In South Korea, quest to recast views of single motherhood
A group of adoptees, who say they were given up because their mothers couldn’t raise them, are spearheading efforts to make single motherhood less of a social taboo and financial constraint.
Steven Borowiec
Just how bad is tuberculosis in North Korea?
So bad that the regime is letting big-nosed Americans in to help.
North Korea attempts to woo defectors home
Far fewer North Korean defectors have made it to South Korea since Kim Jong-un took power in 2012. A few escapees have reportedly returned.
South Korean hunger for foreign schooling strands lonely ‘goose fathers’
An estimated 500,000 South Korean fathers stay behind while their wives and children relocate for an English-language education abroad.
Refugee or spy? South Korea reviews its standards
Nearly half of the North Korean spies caught in South Korea over the past decade made it into the South after posing as refugees.
Why is North Korea’s Kaesong industrial park closing?
The exceptional length of the shutdown so far could signal that inter-Korean relations have entered a new low.
South Korea’s first female president innagurated today. Will she bring change?
South Korea’s new president, Park Geun-hye, was sworn into office today, taking the helm at a tumultuous time.
Is China taking a harsher tone on North Korea?
China has taken a harder line on North Korea over its nuclear weapons program, but as the UN Security Council weighs expanding sanctions, Beijing will still likely seek to limit their strength.