Min Joo Kim | The Seattle Times

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, front center, offers a flower at a liberation war martyrs cemetery in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, July 27, 2021 to mark the end of the Korean War. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: “KCNA” which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) KNS801 KNS801

July 26, 2021 at 8:56 pm

North and South Korea agree to restore cross-border hotline on 68th anniversary of pact that ended fighting

SEOUL - North and South Korea restored a key communications hotline Tuesday and agreed to improve ties, more than a year after Pyongyang cut the...

Nation & World

July 18, 2021 at 7:32 am

For North Korean workers, Russia’s Far East remains a windfall for them and for Kim’s regime

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - On a popular advertising site in Russia's Far Eastern city of Vladivostok, there's a separate page with listings devoted to North Korean...

Nation & World

May 29, 2021 at 9:38 am

In South Korea’s ‘healing forest,’ the pandemic-stressed compete for the ultimate chill

Twenty-eight pandemic-battered competitors gathered under the leafy canopy Wednesday for the Space Out Competition. The premise is simply: zone out for 90 minutes, with the...

Nation & World

April 25, 2021 at 6:32 am

Some South Koreans prepare for life after the pandemic with a facelift

SEOUL - In the offices of Grand Plastic Surgery in Seoul's glitzy Gangnam district, Lee Se-hwan has been busy nipping, tucking and keeping up with...

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November 27, 2020 at 3:44 am

North Korea’s Kim vents fury under strain of virus and economy, South says

TOKYO - Under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic and an ailing economy, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is responding with fury, approving at least...

Nation & World

October 25, 2020 at 7:10 am

Lee Kun-hee, builder of global tech giant Samsung, dies at 78

SEOUL — Lee Kun-hee, the man who built Samsung Electronics into a global tech giant, died Sunday with family members including his son and successor...

Nation & World

October 10, 2020 at 8:22 am

North Korea parades a new ICBM, but Kim Jong Un stresses deterrent nature

TOKYO — North Korea showed off what appeared to be a huge, new inter-continental ballistic missile at a military parade Saturday, although leader Kim Jong...

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July 9, 2020 at 4:31 pm

In a time of social distancing, robots could be just what the doctor ordered

Robots' roles at work and home have grown since the novel coronavirus spread around the world. They rove. They disinfect. They make drinks. They even...

May 5, 2020 at 9:54 am

Baseball resumes in South Korea, bringing innings to a world starved for sports

SEOUL - At least the game sounded the same. The leathery pop of a strike into the catcher's mitt was no different than before. A...

Sports

May 3, 2020 at 5:28 am

North and South Korea exchange fire over heavily guarded border

SEOUL - North and South Korea exchanged gunfire near one of the South's guard post inside the Demilitarized Zone separating the two countries, the South...

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