Monks at the top Buddhist temple in Seoul are trying to prevent South Korean police from forcibly entering to arrest a wanted labor organizer who's holed up inside.
Aircraft were grounded, the stock market opened an hour late and police officers gave free rides to students rushing to Korea's all-important college entrance exam.
President Obama is hosting South Korea's president at the White House to reaffirm one of America's longest running alliances in Asia. The long-vexing question on the agenda: North Korea.
North Korea has been holding South Korean national Joo Won-moon since April, after he admitted to illegally crossing the border in hopes of a "great event."
Songdo City was planned as a futuristic international business hub. Instead, it's become popular among Koreans as an attractive residential area. This story is the latest in NPR's Cities Project.
U.S. Ambassador Mark Lippert was at a performing arts center in Seoul preparing to give a speech on relations between the U.S. and the two Koreas when he was attacked.
With abortion, infanticide and neglect, parents are taking steps to ensure there are boys in the family. Only six countries had a skewed boy-girl ratio in 1995. Today the number is up to 21.
Hours before the deadline set by North Korean for Seoul to halt propaganda broadcasts across the border, the two sides said they would meet face-to-face at the border village of Panmunjom.