South Korean women destroy makeup (and smash the patriarchy) – video
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BTS performance axed by Japanese TV show over atomic bomb T-shirt
A TV network in Japan has cancelled an appearance by the popular K-pop band BTS, after a photo emerged of one of its members wearing a T-shirt that appeared to celebrate the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. The seven-member boy band, who have built a hu...
'Escape the corset': South Korean women rebel against strict beauty standards
When Cha Ji-won decided to throw out all her makeup and cut her hair, her mother was the first to tease her: “Oh look, I have a son now.” For more than a decade, starting when she was 12, Cha would meticulously apply cosmetics, chasing the narrow de...
Moon Jae-in prepares for make or break inter-Korean summit with Kim Jong-un
The South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, will seek to salvage stalled nuclear negotiations between North Korea and the US during a summit with Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang on Tuesday that could make or break his legacy. Moon said on Monday that he would...
North Korea 'no longer a nuclear threat', says Trump – but next steps are vague
Donald Trump has declared there is “no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea”, a dubious claim following his summit with leader Kim Jong-un that produced no guarantees on how or when Pyongyang would disarm. Tempering Trump’s very upbeat assessmen...
'We will be stopping the war games', Trump tells media – video
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Huge explosions as North Korea 'destroys' nuclear test site – video
Kim Jong-un makes good on his promise to close his country's only known nuclear test site, detonating explosives and collapsing its entrances in front of international television crews in a highly symbolic move • North Korea 'destroys' Punggye-ri te...
Rösti reception: the Korean summit menu – in pictures
While not many things are known about Kim Jon-un’s childhood, one thing Seoul is certain about is that as a teenager he spent several years at school in Switzerland. That means a lot of Swiss-inspired dishes for Kim at the banquet, including a Kor...
North Korea's nuclear pause: grist for both doves and hawks | Robert E Kelly
North Korea has announced it will cease testing nuclear devices and missiles, and promised to shut down its primary nuclear test site at Punggye-ri. If this is genuine, it is a serious step forward, but we should greet it with cautious optimism. We...
North Korea wants total denuclearisation, says Seoul
North Korea has expressed a desire for the “complete denuclearisation” of the Korean peninsula without attaching preconditions such as the withdrawal of US troops, the South Korean president has said. The statement, unconfirmed by North Korea, comes...
North Korea: can Trump succeed where so many others have failed?
On the same day that the White House confirmed that secretary of state nominee Mike Pompeo met the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, South Korea suggested that its president, Moon Jae-in, would seek a peace treaty with North Korea when he meets Kim...
So what was the point of Kim Jong-un’s mysterious trip to China? | Mary Dejevsky
Kim Jong-un’s clandestine trip to China was in many ways an atmospheric throwback to times long gone, when it was possible to keep the movements of even a national leader hidden from public view and the stately progress of a train was preferred to a...
North and South Korea schedule talks at Panmunjom within days
The two Koreas are to hold high-level talks on 29 March to prepare for an April summit between both countries’ leaders, Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in. South Korea has announced that its unification minister Cho Myoung-gyon will lead a delegation to th...
K-pop stars to perform in North Korea for first time since 2005
South Korea has said it will send K-pop singers to perform in North Korea for the first time in more than a decade. More than 150 artists, including K-pop stars, are to visit Pyongyang from 31 March, Seoul said on Tuesday, in what will be a reciproc...
Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un believe they are winning – and the risks of that are epic
If a summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un really takes place in May, it will count as one of the most remarkable and unexpected pieces of theatre in diplomatic history. If that drama leads to a substantive peace agreement it would represent...