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Defectors lift curtain on North Korea’s information blackout
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioBy Mori Rothman and Karla MurthyKARLA MURTHY: North Korea has been ruled by the totalitarian regime of the Kim family dynasty for the last seven decades, handing power...
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Stakes rising, Trump has limited options to stop North Korea nuclear threat
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives a New Year address for 2017 in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on Jan. 1, 2017. KCNA via ReutersWASHINGTON — Donald Trump says he is confident...
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North Korea test-fires missile, apparently challenging Trump
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives a New Year address for 2017 in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on Jan. 1, 2017. KCNA via ReutersPYONGYANG, North Korea — In an implicit...
View ArticleWeek 12: Trump's Ever Changing Military Policy
From Syria to North Korea, the Trump administration in the last week has started flexing its military and foreign policy muscles around the world. And on Tuesday, the president pulled back on his...
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U.S. show of force to North Korea also could show U.S. weakness
A woman and her daughter their pay respects at statues of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, left, and late leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang on October 11, 2015. Photo by Damir Sagolj/File...
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How should U.S. and allies confront North Korea?
Watch VideoJUDY WOODRUFF: We return to our top story, North Korea, its missile and nuclear programs, and the tougher line being drawn with the regime by the Trump administration.I spoke a short time...
View ArticleNorth Korea: How About Now?
A few weeks ago, Bob spoke with David Kang, director of the University of Southern California’s Korean Studies Institute, about how to read the threats exchanged between American and North Korean...
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North Korea poses ‘existential’ threat, U.S. intel chief warns
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un applauds during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of the country’s founding father, Kim Il Sung, in Pyongyang in April. Photo By Damir...
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North Korea’s latest missile test signals new design expertise
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: North Korea today hailed its test of a new intermediate-range missile and claimed that it can now hit U.S. bases in the Pacific with a nuclear...
View ArticleNegotiating with North Korea
In a face-to-face meeting, President Obama warned his successor that America’s biggest security concern was North Korea. Since then, Pyongyang has conducted a series of ballistic missile tests,...
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What are North Korea’s military capabilities?
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un observes a target-striking contest by the Korean People’s Army (KPA) in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 13, 2017....
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Otto Warmbier’s death looms over U.S.-China talks on North Korea
File photo of University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier by Kyodo via ReutersWASHINGTON — Otto Warmbier’s death after returning from North Korean imprisonment is stoking outrage in Washington and...
View ArticleWATCH LIVE: Tillerson and Mattis to hold joint news conference after talks...
The U.S. and China began high-level security talks Wednesday focused largely on North Korea, amid outrage in Washington over the death of an American college student after his imprisonment in the...
View ArticleMissile Launched by North Korea Has Intercontinental Reach
Late on Monday, North Korea launched a missile they claimed was capable of reaching the U.S. On Tuesday, the Trump administration confirmed the claim.The missile was launched into the Sea of Japan at...
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North Korea missile program farther along than believed, report says
A North Korean navy truck carries the ‘Pukkuksong’ submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) during a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of country’s founding father, Kim Il Sung in...
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Pentagon confirms North Korea launched ballistic missile
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un watches a military drill in this handout photo by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency. KCNA/Handout via ReutersThe Pentagon confirmed Friday that it detected a...
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North Korea keeps building better missiles. How should the U.S. respond?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioWILLIAM BRANGHAM: Today, President Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke by phone about the growing threat posed by North Korea. The two agreed on the...
View ArticleFormer Joint Chiefs Head: Tensions With N. Korea Have Potential to 'Explode'
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this interview. The U.S. military often performs routine tests for missiles. Yet, even something routine can become precarious during an extraordinary period...
View ArticleTrump's North Korean Missile Crisis
Last Friday, the regime of Kim Jong-un tested an intercontinental ballistic missile that may be capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to U.S. soil. Evan Osnos joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss how...
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Trump national security adviser stresses North Korea threat
Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasong-14 is pictured during its second test-fire in this undated picture provided by KCNA in Pyongyang on July 29, 2017. Photo by KCNA/ReutersBRIDGEWATER,...
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Welcome boost from China to global pressure on North Korea
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un reacts during the test-fire of intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in...
View ArticleDebating the Merits of Diplomacy with North Korea
Frank Aum, visiting scholar at the U.S.-Korea Institute at the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, former Senior Advisor for North Korea in the office of the Secretary of Defense in...
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Latest North Korea clash draws sharply different responses from Trump, top...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The latest flash point in the American showdown with North Korea has drawn sharply different responses from President Trump and his top national security...
View ArticleFire, Fury, and North Korea
The week, President Trump issued aggressive statements to North Korea, promising to meet the North Korean nuclear threat “with fire and fury like the world has never seen.” On Wednesday, Secretary of...
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Analysis: Should the U.S. set a ‘red line’ for North Korea?
A missile is launched during a long and medium-range ballistic rocket launch drill in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang on Aug. 30. KCNA photo via...
