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North Korea sees surge of drug-resistant tuberculosis

By Geoffrey Cain and Jessica Phelan | 05/09/13

Drug-resistant TB is the latest health crisis to strike North Korea, where medical progress has suffered under Western sanctions.

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Japan's yakuza gang wars

By Geoffrey Cain | 05/07/13

Facing a shrinking pot of spoils, five mafia syndicates are waging an unusually vicious gang war in the coastal prefecture of Fukuoka.

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Artisan coffee comes to North Korea

By Geoffrey Cain | 04/23/13

In Pyongyang, one new coffeeshop serves a hip and cosmopolitan roast.

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South Korea and China's so-called honeymoon

By Geoffrey Cain | 04/19/13

With North Korea gone haywire, can South Korea win over its powerful and often difficult neighbor, China?

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Chinese tourism companies ordered to halt overland travel to North Korea amid tensions

By Freya Petersen and Geoffrey Cain | 04/11/13

Tour companies at North Korea and China's biggest border crossing were ordered to suspend trips owing to Pyongyang's war rhetoric.

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North Korea bars entrance to Kaesong industrial park

By Faine Greenwood and Geoffrey Cain | 04/03/13

South Korean workers are barred entrance to the joint park but are allowed to leave, as tensions ratchet up between North and South.

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As Korean war rhetoric rises, separated families lose hope

By Geoffrey Cain | 03/12/13

Members of thousands of families separated during the Korean War wonder whether they will meet again.

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UN approves sanctions after North Korea threatens nuclear strike against US

By Geoffrey Cain and Mariya Karimjee | 03/08/13

The threat of 'preemptive' action came ahead of a UN Security Council vote that unanimously approved fresh sanctions against North Korea.

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For a Korean peace, are sports stars our only hope?

By Geoffrey Cain | 03/07/13

John Kerry may not think Dennis Rodman can solve the North Korea problem. But the retired basketball star has joined a cast of musicians, artists and athletes who have helped open Asian dictatorships to the world.

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North Korea admits to carrying out third nuclear test

By Geoffrey Cain and Faine Greenwood | 02/12/13

North Korea has admitted carrying out a third nuclear test, hours after US seismologists detected a 4.9 earthquake in the hermit kingdom.