Mar 22 North Korea withdraws staff from liaison office with South Korea By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press The development is likely to put a damper on ties between the countries and further complicate global diplomacy on North Korea's nuclear program. Continue reading
Mar 18 5 songs to convert any friend into a K-pop fan By Joshua Barajas Tamar Herman, a K-pop columnist at Billboard, shares five songs that can get anyone excited about K-pop, including one she calls “one of the best songs of the 21st century.”… Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch 22:26 March 3, 2019 - PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode By PBS NewsHour On this edition for Sunday, March 3, the U.S. and South Korea announce they will scale back joint “war game” exercises, a centuries-long dispute continues between Greece and Britain over the rightful place of the Parthenon marbles, California’s dying Salton… Continue watching
Mar 03 U.S., South Korea end spring military drills to back diplomacy By Hyung-Jin Kim, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press South Korea and the U.S. are eliminating their massive springtime military drills and replacing them with smaller exercises in what they call an effort to support diplomacy aimed at resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis. Continue reading
Feb 28 South Korea president to offer new proposals for inter-Korean engagement By Associated Press Moon Jae-in's announcement is planned for a Friday ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of a 1919 uprising by Koreans against Japan's colonial rule. Continue reading
Feb 22 Concerns about U.S.-South Korea relations grow ahead of North Korea summit By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press Much of the worry stems from President Donald Trump's repeated assertions that the U.S. military deployment in South Korea is too costly. Continue reading
Feb 10 South Korea, US sign cost-sharing deal for American troops By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press South Korea and the United States struck a new deal Sunday that increases Seoul’s contribution for the cost of the American military presence on its soil, overcoming previous failed negotiations that caused worries about their decades-long alliance. Continue reading
Jan 09 South Korea ambassador says second Trump-Kim summit likely By Associated Press South Korea's Ambassador to the U.S. says he is hopeful that a second meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place. Continue reading
Dec 26 Koreas break ground on modern railways, but sanctions stall project By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press Without progress in nuclear negotiations, regular trains won't be crossing the border anytime soon. Continue reading
Nov 21 U.S. and South Korea reduce scope of springtime military exercise By Robert Burns, Associated Press In Defense Secretary Jim Mattis's words, the exercise next spring will be scaled back to a level that will "not be harmful to diplomacy."… Continue reading