Aug 24 Watch 5:36 News Wrap: North and South Korea pull back from conflict By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, after three days of high-level talks, North Korea expressed regret for a land mine blast that injured two South Korean soldiers. In return, South Korea said it would halt propaganda broadcasts near the border. Also,… Continue watching
Aug 24 North and South Korea come to agreement By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins According to The Associated Press, South and North Korea have come to an agreement to defuse the stand-off at their border. Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch 3:11 To defuse tensions, North and South Korea hold talks amid military standoff By PBS News Hour North and South Korea entered into last-minute talks on Saturday for the first time in nearly a year to try to defuse mounting tensions that have pushed the two rivals closer to military confrontation. Jean Lee, a fellow at the… Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch 5:54 News Wrap: Airstrike kills Islamic State's second-in-command By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, a U.S. airstrike has killed the Islamic State group’s second-in-command. Also, North Korea threatened South Korea with possible attack over the cross-border broadcast of propaganda. Continue watching
Aug 21 U.S. restarts military exercise with South Korea, after pause By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Pentagon said Friday that America's annual military exercise with South Korea has resumed after being stopped as a result of escalating tensions and threats of war from Pyongyang. Continue reading
Jun 14 South Korea's economy takes hit as MERS outbreak persists By Kenzi Abou-Sabe, Hari Sreenivasan The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome outbreak currently playing South Korea is believed to be the largest outbreak of the virus that has ever occurred outside of Saudi Arabia, where MERS is thought to have originated. Continue reading
Jun 05 Inside the $105 million lab that wants to wipe out MERS and Ebola By Nsikan Akpan How did one patient in South Korea instigate the largest MERS outbreak to-date outside of the Middle East?… Continue reading
Jun 03 More than 1,300 quarantined in South Korea's MERS virus outbreak By Ariel Min In South Korea, fears of a Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak – the largest outside of the Arabic Peninsula – have closed more than 230 schools and put more than 1300 people under mandatory quarantine, according to NPR. Continue reading
May 24 Gloria Steinem, peace activists cross Demilitarized Zone separating Koreas By Daniel Costa-Roberts Feminist icon Gloria Steinem along with a group of 30 women peace activists crossed the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea on Sunday, in what organizers called a “symbolic act of peace” meant to encourage dialogue… Continue reading
May 17 Kerry in South Korea to talk security, cyber issues By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in South Korea where he will be discussing security issues amid fresh fears of North Korean belligerence and delivering a speech on cyber policy. Continue reading