Ahn Hak-sop was captured during the Korean War by the South and imprisoned for more than 40 years. Now 95, he wants to return to the North to die.
Tag: Korean War
North Korea Blasts Unbearable Sounds To South Korea
Relations between the neighbors have sunk to the lowest level in years. Now, Pyongyang is blaring eerie sounds across the border that villagers say is making their lives hell.
Why North Korea Is Building Drones
Analysts say the low-cost weapons are attractive to Mr. Kim, who is intent on modernizing North Korea’s military.
In This Office, the Fading Dream of a Unified Korea Lives On
On paper, five South Korean officials are the governors of North Korean provinces. Their goal is reunification, but fewer and fewer Koreans share it.
The Wily Spy Who Risked His Life to Meet North Korea’s Secretive Leader
Park Chae-so was so successful in infiltrating the North that Kim Jong-il, the enigmatic ruler, once gifted him blueberry wine. So why was the celebrated undercover agent later jailed by South Korea?
South Korea Says an Official Leaked Classified Information to China
The sales of intelligence agency data raised awkward questions as the nation is expanding military information sharing with the United States.
Insooni Breaks Racial Barrier to Become Beloved Singer in South Korea
Born to a South Korean mother and a Black American soldier, she rose to a pioneering stardom in a country that has long discriminated against biracial children.
U.S. Is Watching North Korea for Signs of Lethal Military Action
A shift by Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, toward open hostility against South Korea is alarming but does not indicate he is about to start a full-scale war, officials say.
Is North Korea Planning a War?
An intensification of nuclear threats from North Korea while the world is preoccupied with other wars has ignited an urgent debate over Mr. Kim’s motives.
North Korea Says It No Longer Wants to Reunify With South Korea
Abandoning the longtime goal, however unlikely, Kim Jong-un, the North’s leader, instead threatened to subjugate South Korea in war.