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Actually, North Korea might not be guilty in the Sony hack

December 29, 2014

SEOUL, South Korea — The release of “The Interview” last week was supposed to spark a geopolitical imbroglio just in time for the holidays. Instead — after a last-minute release of the hastily canceled film to select theaters and crowds on the web — this Christmas turned out like any other, and we were allowed to watch Kim Jong Un’s head explode in peace.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Dec 29, 2014

How the Iran nuclear deal matters for North Korea

November 25, 2013

SEOUL, South Korea — Given the tumultuous relations between Washington and Tehran, the nuclear pact announced early Sunday was the most significant diplomatic development between the two since the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Nov 25, 2013

Why did North Korea detain an American veteran?

November 21, 2013

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

Tour de North Korea

September 27, 2013

SEOUL, South Korea — It’s not every day that 47 Western bikers can ride through the world’s most reclusive state. Yet as part of a race that began in China, athletes zipped through North Korea’s port town of Rajin this week, Reuters reports. Traffic was blocked off, and the cyclists given an unusual stint of freedom to move around the area. (Not that there’s much traffic in North Korea anyway.)

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Sep 27, 2013

Dennis Rodman in North Korea could be Kenneth Bae’s best hope

September 4, 2013

SEOUL, South Korea — On Tuesday, bad-boy retired basketball player Dennis Rodman landed in North Korea for a second meeting with his unusual buddy, Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Sep 4, 2013

Why was an American jailed in North Korea?

April 29, 2013

Editor’s update: The US government on Monday urged North Korea to free US citizen Kenneth Bae on “humanitarian grounds” as it sought to pin down the charges against him.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Apr 29, 2013

Should we trust the Pentagon on North Korea?

April 18, 2013

SEOUL, South Korea — Last month, the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) — the Pentagon’s intelligence arm — reported “with moderate confidence” in an intelligence assessment that North Korea had mastered a startling technology: the ability to shrink a nuclear warhead and place it on a crude missile.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Apr 18, 2013

South Korean fringe website: Let’s use Boston to bomb North Korea

April 17, 2013

SEOUL, South Korea — Some Americans are speculating on Twitter that North Korea masterminded the bombings in Boston, pointing out its timing after two months of militant rhetoric. Of course, all five South Koreans interviewed by GlobalPost over the past day expressed shock over the news and thought such a scenario was incredibly unlikely.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Apr 17, 2013

Happy Birthday, Kim Il Sung!

April 15, 2013

SEOUL, South Korea — Today is the 101st anniversary of the birthday of North Korea’s “Great Leader,” Kim Il Sung. For North Koreans, it’s pretty much the most important holiday of the year, along with Kim Jong Il’s birthday on Feb. 16. They’ll get three days off.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Apr 15, 2013

For South Korea’s first female president, a baptism by fire

March 16, 2013

SEOUL, South Korea — From both sides of the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s first female president, Park Geun-hye, has gotten a baptism by fire since she took office on Feb. 25.

By Geoffrey Cain
PRI’s The World

Mar 16, 2013

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