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How does North Korea’s latest nuclear breakthrough affect U.S. options?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJOHN YANG: North Korea has again seized the world’s attention with a new nuclear blast. The weekend test may move Pyongyang a quantum leap forward in its bid to become...
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Trump advisers warn North Korea to give up weapons programs
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 3, 2017. Photo by...
View ArticleThe Annual North Korean Missile Crisis
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s escalating threats against the US earned him a prominent spot in this week’s news cycle. Charles Armstrong, Director of Columbia University’s Center for Korean...
View ArticleOuster in North Korea Leaves World Watching
Casting aside its usual shroud of secrecy, the North Korean government participated in an over-the-top exercise in humiliation on Monday—and it has left the world, quite literally, watching.As the...
View ArticleKim Jong Un Executes Uncle, Nation's Defacto No. 2
The North Korean Dictator Kim Jung Un has executed his uncle, Jang Song Thaek, who was formerly the country's de facto No. 2 official.Earlier this week Kim Jong Un purged his uncle as an adviser and...
View ArticleRumors Fly As Kim Jong-Un Remains AWOL
Where is Kim Jong-un? The head of North Korea hasn't been seen in public in at least five weeks, and many are reporting that he's gone missing.Some of the speculation has been fantastical, with...
View ArticleDid North Korea Execute Four Orchestra Musicians?
North Korea has always had a curious relationship to classical music, dating back to the late ruler Kim Jong Il, who claimed to have written six operas, and whose state-run orchestras would play entire...
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House moves on North Korea sanctions bill after bomb test
Lawmakers are scheduled to vote Tuesday on sanctions to deny North Korea the hard currency they say it needs for its weapons programs. Photo by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un from an undated photo...
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What I learned being an American tourist in North Korea
Hannah Yi (center) is shown here with her tour group. Photo courtesy Hannah Yi.Earlier this year, I wrote a letter to the North Korean tour agency “Korean International Travel Company.”The visa I...
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U.S. imposes sanctions on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the first time
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un seen in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency on July 1, 2016. Photo provided by KCNA via ReutersWASHINGTON — The U.S. imposed...
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Does U.S. policy toward North Korea need to change?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: We return to our top story: North Korea’s latest nuclear test and its reverberations around the globe.Our chief foreign affairs correspondent, Margaret...
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U.S. official warns of North Korean nuclear capabilities
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives a speech at the 9th Congress of the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in...
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How media smuggling took hold in North Korea
A woman and her daughter their respects at statues of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung, left, and late leader Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 11, 2015. Photo by Damir Sagolj/File...
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Trump calls Kim Jong Un a ‘madman’ amid new sanctions against North Korea
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 18, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid – HP1ED9I129WKQNEW YORK — President Donald Trump has...
View ArticleRocket Man and a Barking Dog Talk War
Donald Trump mocked Kim Jong Un by calling him “rocket man,” and threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea if the U.S. or its allies were attacked. Kim, in turn, dismissed Trump as a “barking dog.”...
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News Wrap: Kim Jong Un threatens to ‘tame’ Trump
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U.S. flies bomber, fighter mission off North Korean coast
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un participates in a meeting with the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WorkersÕ Party of Korea in this undated photo released by North...
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North Korea calls Trump comments a ‘declaration of war’
A combination photo of U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Photos by Kevin Lamarque and KCNA/Handout via ReutersNorth Korea’s foreign minister told reporters Monday that...
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U.S. says it’s not pushing for regime change in North Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives a speech in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang in August 2016. Photo by KCNA via ReutersWASHINGTON — The...
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North Korea suggests U.S. declared war after Trump tweet
Watch VideoJUDY WOODRUFF: New escalation today in the war of words between the United States and North Korea. The North now says it’s ready to shoot down U.S. bombers in the face of threats by...
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Rex Tillerson says continue diplomacy with North Korea ‘until first bomb drops’
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson makes a statement to the media that he is not going to resign, at the State Department in Washington, U.S., October 4, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas –...
View ArticleBack from North Korea
Nicholas Kristof,New York Times columnist and the co-author of A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity(Vintage, 2015), reports on his recent visit to North Korea and other news.Also...
View ArticleOlympic Diplomacy: South Korean President Sets Meeting with Kim Jong-un's...
Vice President Mike Pence is in South Korea this week for the Winter Olympic Games, which kicked off Friday, and he's been delivering a harsh message to North Korea during his trip. On Wednesday in...
View ArticleDeja Nuke: Return of the Nuclear Threat
With the threat of nuclear war once again a part of the national conversation, Reveal looks at nuclear threats both foreign and domestic. This episode takes listeners to Iran and finds out what life is...
View ArticleCan Trump Make Peace with Kim Jong-Un?
Yesterday, the White House announced that President Trump would travel to North Korea to meet with Kim Jong-Un to discuss the regime's nuclear program. Robin Wright joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss...
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