Jun 16 Watch 5:04 What’s behind North Korea’s latest act of aggression On Tuesday, North Korea blew up the Inter-Korean Liaison Office, a symbol of a rare rapprochement in 2018 with South Korea. The move comes as North Korean rhetoric grows increasingly hostile. Nick Schifrin reports and talks to Jeongmin Kim of… Continue watching
Jun 16 North Korea blows up inter-Korean office, raising tensions By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the heavily armed border with South Korea on Tuesday, in a carefully choreographed display of anger that sharply raises tensions on the Korean Peninsula and puts pressure on… Continue reading
Jun 14 S Korea urges North to uphold deals amid rising animosities By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press There’s concern that North Korea could turn to provocation to bolster its internal unity and wrest outside concessions as nuclear talks with the United States remain deadlocked. Observers say North Korea desperately needs sanctions relief in the face of harsh… Continue reading
Jun 13 Kim Jong Un’s sister threatens S. Korea with military action By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened military action against South Korea as she bashed Seoul on Saturday over declining bilateral relations and its inability to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border. Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch 3:06 News Wrap: UN General Assembly will not convene this fall due to pandemic In our news wrap Tuesday, the United Nations General Assembly announced it will not convene in person this September due to the pandemic. It’s the first time that's happened in the world body’s 75-year history. Also, in Hong Kong, hundreds… Continue watching
Jun 08 North Korea says it will cut communication channels with South By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea says it will cut off all communication channels with South Korea as it escalates its pressure on the South for failing to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border. Continue reading
May 27 Spike in South Korea virus cases shows perils of reopening By Associated Press In South Korea, 40 newly confirmed cases — the biggest daily jump in nearly 50 days — raised alarms as millions of children returned to school Wednesday. Continue reading
May 05 Korean baseball season begins in empty stadiums By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press The new baseball season has begun in South Korea with the crack of the bat and the sound of the ball smacking into the catcher’s mitt echoing around empty stadiums. Continue reading
May 03 South Korea: Kim did not have surgery amid lingering rumors By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea had said Saturday that Kim attended the completion of a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang on Friday, in his first public appearance in about 20 days. Continue reading
May 03 North and South Korean troops exchange fire along border By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North and South Korean troops exchanged fire along their tense border on Sunday, the South’s military said, the first such incident since the rivals took unprecedented steps to lower front-line animosities in late 2018. Continue reading