Korean War

President Trump, in his war with the generals, should channel feisty Harry S. Truman. It was President Truman who famously fired highly decorated World War II Gen. Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War. Truman took a lot of heat for it, but he stuck to his guns. He was, after…

North Korea’s military on Tuesday threatened to move back into zones that were demilitarised under inter-Korean peace agreements as the country continued to dial up pressure on rival South Korea amid stalled nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration.The General Staff of the Korean People’s Army said it’s reviewing a ruling…

The banner on the US Embassy in Seoul, which has now been removedThe US embassy in South Korea has taken down a Black Lives Matter banner, reportedly after pressure from US leaders.The large banner went up on Saturday but was removed on Monday.US media said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo…

The U.S. Embassy in Seoul on Saturday unfurled a large Black Lives Matter banner on the front facade of its diplomatic building to "stand in solidarity with fellow Americans grieving and peacefully protesting to demand positive change" following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis while in police custody last month.By Monday, according to…

Photo: Karl Gehring / Contributor (Getty Images)FeaturesFeaturesStories from The Takeout about food, drink, and how we live.In the most literal sense, Spam is canned meat. It was first sold in 1937 by the Hormel Foods Corporation of Austin, Minnesota, where there is now a museum in its honor. It’s made…

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The young activists who launched a protest movement after George Floyd’s death are bringing fresh energy to a long-simmering debate about the Confederate battle emblem that white supremacists embedded within the Mississippi state flag more than 125 years ago.Anti-racism protests have toppled Confederate statues and monuments…

A resurgence of coronavirus infections in the Seoul region, where half of South Korea's 51 million people live, is threatening the country's success story and prompting health authorities to warn that action must be taken now to stop a second wave.A health official wearing protective gear takes samples from a…

Seoul (AFP) - South Korea said Wednesday it would take legal action against two defector groups for sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border, after North Korea ramped up its threats over the campaigns.North Korea has issued a series of vitriolic denunciations of the South since last week over activists sending…

The shipment of protective supplies is on top of the 500,000 face masks the South Korean government already sent to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to distribute to non-Navajo veterans.Jason Jimenez/U.S. Marine CorpsThomas Begay, a veteran Code Talker, is among the Navajo veterans who served under the Marine Corps…

Image copyright AFP Image caption North Korean students held a rally to denounce defectors on Monday North Korea has said it will cut off all inter-Korean communication lines with the South, including a hotline between the two nations' leaders.The North said this was the first in a series of actions,…