Uncovering Japan's involvement in the Korean War
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 ...
Remembering the role Japan played in the Forgotten War
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.
'Moscow 8': The North Korean filmmakers who defied Pyongyang
As the Korean War raged, eight of Pyongyang's young heroes — all members of the North's new elite, destined for a life of privilege and power — left for Moscow to study at a prestigious film school. They never returned. Scattered to the corners of ...
French AFP war reporter who witnessed Lee Harvey Oswald slaying dies at 94
A veteran French war reporter who was a witness in Dallas to the fatal shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald has died at the age of 94, his family said on Sunday In 1963, Francois Pelou, who also covered the wars in Korea and Vietnam for ...
South Korean police apologize and army expresses regret for 1948 Jeju massacres
South Korean police apologized for the first time Wednesday over massacres that killed 10,000 people decades ago and the military expressed deep regret as President Moon Jae-in seeks to re-examine history. On April 3, 1948, members of the communist Workers' Party of Southern Korea — ...
South Korea begins excavation of war remains along DMZ without previously agreed help from North
Seoul began a unilateral effort to excavate Korean War remains along the border Monday as silence from Pyongyang stymied a previously agreed joint operation with the North. The joint excavation along the Demilitarized Zone of remains from the 1950-53 conflict was part of a military ...
Top U.S. government lawyer's presence at North Korea talks points to end-of-war declaration
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 ...
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 ...
'The Kinship of Secrets': Heartbreak and family separation during the Korean War
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.
U.S. and South Korea can't agree on sharing the bill for military after Trump's criticism
The United States and South Korea have failed to agree on a bigger South Korean share of the cost of maintaining U.S. troops, an official said on Friday, as the U.S. military warned Korean workers they might be put on leave if no deal ...
Kim Jong Who? South Korea revamps how students study their northern neighbor
A year of warming relations between North and South Korea has raised the prospects of closer ties, if not some form of unification for the still-warring neighbors far in the future. But it might not be obvious in a typical South Korean classroom. "I really ...
The two Koreas were removing the last remaining firearms and guard posts on Thursday from a village where armed soldiers have stared each other down for decades, Seoul's defense ministry said. The Joint Security Area — also known as the truce village of Panmunjom — ...
