, U.S. officials said Saturday. A spokesman for Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said Clapper was accompanying Americans Kenneth Bae… Continue reading
Oct 23 20 years later, commemorating a war averted By Michael D. Mosettig Across Europe and scattered parts of the old British Empire, 2014 has been a centenary year in books and commemorations that ask yet again how great nations sleepwalked into the catastrophe of World War I. More happily this week, in… Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch News Wrap: Former security guards convicted of shooting Iraqis in 2011 By PBS News Hour In our News Wrap Wednesday, four former security guards were convicted of shooting 30 Iraqi citizens in 2007. An American detained in North Korea for six months returned to the U.S. today. In Washington, the Secret Service has come under… Continue watching
Oct 21 American released from North Korea By Lara Jakes, Associated Press American detainee Jeffrey Fowle has been released from North Korea, nearly six months after he was taken into custody, the State Department said Tuesday. Two other Americans who have been tried and convicted of crimes in North Korea are still… Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch News Wrap: UN warns of massacre if Kobani falls to Islamic State By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 01 Watch News Wrap: UN approves investigation of the Islamic State in Iraq By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the United Nations human rights council condemned the Islamic State group for what it called abuses on “an unimaginable scale” and approved an investigation of the militants’ actions in Iraq -- from mass killings to… Continue watching
Aug 11 South Korea proposes new round of family reunions with North Korea By Ariel Min South Korea on Monday proposed a second high-level meeting of the year with North Korea to discuss arranging another reunion for the separated elderly in the Koreas. Continue reading
Jul 21 Human rights activists team up with Silicon Valley to bring information to North Korea By Jaywon Choe The Human Rights Foundation will host a two-day event in August, bringing together experts from the tech industry with North Korean activists and defectors. The goal -- to brainstorm new ways of smuggling information into one of the world’s most… Continue reading
Jul 09 North Korea says some 30 Japanese abductees still alive By Ariel Min North Korea has given Japan a list of some 30 missing Japanese victims still living in the country, Nikkei Asian Review reported on Wednesday. Continue reading
Jul 03 In an attempt to lure tourists, North Korea to reopen some domestic flights By Ariel Min The isolated country is planning on reopening domestic flights for the first time in years to western visitors, local officials and business travelers in a bid to boost international tourism, The Guardian says. Continue reading