Nov 05 Protests grow in South Korea amid president's corruption scandal By Michael D. Regan Tens of thousands of protesters on Friday demanded President Park Geun-hye to step down after she admitted her close friend and daughter of a religious cult leader wielded influence over her decisions in office. Continue reading
Nov 04 Watch 5:25 News Wrap: Unemployment rate drops below 5 percent By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the Labor Department reported that U.S. employers added a net 161,000 jobs in October, dipping the unemployment rate a tenth of a percent to 4.9. Also, there are guilty verdicts in New Jersey Governor Chris… Continue watching
Oct 29 Thousands of South Koreans call for President Park Geun-hye to step down By Kamala Kelkar Thousands of people in Seoul demanded on Saturday that South Korea President Park Geun-hye step down after finding out she let a friend have a powerful influence over her political decisions. Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch 8:29 How will South Korea's robot revolution affect American jobs? By Mori Rothman, Karla Murthy Continue watching
Oct 15 U.S. detects what it says is failed North Korean missile launch By Associated Press The U.S. military says it's detected what's being described as a failed missile launch by North Korea. Continue reading
Sep 18 U.S., Japan, South Korea condemn nuclear test by North Korea By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The United States, Japan and South Korea are roundly condemning North Korea's recent nuclear test and calling for tough new measures to further isolate the communist state. Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch 5:28 News Wrap: Congress returns from recess to tackle funding, Zika By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Congress came back from its summer recess with a full plate. It has less than a month to pass a funding bill and is under pressure to deliver a package to fight Florida’s homegrown Zika… Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch 1:40 From battlefield to ballet, South Korean soldiers dance off stress By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a division of the South Korean army is turning out pirouettes and tendus. Weekly ballet classes provide these soldiers, who guards the zone at the demilitarized zone along the border of North… Continue watching
Mar 08 Watch 6:07 News Wrap: Violence in Israel leaves American dead By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, an American tourist was killed and a dozen Israelis were wounded in a wave of attacks by Palestinian militants in the cities of Jaffa and Jerusalem. Also, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has test-fired a series of… Continue watching
Jan 06 Watch 3:18 North Korea's claim of H-bomb spurs wave of condemnation, skepticism By PBS News Hour North Korea declared on state television that it had made its first test of a hydrogen bomb. The announcement was condemned around the world, including by China, an ally of the North. Meanwhile, the U.S. and South Korea expressed skepticism… Continue watching