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Jimmy Carter and other former leaders to visit North Korea

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BEIJING (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday that he hopes to meet with North Korea’s reclusive leader during a visit aimed at assessing severe food shortages

Postwar adoptee spends his final days helping orphans

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PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A photo of a 12-year-old North Korean boy on Sam Han’s laptop computer pulls the dying man a half-century back in time

5 stories you’ve heard way too much about … and 5 that, unfortunately, went under the radar

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North Korea was no stranger to headlines this year as the country continued to assert its presence with their political maneuvering.

U.S. tries to contain damage from ‘Sept. 11 of world diplomacy’

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Bristling over the unauthorized release of more than a quarter million classified State Department documents, the White House ordered a

Editorial: As the weather tests your patience, don’t forget to keep everything in perspective

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Thanksgiving is one of our favorite times of the year. Surprisingly though, we were pounded with a snowstorm earlier this week, and it’s been cold ever since.

Koreas meet to discuss family reunions

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Red Cross officials from the two Koreas tried to narrow differences on Friday, Sept. 25. They discussed how they can restart a stalled program

Miss. boy returns from visit to North Korea

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BEIJING (AP) — A 13-year-old Mississippi boy who made a rare visit to Pyongyang says officials there welcomed his idea for a “children’s peace forest”

Ex-N. Korean spy who blew up jetliner visits Japan

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TOKYO (AP) — A former North Korean spy who blew up a South Korean jetliner more than 20 years ago arrived in Japan on Tuesday to meet the families of the Japanese

Korea bloodbath probe ends; U.S. escapes much blame

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By Charles J. Hanley and Hyung-jin Kim The Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In a political about-face, a South Korean commission investigating a century of human rights abuses […]