Korean War

Seoul (AFP) A South Korean man has defected to North Korea, following in the footsteps of his political parents who also made a high-profile switch of allegiance in the 1980s, according to Pyongyang's state media. Years of repression and poverty in the recl…

In the decades that followed, ticker-tape parades welcomed American soldiers back from World War I and the Korean War. They greeted heads of state, celebrated Olympic champions and honored Charles Lindbergh for completing his nonstop solo flight across the At…

The American comedian and host of Redacted Tonight took aim at Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer, who bemoaned Trump’s historic trip to the demilitarized zone (DMZ) as “one of the worst few days in American foreign policy.” Camp wondered if the rendezvous – i…

Park Sun-joo, center, a physical anthropologist by training, with his team as they perform a simple memorial service for the victims whose remains they found in Asan, South Korea. (The New York Times) Written by Choe Sang-Hun On a lush hillside torn open by…

ASAN, South Korea On a lush hillside torn open by an excavator, Park Sun-joo and volunteers combed through the soil with trowels and brushes, looking for villagers, including children, who were bludgeoned and buried, some still alive and moaning, by their own…

If there’s one thing Democrats agree on, it is that President Trump’s very brief visit to the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to shake hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is a “photo op,” not a substantive move; a stunt, not diplomacy. Kamala Harris s…

Christine Ahn Security, Asia A crucial part of building trust is resolving decades of hostilities, which can only be achieved by formally ending the Korean War. It's Time to Formally End the Korean War Last night, President Donald Trump did what no other …

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Wednesday it sacked an army commander and rebuked other senior officers after a North Korean fishing boat piloted by defectors went undetected in South Korean waters for more than two days last month. The incident has r…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ending a brief media frenzy, South Korea's military said it turned out to be a flock of birds that prompted it to launch fighter jets and alert journalists that it had detected an unidentified object flying near the border with North…

Trump, Kim cross a demarcation line in the DMZ. (Photo: Reuters) The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is a region 4 km wide and 240 km long, dividing the Korean Peninsula into the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea on the north and Republic of Korea on the …