Korean War

In April, Mr. Moon said he was willing to meet with Mr. Kim at any time or place to help break the impasse between North Korea and the United States. Mr. Kim has shown little interest so far. But in the past week, Mr. Moon has said that both South…

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Wednesday it proposed a joint fund with Japan to compensate South Koreans forced to work by Japanese companies during World War Two. The proposal aimed to resolve an issue that has strained bilateral ties since a series…

BEIJING (Reuters) - Four decades of dealings between China and the United States show that positive outcomes were always possible, China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after their presidents agreed to rekindle trade talks at a G20 meeting this month. …

David A. Andelman, executive director of the RedLines Project, is a contributor to CNN, where his columns have won the Deadline Club Award for best opinion writing. Author of "A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today," and translator of "…

PYONGYANG: On a grey stone column in Pyongyang, a mural shows Chinese and North Korean soldiers rushing into battle against US-led forces in the Korean War. Decades later, the monument is a regular stop for new waves of Chinese going to the North, this time a…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) South Korea said Tuesday two of four North Korean fishermen who were rescued off a boat drifting in South Korean waters will remain in the country after expressing their desire to defect. Seoul's Unification Ministry said the two othe…

On Saturday, the remains of a Korean War POW who was declared Missing in Action (MIA) in 1950, will be coming home to Massachusetts. (This first appeared in Task and Purpose earlier in the week.) Army Sgt. George Schipani a 19-year-old soldier with K Compan…

The graph demonstrates that over the last few decades the number of women dying from heart disease has been significantly higher than men dying from heart disease. In the year 2000 alone the gap is the most impressive, with 70,000 more women dying than men. T…

Comic Book Questions Answered where I answer whatever questions you folks might have about comic books (feel free to e-mail questions to me at brianc@cbr.com). My pal Avash I. asked me, "Did Marvel ever explain how Magneto can still be alive and relatively y…

On average, every 30 seconds someone in the world buys a copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Maybe it's for a grandchild, an expectant parent or a dear friend's new baby. Nearly 50 million copies have been sold since the classic picture book was first publis…