Jan 18 Sunken Cheonan Ship Many consider the sinking of the South Korean Navy ship Cheonan on March 26, 2010 as the start of the latest bout of North-South friction. The NewsHour visited the ship in drydock 10 months later. Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch As Hu Visits U.S., South Korea Looks to Chinese Influence to Rein in North Margaret Warner reports from Seoul, where Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to the U.S. is being closely watched for what might be said about North Korea's nuclear ambitions. The U.S. and South Korea have reaffirmed their alliance after two attacks… Continue watching
Jan 17 Tour of Korea’s Demilitarized Zone By Larisa Epatko PANMUNJOM, Korean border | Although it stands for the "demilitarized zone," the DMZ is the most militarized border in the world, U.S. Army Col. Kurt Taylor told us during our recent tour of the buffer zone separating North and South… Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch Korean Tensions Keep Military on High Alert Margaret Warner reports from South Korea on the state of military tensions on the peninsula. It's the first in a series of reports from Seoul. Continue watching
Jan 13 Voices From South Korea: National Security, North Korea and the U.S. By Margaret Warner South Koreans enter 2011 still smarting from two North Korean attacks last year -- on a warship in March and an island in November -- that together killed 50 of their citizens. We've been asking South Koreans how they now… Continue reading
Jan 03 The World: Stories We’re Watching in 2011 By Larisa Epatko From rising tensions on the Korean peninsula to the potential birth of a nation in Africa, the following are stories the NewsHour's foreign affairs beat is tracking in the coming year. Continue reading
Dec 24 Watch Richardson: Korean Tensions Open Door for Military Miscalculations New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson recently returned from a private visit to North Korea. Margaret Warner speaks with him about the trip and tensions on the Korean peninsula. Continue watching
Dec 24 Watch Koreans Remain on Edge Over Military Tensions Margaret Warner has an update on tensions on the Korean peninsula after several incidents between North and South Korea in recent days. Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch News Wrap: U.S. Downplays North Korean Nuclear Facility Reports In other news Monday, U.S. officials downplayed reports that North Korea has a sophisticated uranium-enrichment facility. Continue watching
Sep 09 Kim Jong Un: Potential Successor in North Korea, but Who Is He? By Larisa Epatko A major conference of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang has raised the expectation of a handover of power from Kim Jong Il to his youngest son. Continue reading