Why cancelling the U.S.-North Korea summit may have been the right call
Opinion: If America wasn’t prepared for the high-stakes summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, perhaps its collapse was the best-case scenario
South Korea
After a period of high anxiety, it’s time for patience on North Korea
Opinion: There’s optimism around the Korean crisis—but we need a coherent, long-term strategy for diplomacy and engagement with North Korea
An Olympic miracle: Is Korean reunification in the cards?
On the eve of the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, Allen Abel sets out across South Korea in search of a resolution to its decades-long estrangement from the North
How sports diplomacy could lead to an unprecedented shift for the Koreas
Opinion: After a year of anxiety and bellicose Trump tweets, the Olympics offer a rare moment of optimism for North and South Korea. But will it last?
How Canada fits into Rex Tillerson’s plan for North Korea
Paul Wells parses diplomatic history as the U.S. secretary of state arrives in Ottawa to talk North Korea
The real challenge America faces in East Asia’s new geopolitical game
Opinion: Donald Trump’s Seoul visit reveals the potential fade of U.S. influence in East Asia, as South Korea seeks a true way forward on North Korea
In South Korea, the young rise up against a president—and a society
What the uprising against now-removed president Park Geun-hye reveals about the forces felt by South Korea’s young
Beware: Killer electric fans
Is falling asleep next to an electric fan a potentially fatal mistake? In South Korea at least, it is widely thought to be.
The rising toll of South Korea’s outbreak
The MERS virus has killed at least 19, and is sparking fear and anger about the government’s initially slow response
Former airline executive sentenced to prison for ’nut rage’
The daughter of Korean Air’s chairman was sentenced to a year for ordering a plane back to the gate over macadamia nuts