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The U.S. faces a complicated landscape on the Korean peninsula
Apr 17, 2017
Things are heating up on the Korean peninsula, you may have heard. A senior official told the BBC that North Korea will test missiles weekly. South Korea has doubled down on a missile defense system that China finds threatening. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has said all options are on the table to contain North […]
How much leverage does China have over North Korea?
Apr 14, 2017
China is urging North Korea and the U.S. to tamp down tensions between the two nations. A U.S. naval strike force is heading to the waters off the Korean peninsula in response to North Korea’s continued defiance of a nuclear testing ban. North Korea sees that as a provocation and warned that it is ready […]
Trump lauds 'outstanding' relationship with Chinese leader
Apr 7, 2017
The meeting was overshadowed by the U.S. missile strikes at Syria.
Amid turmoil in Washington, it’s full speed ahead on Wall Street
Feb 16, 2017
There was a time when a North Korean missile launch, a Russian spy boat, a resigned national security adviser and a couple of disastrously rolled out executive orders might have been very bad news for Wall Street and stock prices.
North Korea has 28 websites
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Kai Ryssdal
Sep 22, 2016
Leaked data gave a glimpse at all of the isolated, totalitarian country's registered websites.
It was very easy to hack North Korea's Facebook clone
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Kai Ryssdal
May 31, 2016
Child's play, really.
The big loophole in China's sanctions on North Korea
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Rob Schmitz
Apr 6, 2016
Should North Korea's economy collapse, it won't be pretty for China.
For public good, not for profit.
North Korea's underground capitalism
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Kai Ryssdal
Nov 30, 2015
One reporter's experience with capitalism in the dictatorship.
China bets big on border town with Russia, North Korea
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Rob Schmitz
Nov 16, 2015
China invests billions into Hunchun, along the Russian and North Korean border.
Joseph Kim's escape from North Korea
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Jenny Ament
Aug 28, 2015
He came from one of the most isolated economies in the world to the U.S.