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Tacoma family keeps up search for downed Korean War pilot

April 1, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Adam Ashton The News Tribune TACOMA, Wash. (AP) – As a boy, Albert Paffenroth Jr. walked to the edge of a fence around the runway at Johnson Air Force Base in Japan to watch his dad and other pilots lift into the sky in their B-26 bombers. Almost 70 years later, Paffenroth is trying […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2016, Albert Paffenroth Jr, Albert Paffenroth Sr, Central Pacific, DNA, Gig Harbor, Johnson Air Force Base, Korean Peninsula, Korean War, North Korean, Philippines, TACOMA, United States, Vol 35 No 14 | April 2 - April 8, japan, technology

South Korea, Japan settle deal on wartime Korean sex slaves

January 3, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Foster Klug Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan on Monday reached a deal meant to resolve a decades-long impasse over Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels during World War II, an important breakthrough for the Northeast Asian powers. The deal, which […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2012, 2016, Associated Press, China, Foster Klug, Japanese Embassy, Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Korean Peninsula, Mari Yamaguchi, North Korea, Northeast Asian, SEOUL, South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Tokyo, Vol 35 No 1 | January 2 - January 8

In S. Korea, a town of Kims — and an unusual shared history

December 13, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jim Kim Associated Press NONSAN, South Korea (AP) — Many of his students are Kims. So are his fellow teachers, an elementary school alumnus and the owners of restaurants and pubs that he patronizes in his small farming village. Lots of Kims in his neighborhood, too. Such is everyday life for Kim Sun Won, […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Asia, Associated Press, Gwangsan Kim, Hwang Hui, Joseon Dynasty, Kim Jang-saeng, Kim Jin Woo, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Kim Sun Won, Korean Peninsula, NONSAN, North Korean, South Korean, Vol 34 No 51 | December 12 - December 18, Yun Hoon Duk, japan, poverty

Tearful cross-border reunion may be last for elderly Koreans

October 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Kim Tong-Hyung Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A 98-year-old South Korean man cried loudly and repeatedly buried his face in a handkerchief as his elderly North Korean son, who last saw his father as a 5-year-old, watched calmly from across the table. Meanwhile, an 88-year-old South Korean woman sobbed uncontrollably as she […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, 2015, Associated Press, Diamond Mountain, Ju Jae Un, Kim Wol-soon, Korean Peninsula, Korean War, Lee Bok-soon, Lee Seok-ju, North Korean Jong Kun Mok, Ri Dong Wuk, SEOUL, South Koreans, Vol 34 No 45 | October 31 - November 6, reunion

Women’s walk across Koreas’ DMZ denied; they cross by bus

May 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge Associated Press DORASAN STATION, South Korea (AP) — Female activists including Gloria Steinem and two Nobel Peace laureates were denied an attempt to walk across the Demilitarized Zone dividing North and South Korea on Sunday, but were allowed to cross by bus and complete what one of them called a landmark event. […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, DMZ, Demilitarized Zone, Gloria Steinem, Korean Peninsula, Leymah Gbowee, Liberia, Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace, North Korean, Northern Ireland, Organizer Christine Ahn, South Korean, United Nations Command, Vol 34 No 23 | May 30 - June 5

Kerry says no apology to North Korea to free Americans

November 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday urged North Korea to release two detained Americans to build goodwill with the United States, but ruled out providing a U.S. apology to Pyongyang to win their freedom.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Associated Press, Jeffrey Fowle, Kenneth Bae, Korean American, Korean Peninsula, Matthew Miller, North Korean, South Korean, State John Kerry, United States, Vol 33 No 45 | November 1 - November 7

North Korea says it’s holding a third American prisoner

June 21, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim Associated Press North Korea said on June 6 it has detained an American tourist for committing an unspecified crime, the third U.S. citizen being held there.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, DPRK, Democratic People, Jeffrey Edward Fowle, KCNA, Kenneth Bae, Korean American, Korean Peninsula, North Korea, South Korean, Sweden, United States, Vol 33 No 26 | June 21 - June 27

Kim pleads guilty of leaking to Fox News

March 1, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Former senior adviser Stephen Kim agreed to a 13-month sentence in the case stemming from a report on North Korea’s military that he leaked to Fox News. By Frederic J. Frommera By Associated Press WASHINGTON — A U.S. State Department expert on North Korea pleaded guilty Feb. 7 to passing classified information to a journalist. […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, FBI, Fox News, James Rosen, Justice Department, Korean Peninsula, Korean War, North Korea, President Barack Obama, Security Council, State Department, Stephen Kim, Vol 33 No 10 | March 1 - March 7, poverty

S Korea hoists national f lag in Pyongyang

September 21, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — South Korean weightlifters marched with their national flag at the start of an international competition hosted by bitter rival North Korea — something of a milestone for two countries that were trading war threats this spring. It’s the first time South Korean athletes have attended […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2013, Asian Cup, Associated Press, Hyung-jin Kim, Korean Peninsula, North Korea, PYONGYANG, South Korean, Vol 32 No 39 | September 21 - September 27

Koreas agree to family talks

August 24, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Sunday accepted a South Korean offer for talks on reuniting families separated by war, but proposed separate talks on resuming lucrative tours to a scenic North Korean mountain in an apparent effort to link the two discussions.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2010, 2013, Diamond Mountain, Korean Peninsula, Kyungnam University, Lim Eul Chul, North Korean, Red Cross, SEOUL, South Koreans, Unification Ministry, Vol 32 No 35 | August 24 - August 30

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