Korean War

In the tense summer of 1953, as the Korean War wound down, Nikita Khrushchev seized power in the Soviet Union, and the Soviets tested their first hydrogen bomb, a young activist named Roger Mastrude traveled up and down the West Coast of the United States trying to get people interested…

SEOUL: A nuclear-powered United States aircraft carrier and its battle group began exercises with South Korean warships on Monday, hours after North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles in an apparent protest of the allies' expanding drills. The seventh missile test this month underscored heightening tensions in the region as…

Last Updated: March 10, 2023, 16:34 IST Seoul, South Korea North Korean village is seen from a South Korea's observation post near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) 03 March 2023. (Photo Credit: Reuters) Leader Kim Jong Un has launched projects to build 50,000 new apartments in Pyongyang as part of a…

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine enters its second year, it increasingly resembles an earlier example of imperial hubris, the Global War on Terror launched by George W. Bush, which became the quagmire known as the Forever War. Russia has failed to subdue Ukraine and institute regime change. But Ukrainian resistance,…

SEOUL: South Korea called the nuclear-armed North its "enemy" in a defense document Thursday, the first time in six years it has used the term, signaling a further hardening of Seoul's position toward Pyongyang. The two countries remain technically at war since the 1950-53 Korean War ended with an armistice…

Washington —  The nomination of the U.S. special envoy for human rights in North Korea, along with new legislation, has revived hopes for Korean Americans who want to see family in North Korea whom they have not seen since their separation during the Korean War. President Joe Biden nominated Julie…

The planes (and the score) soar in this Korean War picture, but its reason for being is Majors’ performance as a real-life Black flying ace Eli Adé/Sony Squadrons of F4U Corsair aircraft swarming the sky in perfect formation, bullets dancing past and through them, explosions and crashes galore: J.D. Dillard’s…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Friday, its latest weapons demonstration that came days after U.S. and South Korean warplanes conducted joint drills that North Korea views as an invasion rehearsal. North Korea has conducted an unprecedented number of…

Paris' legendary Metro has started public service announcements in Korean warning visitors of pickpockets at stations close to major tourist attractions. They have already been aired in English, German, Spanish and Japanese. The Korean Embassy in France said, "PSAs will be made in Korean in the summer and winter holidays…

"I was so, so excited," says actor-musician of auditioning for 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man. Joe Jonas plays a pilot in the just-released Korean War drama Devotion but he almost took to the skies in a very different manner — in a very different movie ten years ago. In an interview…