Asia Pacific Jan 13, 2021
The Korean War emptied the town. Those who rebuilt it may now be rewarded.
by Choe Sang-Hun
A decades-old struggle for land by villagers in the "Punch Bowl" has become a symbol of the war’s unfinished business.
Asia Pacific / Politics Oct 26, 2020
Seoul accuses China’s Xi of distorting history with Korean War anniversary speech
South Korea accused Chinese President Xi Jinping of distorting history in a speech he made on the Korean War, offering rare criticism of its biggest trading partner over rhetoric seen as anti-American. South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha on Monday dismissed as inaccurate claims that ...
Asia Pacific Oct 23, 2020
China warns on ‘red lines’ as it remembers its only war with U.S.
Beijing is going all out in remembrance of its participation in the Korean War, sending a message to Washington that it’s not intimidated by American military might.
Asia Pacific Oct 13, 2020
BTS honored Korean War sacrifices. Some in China saw an insult.
by Tiffany May and Amy Chang Chien
The group's leader acknowledged the shared suffering of Americans and Koreans during a recent ceremony commemorating the war.
Asia Pacific Jul 27, 2020
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was shown surrounded by pistol-toting generals while in the South masked veterans were socially distanced as the two sides on Monday separately marked the armistice that ended Korean War hostilities. The contrasting events marked 67 years since the ceasefire ...
Asia Pacific Jun 24, 2020
Holiday homes and battlefields: Legacies of the Korean War line DMZ
From North Korean party headquarters to holiday homes to cemeteries, 70 years after the Korean War began its legacies line the Demilitarized Zone that marks where the fighting came to a standstill. A few kilometers from the DMZ's eastern end, a small stone villa stands ...
Asia Pacific Jun 24, 2020
One conflict, two museums: How Korean War still divides the peninsula
In the capitals of the two Koreas, flagship museums offer radically different accounts of the same conflict — the war launched to unify the peninsula but that now defines its division. In Pyongyang, a giant statue of a North Korean soldier holding aloft a flag ...
National / Media | MEDIA MIX Sep 7, 2019
Uncovering Japan's involvement in the Korean War
by Philip Brasor
Every August, NHK airs a lot of new documentaries to commemorate the end of World War II. The range of topics is not typically limited to events that happened in August 1945. This year's crop covered newspaper propaganda leading up to the war; the ...
Commentary / Japan Jul 18, 2019
Remembering the role Japan played in the Forgotten War
by Michael MacArthur Bosack
For Japanese and South Koreans, this anniversary ought to present a reminder that back-and-forth erosion of trust is in neither of their self-interests.
Asia Pacific / Politics Feb 27, 2019
Top U.S. government lawyer's presence at North Korea talks points to end-of-war declaration
by Jesse Johnson
In a potential sign that the U.S. is preparing to reach a deal in Hanoi with North Korea that could include a so-called end-of-war declaration and the opening of liaison offices in both countries, a top State Department lawyer who has handled key issues ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Feb 5, 2019
Politicians and campaigners are urging Germany to use the lessons of its own reunification to help bring North and South Korea together, but Berlin is in no rush to take up the challenge. A second summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader ...
Books Jan 19, 2019
'The Kinship of Secrets': Heartbreak and family separation during the Korean War
by Nicolas Gattig
Eugenia Kim's second novel, "The Kinship of Secrets," is a measuredly moving story of a girl losing and finding a home, the ways in which families grow into units and immigrants into citizens.