South Korea to Scrap Intelligence-Sharing Pact With Japan Amid Row Over History

The South Korean decision is likely to be met with dismay in the United States

Reuters
August 22, 2019 11:43 AM

South Korea said on Thursday it will scrap an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, drawing a swift protest from Tokyo and deepening a decades-old row over history that has hit trade and undercut security cooperation over North Korea.

Ninth Circuit Nominee Shares Father’s Faith in America

Mikhael Smits
March 14, 2019 3:35 PM

I Watched Mokbang Videos Because I Was Curious

Victorino Matus
January 3, 2019 2:12 PM

South Koreans are really into mokbang. (I knew that line would get you to read on.) But it's not what you might think—mokbang is a foodie video, in which people record themselves eating.

South Korea Buys New Israeli-Made Missile Detection Systems

Brent Scher
November 27, 2018 12:27 PM

South Korea announced on Tuesday that it had purchased new Israeli radar systems designed to detect incoming missiles, according to a Times of Israel report.

North Korean Defector Describes ‘Prison Camp’ Conditions for Slaves Sent Overseas

Kim Jong Un finances nuclear program with cash made from overseas labor

North Korean former overseas worker, Roh Hui-Chang (left), with a translator

Paul Crookston
October 28, 2018 5:00 AM

The Kim Jong Un regime in North Korea has ramped up the use of overseas slave labor to prop up its economy in the face of stiff sanctions, leading to what former North Korean construction official and defector Roh Hui-Chang said is “no different from a prison camp.”

Trump Calls Latest Developments in North Korea ‘Very Exciting’

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets U.S. President Donald Trump

Andrew Kugle
September 19, 2018 9:11 AM

President Donald Trump called the latest developments in North Korea "very exciting" in early Wednesday morning tweets.

North, South Korean Leaders to Meet in Pyongyang Next Month

Jack Heretik
August 13, 2018 9:02 AM

The leaders of North and South Korea are slated to meet again sometime in September in what will be another historic moment in relations between the two nations.

Mattis Heads to China for Strategic Talks with PLA

First visit to Beijing comes amid heightened tensions

Bill Gertz
June 25, 2018 5:00 AM

EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, ALASKA—Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will make his first visit to China this week for talks with Chinese military leaders amid growing tensions over China's militarization of islands in the South China Sea. Mattis told reporters aboard an Air Force E-4B jet, a militarized Boeing 747, en route to northern Alaska that he plans to gauge China's strategic approach to the United States during talks in Beijing.

Trump Announces ‘War Games’ With South Korea Will Stop, Calls Them ‘Provocative’

Andrew Kugle
June 12, 2018 9:18 AM

Rubio: Kim Jong Un ‘Does Not Want to Denuclearize,’ Destroying Facility Is ‘a Show’

Paul Crookston
May 27, 2018 10:48 AM