SEOUL, South Korea — It’s been an unusually quiet quarter for North Korea, which has avoided the occasional exchange of bellicose bluster with the US and South Korea, and has not tested a much-prophesized fourth nuclear bomb.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Oct 6, 2014
SEOUL, South Korea — North and South Korea have been divided for more than six decades, but on Monday Pope Francis moved his followers with a final prayer during Mass: It’s time to find a path to peace on the Korean peninsula, and to reject the “mindset of confrontation and suspicion” that plagues both sides.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Aug 18, 2014
TOKYO, Japan — Few outsiders will ever get to witness Japan’s surreal state within a state, a network of businesses and schools that have sworn allegiance to North Korea.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Jul 10, 2014
SEOUL, South Korea — This sprawling East Asian capital is renowned for its epic commutes, hard-charging work force and money-making ethos. But Seoul’s beloved mayor, Park Won-soon, is determined to soften the city’s aesthetic and transform it into a greener, cooler, more creative and livable place.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Jul 8, 2014
SEOUL, South Korea — Japan is without a doubt America’s most stable and prosperous ally in East Asia. Yet today, President Barack Obama became the first American president since Bill Clinton in April 1996 to visit the country as a state guest.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Apr 23, 2014
SEOUL, South Korea — South Koreans were taken aback Monday when President Park Geun-hye decreed that the captain and crew of the Sewol, the 6825-ton sunken ferry, conducted themselves in a way “akin to an act of murder,” fleeing the listing ship without ensuring the safety of the 476 passengers on board.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Apr 22, 2014
SEOUL, South Korea — Get ready. North Korea’s fourth nuclear test may be upon us. There’s been an uptick in activity at the underground test site at Punggye-ri, in the garrison kingdom’s desolate and remote northeast, Yonhap reports.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Apr 21, 2014
SEOUL, South Korea — Every few months, North Korea tests short-range rockets, hurling them into the sea with hardly a glance from the rest of the world. The frequency of those launches, however, has increased dramatically in the past month. On Saturday alone, Kim Jong Un’s military fired off 30, as if they were bottle rockets.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Mar 26, 2014
SEOUL, South Korea — On Sunday, the North Korean Generalissimo Kim Jong Un did what any leader who is an unwavering advocate of democracy and the rule of law should do: He held elections.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Mar 10, 2014
SEOUL, South Korea — War is all about vicious cycles. Consider drone strikes. They target alleged bad guys, but they also inspire others to take up arms, and help extremists recruit. The remedy exacerbates the problem.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Mar 9, 2014
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