South Koreans Rally to Protest Corruption Scandal
Charles Armstrong, director of the center for Korean Research at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), discusses the recent political turmoil and corruption scandal surrounding...
View ArticleSouth Korean President Impeached
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.Today, the South Korean Parliament voted overwhelming to impeach President Park Geun-hye in response to a corruption scandal that has enraged...
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News Wrap: Obama orders review of campaign cyberattacks
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: In the day’s other news: The White House announced President Obama has ordered a full review of cyberattacks during the presidential campaign. A number...
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Protests continue in South Korea as prosecutors indict two ex-officials
People wearing masks involved in the recent political issue pose for photographs with an installation featuring South Korean President Park Geun-hye during a protest calling for Park to step down in...
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North Koreans who escaped to south face difficulties
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioKARLA MURTHY: Twenty six year old Park Young Ho runs this food truck at a horse racetrack just outside Seoul, the capital of South Korea. With race fans streaming in...
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Mattis to visit Japan, South Korea on first overseas trip as Pentagon chief
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense James Mattis (R) meets with Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Photo by Joshua Roberts/ReutersWASHINGTON —...
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New Pentagon chief seeks to reassure Asian allies
Retired U.S. Marine Corps General James Mattis testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on his nomination to serve as defense secretary in Washington, U.S. January 12, 2017. Photo by...
View ArticleDefense Secretary Mattis Visits Asia
Two weeks into his tenure, Defense Secretary James Mattis is making his first overseas trip. The focus will be on U.S.-Asia alliances, a relationship Mattis stressed during his confirmation...
View Article64 – Kimchi Diplomacy: Hidden Kitchens – War and Peace and Food
Kimchi in space. The Kimchi Bus. Korean government-sponsored chefs and restaurants spreading the word of Kimchi around the globe. A story of “Gastrodiplomacy” — the use of food as a diplomatic tool in...
View ArticleSouth Korean President Officially Ousted
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview.On Friday, South Korea decided to remove suspended President Park Geun-hye following a public corruption scandal that has engulfed the nation...
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Court removes South Korean president from office over corruption scandal
File photo of South Korean President Park Geun-hye by Kim Hong-Ji/ReutersSouth Korea’s Constitutional Court unanimously ruled to remove impeached President Park Geun-hye from office on Friday over a...
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South Koreans celebrate Park’s removal, but ousted leader silent
Protesters hold candles as they celebrate the impeachment of South Korea’s ousted leader Park Geun-hye at a rally in Seoul, South Korea, March 11, 2017. Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/ReutersSEOUL, South...
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Tillerson: Use of pre-emptive force an option with NKorea
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (C) visits with U.S. Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, commander of the United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and United States Forces Korea (R) at the border...
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Will Tillerson’s tougher talk get Kim Jong-un to the table?
Watch VideoJUDY WOODRUFF: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at one of the most tense places on the planet, the border between North and South Korea, it’s the second of his stops on an important,...
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These policies helped South Korea’s capital decrease food waste
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioBy Mori Rothman and Megan ThompsonMORI ROTHMAN: Sujin Woo and her mother, Lee Bo-ok live in an apartment in South Korea’s capital of Seoul. On this Saturday morning,...
View ArticleDoing Diplomacy Without the Press
Last weekend, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared that he’s “not a big media press access person.” Indeed, Tillerson’s run as the highest ranking diplomat in the country has thus far been...
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News Wrap: Keystone XL pipeline gets building permit from State Department
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News Wrap: Trump takes aim at the Freedom Caucus
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Russia’s election season meddling dominated the conversation on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue today.On Capitol Hill, the Senate Intelligence Committee...
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How should U.S. and allies confront North Korea?
Watch VideoJUDY WOODRUFF: We return to our top story, North Korea, its missile and nuclear programs, and the tougher line being drawn with the regime by the Trump administration.I spoke a short time...
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North Korea’s failed missile test draws dueling rhetoric
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News Wrap: ‘Imminent attack’ on French election thwarted
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Voting is in the news across Europe today, starting with a surprise announcement from London. British Prime Minister Theresa May called for an early...
View ArticleIn the Korean Peninsula, A New Chapter of A Complicated History
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. President Harry Truman ordered American forces to the Korean Peninsula in June 1950. Three years and an estimated 2.5 million deaths later,...
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News Wrap: French government calls for calm after attack on police
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Investigators in France are trying to piece together what sparked Thursday’s deadly assault in Paris. A gunman shot a police officer to death and wounded...
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Tensions rising, what’s U.S.’s next move on North Korea?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The news that North Korea has carried out another missile test is sure to add to rising tensions with the U.S. Observers also say that the country...
View ArticleGen. Michael Hayden, The American Bison, Anxious Culture Wars
Coming up on today's show:On Monday, Sally Yates, former acting attorney general, and James Clapper, former director of national intelligence, answered hours of questions from the Senate Intelligence...
