The 29 Chinese fishermen and three boats seized in the Yellow Sea by unidentified North Koreans are free and have arrived in China, reports say.

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North Koreans ‘free Chinese crew’

North Koreans have more access than before to outside media, especially foreign and South Korean DVDs, says a US study.

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N Korea outside media access up

South Korean firm Samsung has unveiled its latest smartphone, the successor to the Galaxy S2.

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VIDEO: Taking a look at the new Galaxy S3

South Korean firm Samsung has unveiled its latest smartphone, the successor to the Galaxy S2.

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VIDEO: Taking a look at the new Galaxy S3

The South Korean handset maker will unveil its new Android-based Galaxy phone at a London event later on Thursday.

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Samsung readies new Galaxy phone

The UN imposes sanctions on three North Korean state-owned companies in response to Pyongyang’s failed rocket launch last month.

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UN blacklists North Korean firms

The first U.S. case of mad cow disease in six years sparked fears of illness that prompted at least one major South Korean retailer to suspend the sale of American beef.

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S. Korea curbs U.S. sales over mad cow

Losing a wife and family – the high price of a Korean defection

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The terrible price of a Korean defection

It’s often been reported that North Koreans are a few inches shorter than their counterparts south of the border. Is that true?

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Are North Koreans really three inches shorter than South Koreans?

Park Geun-hye, the daughter of a slain South Korean dictator, has capitalized on a clean and trustworthy image to put herself in position to win the country’s next presidential election.

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The Saturday Profile: Park Geun-hye, an Unsoiled Leader in South Korea’s Rowdy Democracy

An American priest’s holy death in the Korean War

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Recognition finally for a warrior priest’s heroics

Blaine Harden tells the story of Shin Dong-hyuk, who fled a North Korean forced-labor camp but not before turning in his mother and brother for executions.

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Books of The Times: ‘Escape From Camp 14,’ by Blaine Harden

South Koreans begin voting to decide a closely-contested parliamentary election, seen as a key test for President Lee Myung-bak.

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South Koreans vote in tight race

Hours after the U.S. warned that North Korea would achieve nothing with threats, Pyongyang moved a long-range rocket to a launch pad, a South Korean official said.

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Official: North Korea moves rocket to launch pad

With President Obama in Korea this week, we will hear a lot about the dangers of North Korea’s nuclear aspirations. We’re unlikely to be hear about a young man named Shin Dong-hyuk, who was bred, like a farm animal, inside a North Korean prison camp after guards ordered his prisoner-parents to mate. But Shin arguably has as much to teach about Korea’s past and future as about the cycle of negotiation, bluster and broken promises over the nuclear issue . Read full article > >

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North Korea’s dehumanizing treatment of its citizens is hiding in plain sight