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World

Kim, Xi portray strong ties after North Korea leader's China trip

By Associated Press
March 28, 2018 12:00 AM
In this photo provided Wednesday, March 28, 2018, by China's Xinhua News Agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands in Beijing, China. The Chinese government confirmed Wednesday that North Korea's reclusive leader Kim went to Beijing and met with Chinese President Xi in his first known trip to a foreign country since he took power in 2011. The official Xinhua News Agency said Kim made an unofficial visit to China from Sunday to Wednesday.(Ju Peng/Xinhua via AP)
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World

North Korea reportedly willing to hold nuclear talk with US

By Associated Press
March 06, 2018 12:00 AM
In this Monday, March 5, 2018 photo, provided by the North Korean government on March 6, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, shakes hands with South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong in Pyongyang, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: 'KCNA' which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
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Art

Things you should know today: 3/5/18

By Caleb Turner
March 05, 2018 12:00 AM
'Shape of Water' triumphs at an Oscars awash in change
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Uncategorized

High-level Seoul officials to head to North Korea for talks

By Associated Press
March 05, 2018 12:00 AM
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's president will send a delegation led by his national security director to North Korea this week for talks on how to ease nuclear tensions and help arrange the restart of dialogue between Pyongyang and Washington, officials said Sunday.
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World

Analysis: As Olympics begin, 2 Koreas navigate an odd moment

By Associated Press
February 08, 2018 12:00 AM
People watch a TV showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over an extravagant military parade in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square on Thursday, grabbing the spotlight on the eve of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea to thumb his nose at Washington while making a point of showing off his new-found restraint toward Seoul.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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Featured

U.S., North Korea talk tough, military options loom

By Eric Baker
December 08, 2017 12:00 AM
In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber, right top, flies over the Korean Peninsula with South Korean fighter jets and U.S. fighter jets during the combined aerial exercise, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. The United States flew a B-1B supersonic bomber over South Korea on Wednesday in part of a massive combined aerial exercise involving hundreds of warplanes, a clear warning after North Korea last week tested its biggest and most powerful missile yet. (South Korea Defense Ministry via AP)
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Nation

Sen. Lee urges recognition of possible North Korean kidnapping

By Madalyn Mcrae
June 30, 2017 12:00 AM
BYU student David Sneddon served his mission in Seoul, South Korea. Sneddon disappeared in 2004 and is believed to be imprisoned by North Korea and teaching English to government officials. (Kathleen Sneddon)
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World

NKorea frees US college student; family says he's in coma

By Associated Press
June 13, 2017 12:00 AM
FILE – In this Feb. 29, 2016 file photo, American student Otto Warmbier speaks to reporters in Pyongyang, North Korea. Secretary of State Tillerson said Tuesday, June 13, 2017, that North Korea released the jailed U.S. university student (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon, File)
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World

BYU student kidnapped in 2004 rumored found in North Korea

By Emily Ashmead
September 02, 2016 12:00 AM
The family of a BYU student who vanished in China in 2004 says a Japan news source is reporting what they have believed for a long time: He was abducted by agents of the North Korean government.
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Campus Events

International relations experts speak on Korean and Chinese relations

By Jessica Banuelos
March 31, 2016 12:00 AM
Douglas Paal speaks to students at the David M. Kennedy Center about his personal experiences with Korean and Chinese government issues. (Maddi Driggs)
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Nation

US: N. Korea offered peace talks with US, bailed over nukes

February 23, 2016 12:00 AM
White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. North Korea declined to further pursue peace talks after mentions of denuclearization. (Associated Press)
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Campus Events

Journalist speaks to students about North Korea

July 25, 2012 12:00 AM
The Kennedy Center hosted Barbara Demick, author of 'Nothing to Envy: Ordinary lives in North Korea' to speak on her experiences as a journalist.
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Campus Events

Barbara Demick speaks at Kennedy Center

July 18, 2012 12:00 AM
The Kennedy Center's first spring/summer book of the semester tells the stories of six North Koreans who fled from North to South Korea.
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