Time for North Korea policy to shift focus to freedom, human rights
While South Korea experiences historic domestic political turmoil, Kim Jong Un and his regime continue to threaten peace and ...
How the Dream of School Integration Died
A powerful new book by the law professor Michelle Adams recounts the failed effort to integrate Detroit’s schools and the ...
Korean director focuses on need for kids with foreign roots in Japan to learn mother tongue
A film portraying the importance of opportunities for residents in Japan with foreign roots to learn their native languages was screened on a･･･ ...
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South Korean court clears government, adoption agency of liability in adoptee’s deportation from US
South Korean adoptee Adam Crapser speaks during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, on Jan. 2, 2019 ... a 2023 lower court ...
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Late Industrialization, Tradition, and Social Change in South Korea
As South Korea underwent rapid industrialization in the 1960s and 1970s, traditional social ties—what Ha and others call neo-familism—became more rather than less important, contrary to what classic ...
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North Korea takes 1,000 casualties fighting Ukraine in past week, U.S. says
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. estimates that North Korea has suffered over 1,000 casualties in the past week fighting Ukrainians in the Kursk region of Russia, a White House spokesperson said Friday.
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Several North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine die from injuries, Zelensky says
The soldiers are believed to be the first North Koreans taken as prisoners of war by Ukraine. South Korea’s spy agency said earlier on Friday that one wounded North Korean soldier, who was ...
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South Korea's acting president impeached, political uncertainty deepens
SEOUL -- Han Duck-soo, South Korea's acting president and prime minister, was impeached in a vote by the National Assembly on Friday, ramping up political uncertainty almost two weeks after the ...
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PEOPLE's Most-Anticipated Books of 2025, from New Emily Henry and Taylor Jenkins Reid to a 'Hunger Games' Prequel
Here are the most exciting books we're most looking forward to sharing in 2025 Lizz Schumer is the senior books editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...
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First North Korean soldier captured by Ukraine has since died
He warned that “there are risks of North Korea sending additional troops and military equipment to the Russian army,” South Korea’s military also revealed it’s seeing signs North Korea is ...
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North Koreans launching ‘human wave’ attacks against Ukrainian positions in Kursk
South Korea’s spy agency estimates that at least 11,000 North Korean troops were sent to Russia and that casualties — which include both dead and injured soldiers — number in the thousands.