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Will Asia’s economies benefit from fracking?

DAEGU, South Korea — For the past three years, the US has gone full force into its much-headlined fracking revolution, capitalizing on technological innovations to tap into enormous newly-exploitable reserves of oil and natural gas.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Oct 25, 2013

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The Galaxy Gear smartwatch: proof that Samsung can innovate?

SEOUL, South Korea — Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone maker, is marching toward the next battlefield in its war against Apple. On Wednesday in Berlin, the Korean mega-corporation unveiled the long-anticipated Galaxy Gear, a wearable smartwatch set for release on Sept. 25.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Sep 9, 2013

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Red threat: Kim Jong Un makes the Koreas’ best beer

SEOUL, South Korea — If there’s one key art form where North Korea beats the South, it’s beer-making. Pyongyang is home to Taedonggang, a government-made, full-bodied lager that The New York Times called one of the finest beers on the Korean peninsula. The beverage is named after Pyongyang’s Taedong River.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Jun 27, 2013

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Gulags? Missiles? Not to fear, Choco Pies are here

SEOUL, South Korea — In the classic Korean mystery film JSA: Joint Security Area (2000), a South Korean soldier strays north of the demilitarized zone at the border between North and South Korea and unexpectedly befriends a handful of North Korean enemies.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

May 3, 2013

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Artisan coffee comes to North Korea

Curious coffee lovers now have a reason to visit North Korea. Pyongyang is home to a hip new coffeeshop serving “third wave” coffee — a buzzword that marks a recent generation of specialty and artisanal brews.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Apr 23, 2013

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South Korea in the red

SEOUL, South Korea — He’s worked all his life to graduate from an elite university this year. But in a tight job market, Kim Jun-sang, 23, is worried about escaping his pileup of debt. Sound familiar?

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Jan 18, 2013

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