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NKorean Soldiers Put Down Arms To Help Plant Rice

AP | JEAN H. LEE | Posted 04.25.2013 | World

SASI-RI, North Korea -- The North Korean side of the Demilitarized Zone is a hive of activity - not of fighting, but of farming. Beyond the barbed ...

NKorean Nuclear Threats Don't Scare Tourists Away

AP | FOSTER KLUG | Posted 05.14.2013 | World

IMJINGAK, South Korea — Busloads of tourists still show up to gawk at the world's most heavily fortified border, even as governments on both sid...

Graduation Day In 'The Scariest Place On Earth'

Agence France Presse | | Posted 04.18.2013 | World

Shadowed by a nuclear test, guarded by armed soldiers and with a two-star general handing out prizes, Kim Min-Jung's elementary school graduation was ...

South Korean Activists Banned From Flying Anti-North Korea Leaflets

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 12.22.2012 | World

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean activists floated balloons carrying tens of thousands of anti-Pyongyang leaflets into North Korea, eluding pol...

North Korean Soldier Defects After Killing Superior Officers

AP | HYUNG-JIN KIM | Posted 12.05.2012 | World

SEOUL, South Korea — A North Korean soldier killed two of his superiors Saturday and defected to South Korea across the countries' heavily armed...

Korean DMZ: War Zone Or Toursist Trap?

AP | TIM SULLIVAN and FOSTER KLUG | Posted 04.25.2012 | World

PANMUNJOM, Korea -- Soldiers from rival North and South Korea eye one another across a thin strip of no man's land that – just barely – ke...

Obama Visits Korean Border

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.24.2012 | World

SEOUL, South Korea — In a direct challenge to North Korean leaders, President Barack Obama implored them "to have the courage to pursue peace" w...

Is North Korea's Bark Worse Than Its Bite?

Eric Margolis | Posted 10.02.2011 | World
Eric Margolis

Is North Korea really the dire threat that Washington claims it is?. In truth, many moderate Koreans take a less alarmist view of the North. They tend to see the North rattling its cage to get food and fuel from the US, South Korea and Japan.

Oh, My Korea

Bernard Rowan | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Bernard Rowan

Here's hoping 2011 sees major efforts by all nations concerned to bring the two Koreas to the path of peace.

SHOOT OUT: North Korea, South Korea, Exchange Fire At Border

AP | KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

SEOUL, South Korea — More than 430 South Koreans crossed into North Korea on Saturday to reunite with relatives separated by the Korean War, jus...

Jonathan Lee, 13, Plans To Pitch Peace, 'Peace Forest' To North Korea's Kim Jong Il

AP | CARA ANNA | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BEIJING — A 13-year-old American plans to visit North Korea this week and perhaps meet leader Kim Jong Il to pitch his idea for a "children's pe...

Clinton, Gates Making Unprecedented Trip To Korean DMZ

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

PANMUNJOM, Korea — Standing at the spot that divides North and South Korea, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged North Korea on ...

DMZ Spring Water From Korean Demilitarised Zone

Guardian | Maev Kennedy and Agencies | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Bottled water from icebergs, harvested from Tasmanian rainclouds before it hits the ground, or blessed by the spiritually enlightened, is just so noug...

North Korea, UN Hold Rare Talks As Tensions Rise

Reuters | Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

North Korean generals met the U.S.-led military command of the United Nations in South Korea for the first time in about seven years on Monday after P...