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U.S. Deploys Navy Strike Group To Korean Peninsula As Missile Concerns Mount

11:44am April 09, 2017

by Jason Slotkin

The deployment of the Carl Vinson Strike Group comes amid pledges from North Korea to continue testing the weapons and as the Trump administration articulates its strategy towards the rogue nation.

A United Nations propaganda poster from the Korean War era bears an anti-communist message. In South Korea, the propaganda turned North Koreans into beast-like characters.

Why Do Some South Koreans Believe A Myth That North Koreans Have Horns?

7:00am April 04, 2017

by Elise Hu

Researchers say the belief some South Koreans hold that North Koreans — who are the same ethnicity as South Koreans — are beast-like is a product of years of propaganda and misleading education.

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A van believed to be carrying the body of Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korea's leader, leaves the forensics wing of a hospital in Kuala Lumpur Thursday. Malaysia released the body along with men who had been questioned over Kim's death.

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Malaysia Sends Men Questioned In Murder Back To North Korea, Along With Kim's Body

1:36pm March 31, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Malaysian diplomats were also allowed to leave North Korea, in a swap that seemingly ends the standoff over the murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half-brother.

North Korea's flag flutters inside the country's embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Wednesday.

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Malaysia Agrees To Release Kim Jong Nam's Body Amid Diplomatic Crisis

2:08pm March 30, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Malaysia says it will transfer the body and allow an unspecified number of North Koreans to depart, in exchange for the return of nine Malaysians who had been blocked from leaving North Korea.

People watch news footage of a missile launch outside the main railway station in Pyongyang earlier this month. A North Korean missile test failed just moments after launch Wednesday, according to the U.S. and South Korea.

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North Korea Missile Explodes Within Seconds Of Launch, U.S. Says

10:14am March 22, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The missile was fired from the country's east coast Wednesday, the U.S. and South Korea confirm. The test, North Korea's third this year, comes amid joint military drills by the U.S. and the South.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, upon arriving at the Osan Air Base in South Korea last week.

The 'Tillerson Is Tired' Meme And Things That Happen In A News Vacuum

7:39am March 20, 2017

by Elise Hu

The secretary of state didn't cut short his South Korea stay over the weekend, but an information vacuum meant a lot of people thought he did.

"The policy of strategic patience has ended," Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (left) said Friday of dealing with North Korea. Tillerson is visiting South Korea; he's seen here alongside South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se in Seoul.

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Tillerson Says 'All Of The Options Are On The Table' In Dealing With North Korea

5:14pm March 17, 2017

by Bill Chappell

One day after saying diplomatic efforts "have failed" to affect North Korea, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says the U.S. would consider all military options if compelled to act.

The U.S. has begun deploying the Terminal High Altitude Aerial Defense - THAAD - an anti-missile system meant to defend South Korea against attacks from the North. The first components arrived in South Korea last week.

A Long List Of Challenges Awaits Rex Tillerson In Asia

7:51am March 15, 2017

by Elise Hu

As the new secretary of state starts a six-day sweep through East Asia, he heads into a region full of challenges, both old and new.

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Trucks carry parts to set up the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system at the Osan Air Base on March 6 in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.

U.S. Fast-Tracks Missile Defense System To South Korea, Drawing China's Ire

8:16am March 09, 2017

The THAAD missile defense system will go up in South Korea to help defend against North Korea's missile program. But it's causing a geopolitical tussle.

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A North Korean Embassy staff member asked Malaysian police if he was allowed to leave the embassy grounds in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. Malaysia banned North Korean citizens from leaving the country after North Korea issued an exit ban for 11 Malaysian citi

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Malaysia And North Korea Are Heading Toward A Complete Diplomatic Breakdown

12:50pm March 07, 2017

by Rebecca Hersher

Over the weekend, the two countries expelled each other's ambassadors over the airport murder of Kim Jong Nam. Now, they have both imposed exit bans, in apparent violation of international agreements