SEOUL, South Korea — Ghost companies set up in international tax havens could be sheltering the North Korean regime’s fortune, an investigation by South Korean journalists suggests.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Jun 7, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — North and South Korea have agreed to enter talks as soon as this weekend on the Kaesong industrial complex that they jointly operate north of the border, and which has been closed since Pyongyang pulled out its workers in April.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Jun 6, 2013
“Glare fiercely! Hatred in your eyes!” the director shouts at a team of actors on a war-torn movie set. “Comrades! I don’t see any resentment towards the Japanese in your faces.”
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Jun 6, 2013
A US trade panel has ruled against Apple in favor of its rival Samsung in a patent dispute. The ruling means a halt to all imports and sales on AT&T-sold models of the iPhone 4, iPhone 3, iPhone 3GS, iPad 3G and iPad 2 3G.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Jun 5, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — Koreans like to joke by welcoming foreign visitors to the “Republic of Samsung.” Among an oligarchy of competitors, South Korea’s largest conglomerate is a ubiquitous presence.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Jun 4, 2013
The nephew of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, could be partying hard tonight. Kim Han Sol, 17, attended his high school graduation ceremony today in Bosnia, the Serbian daily newspaper Novosti reported. The news comes after the North Korean teenager went missing from class in April — a mystery that nobody has yet cracked.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Jun 3, 2013
South Korean President Park Geun-hye has warned North Korea not to punish a group of defectors who were forcibly returned to the communist state last week after attempting to flee.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Jun 3, 2013
In the 1990s, North Korea suffered from a devastating famine that, by some estimates, left up to 1 million people dead.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
May 30, 2013
FUKUOKA, Japan — With declining enrollments at his junior college, Tokutaro Ushijima thinks he’s found one way to attract more students: pop idol training.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
May 24, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — A top North Korean general and confidant of Kim Jong Un met with a senior Chinese official in Beijing on Wednesday.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
May 22, 2013
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