View ArticleSouth Koreans Select New Leader in Historic Election
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. On Tuesday, South Koreans went to the polls and chose liberal candidate Moon Jae-in as their next leader. Mr. Moon replaces impeached...
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Will South Korea’s new president change course with North Korea, U.S.?
Watch VideoJUDY WOODRUFF: And now we turn our focus to Asia.After months of political upheaval, South Korean voters have elected a new president today, a man who is promising to take the nation in a...
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News Wrap: South Korean President Moon sworn in
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View ArticleOur Foreign Affairs in Syria, Korea and Afghanistan
Fred Kaplan, Slate's “war stories” columnist and the author of Dark Territory: The Secret History of Cyber War (Simon & Schuster, 2016), discusses President Trump's approach to Syrian Kurds (very...
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News Wrap: U.S. military successfully stops missile in simulated attack
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News Wrap: Exit polls show lead for U.K. Prime Minister May’s party
Watch VideoJUDY WOODRUFF: And now to the rest of this day’s news.The polls have closed in Britain, and voters appear to have delivered a blow to the ruling Conservatives. Exit surveys indicate they are...
View ArticleTrump Meets South Korean President
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. Newly-elected South Korean President Moon Jae-In is in Washington today to begin his two-day summit with President Trump, the first official...
View ArticleHow South Koreans Are Responding to the North
As tensions with North Korea escalate, the number of people within range of North Korean missiles increases, stretching to parts of Hawaii.But the people most likely to be affected by North Korean...
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Analysis: 64 years after the Korean War, the world’s coldest and most...
Marshal Kim Il Sung signs the Korean Armistice Agreement and the Temporary Agreement Supplementary to the Armistice Agreement on July 27, 1953. Photo by: Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images.SEOUL — Sixty-four...
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Reports suggest North Korea making missile-ready nuclear weapons. What should...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: North Korea may have taken a fateful step forward on the path towards being a nuclear weapons power. The Washington Post reports that U.S. intelligence...
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Latest North Korea clash draws sharply different responses from Trump, top...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The latest flash point in the American showdown with North Korea has drawn sharply different responses from President Trump and his top national security...
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Joint military drills to begin with U.S., South Korea
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North Korean advances add urgency to U.S. and South Korea war games
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North Korea missile launch over Japan shakes U.S. allies
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioMILES O’BRIEN: The U.S. and its Asian allies are trading barbs in the wake of North Korea’s latest missile test early today.Nick Schifrin has our report.NICK SCHIFRIN:...
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Trump weighs pulling out of free trade deal with South Korea
U.S. President Donald Trump greets South Korean President Moon Jae-in prior to delivering a joint statement from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 30, 2017. Photo by Jim...
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How South Koreans are responding to pressure on North Korea from Trump
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: But first: Two days after North Korea’s sixth nuclear test, the war of words and the war games continued today.But President Trump’s recent statements...
View ArticleNorth Korea Continues to Test Bombs
After North Korea's latest nuclear test over the weekend, the largest yet, Jean Lee, global fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and former Associated Press Pyongyang Bureau Chief,...
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U.S. adds launchers to THAAD as dozens hurt in South Korea protests
A protest in Seongju, South Korea, opposes the deployment of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in this still image taken from a Sept. 7 social media video. Image by Han Sung/via...
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Trump to travel to 5 countries in Asia in November
U.S. President Donald Trump meets South Korea’s President Moon Jae-In and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ahead the G20 leaders summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 6, 2017. Photo by Carlos...
View ArticleNorth Korea Looks South as Tension Grows With the U.S.
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentTension between the United States and North Korea continues to escalate. Earlier this week during a New Year's speech, Kim Jong-un said that North...
View ArticleOlympics Bring a Shifting Tone on The Korean Peninsula
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentOn New Year’s Day, Kim Jong-Un offered a conciliatory tone toward its neighbor, South Korea, and floated the idea of possibly sending a joint...
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Meet Your Local Olympic Athletes
Today the Opening Ceremonies ushered in the official start of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. We have a number of athletes from New York and New Jersey competing in this year's...
View ArticleOlympic Diplomacy: South Korean President Sets Meeting with Kim Jong-un's Sister
Vice President Mike Pence is in South Korea this week for the Winter Olympic Games, which kicked off Friday, and he's been delivering a harsh message to North Korea during his trip. On Wednesday in...
View ArticleThe Olympics So Far
New York Times sports editor Jason Stallman recaps the first week of the Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, including who the big winners are, who the breakout stars are, and what's going on with...
View ArticleSouth Korean Voices From the Winter Olympics
The Olympics will wrap up this weekend, with Ivanka Trump heading to Pyeongchang for the closing ceremonies — perhaps to rival the star power of Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim...
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