SEOUL, South Korea — For North Korea watchers, the news is mysterious and the motives unknown. On October 26, an 85-year-old Korean War veteran from Palo Alto, California, became the second American detained in the past year in the world’s most reclusive state.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Nov 21, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — Next month will be a big one for North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, as his nation hosts various conspicuous, cultish festivities. On Dec. 12, North Korean state media will probably memorialize its satellite launch one year ago, an early boost to Kim Jong Un’s prestige.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Nov 20, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is the butt of many jokes. Its military parades, for one, offer an eclectic mix of the clownish and terrifying. With blocks of goose-stepping soldiers in Soviet-style uniforms, tanks in formation, and a pudgy young dictator looking on, the scene is fitting for a cheesy 1960s propaganda broadcast — or even the next Austin Powers movie.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Nov 10, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — In American and South Korean tabloids, the wife of the North Korean dictator has achieved an unusual degree of celebrity.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Oct 30, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — For more than 60 years, North and South Korea have been divided along the demilitarized zone, or the DMZ. Barriers — political, legal and physical — often prevent South Koreans from communicating directly with their northern brethren.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Oct 19, 2013
It’s almost an age-old tradition: North Korea gets upset over a joint military exercise between the US and South Korea, and vents its anger in a couple vague war threats.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Oct 8, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — Americans are apparently blasé about government eavesdropping. In the days after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden revealed that Washington spies extensively on its own citizens, polls found that about half of Americans have no problem with such snooping, as long as it protects them from terrorism.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Jul 18, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — On Tuesday, a Chinese artist made headlines when he offered North Korea its very own wax figure of the deceased dictator, Kim Jong Il It’s a nod to the hermit state’s ruling family. The Dear Leader, as he’s called, is the father of the current head, Kim Jong Un.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Jul 11, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — If North Korea’s government had its way, the world would know nothing about what really happens within the country’s borders. Journalism is essentially forbidden. Those who dare ask hard questions do so at the risk of torture and imprisonment.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Jun 21, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea — The National Police Agency said on Thursday that it’s requesting the South Korean government block the “official” Facebook fan page of Korean Central Television, or KCTV, the Korea Herald reports.
By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World
Jun 10, 2013
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