The 2018 Winter Olympics start on Friday. NPR's Michel Martin talks with William Douglas of McClatchy Newspapers about Korea's wide search to recruit athletes for the countries' merged teams.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with North Korea expert Jean Lee about what daily life is like in the country and how much the average person knows about the upcoming summit between President Trump and ...

North Korea had this idea of a kind of a loose federation. I think the nearest real-world equivalent would be something like the Special Administrative Regions of China, sort of one country, two ...

Russian military spies hacked several hundred computers used by authorities at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, according to U.S. intelligence. They did so while trying to make it ...

The mutual security pact between Russia and North Korea signed in June 2024 came amid heightened geopolitical tensions worldwide. Russia’s war with Ukraine is ongoing, Israel’s conflict in ...

The kitchy, secretive, 229-woman cheer squad from North Korea is getting mobbed by press at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

North Korea and South Korea could meet to discuss the Olympics, a move with diplomatic implications.

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The popularity of Korean dramas has also risen among Netflix’s competitors like Disney+, Apple TV+, and Hulu. But with its billion-dollar investment in Korean productions, Netflix is likely to ...

Well, yeah, that’s a really interesting question because we tend, like in the present day, we don’t really look too far ahead. We’re just thinking kind of next year, next quarter.