The annual joint exercises could push relations on the peninsula “to a catastrophe,” the North says.
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Kim Jong Un Brags of Purging ‘Factionalist Filth’
Thirty-year-old despot clearly refers to the Dec. 12 execution of influential uncle Jang Song Thaek in New Year message to the people
North Korea Threatens South Korea… By Fax
Warns of strike ‘without notice’
South Korea Expands Air Defense
Overlaps with space claimed by China and Japan
The U.S., Japan and South Korea Flout China’s Air Defense Zone. What’s a Superpower To Do?
Beijing knew that rivals would soon test its controversial East China Sea Air-Defense Identification Zone, but this is all just part of a grander strategy
China and South Korea Plan to Build a Statue and Now Japan Is Upset
Plans to erect a monument to a Korean independence hero are indicative of closer ties between Beijing and Seoul, and have riled Tokyo
North Korea Puts Troops on War Footing and Warns of ‘Horrible Disaster’
Joint South Korean, U.S. and Japanese naval exercises provoke bellicose threats from Pyongyang
North Korea Calls for Nuclear Talks to Resume
Foreign minister urges countries to return to negotiations “without preconditions”
South Korea’s Embattled Spy Agency Deflects Heat by Finding Reds Under Beds
South Korean politics has been paralyzed in the wake of allegations that a small group of left-wing politicians had been secretly planning to help North Korea take over the country. The scandal shows how the mention of North
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Forget Politics, Let’s Dance: Why K-Pop Is a Latin American Smash
Lapped up by a Spanish-speaking market that adores K-pop’s lavish production values and upbeat message, a Korean wave is sweeping through Latin America
For the First Time, SAT Test Gets Canceled in an Entire Country
Some 1,500 South Korean students who dream of attending elite American colleges are scrambling after the U.S.-based administrator of the SAT cancelled the scheduled May 4 session of the exam because of allegations of widespread …
Venezuela’s Brawl Is the Latest Edition of Parliament Fight Club
The first rule of Parliament Fight Club is try not to be among the opposition. On the evening of April 30, members of Venezuela’s political opposition, including a former presidential candidate, were apparently roughed up by …
Looming Clash Between Seoul and Washington Over Nuclear Technology
When South Korean President Park Geun-hye visits Washington on May 5 she will be reaffirming the 60-year alliance between the U.S. and her country with cordiality. Relations between Washington and Seoul are better than ever …