K-pop has claimed its share of the world market. It is about time that I-pop gives its best to do the same.
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Has Moon Jae-in found a way to make North Koreans comfortable with denuclearisation?
The Pyongyang Declaration between the two Koreas is about much more than nuclear power – and leaves the US on the outer.
Living as a woman in North Korea can be psychologically and physically gruelling.
North Korea’s infrastructure is in dire need of expansion and modernisation. This is where the South can help.
At this stage one can only judge the atmospherics and optics of the summit, and on that basis, Beijing and Pyongyang have plainly come out ahead, while Tokyo and Seoul seem to have been overlooked.
Alongside denuclearisation, reunification is the biggest potential game-changer on the Korean peninsula. But it remains a pipe dream.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s risky unreliability will diminish as his country builds ties with South Korea. So Korean unification may be a better focus for Tuesday’s summit than denuclearization.
The highly awaited summit has the potential to lead to real peace on the peninsula- but only if both countries can find a common interest on which to build an agreement.
K-pop has been hugely popular in Asia, but has never able to catch on in the U.S. – until BTS topped the Billboard 200.
Five years since they burst on to the scene, and BTS is still fighting for social rights through catchy K-pop tunes.
While many of its Asian neighbours are striving to get smoking under control, Indonesia is the stubborn exception.
With almost 30 percent of South Koreans either Protestant or Catholic, faith plays a big role in how people think about relations with the North.
Two separate studies have concluded that fracking was the likely cause of a fault line rupture, precipitating the 5.5 earthquake.
The measure of women’s political advancement isn’t the number of female leaders, but the changes they make to everyday women’s lives.
Having called the June 12 summit off, US President Donald Trump says it might be on again. But at what cost will all of this come to the serious issue of denuclearisation?
A remarkable year on the Korean peninsula has been marked by both bitter enmity and genuine goodwill. Now, the tension is being ratcheted up again.
The South Korean president’s careful approach to rapprochement with the North set the stage for a possible breakthrough on the Korean peninsula.
Since the Korean War, U.S. troops have helped South Korea with military training and planning. Our Speed Read describes the regular joint exercises designed to deter North Korean aggression.
Earthquakes can shape political decisions so understanding them is crucial.
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