Korean Peninsula

Yoo In-sik in his repair shop in Seoul. Yoo was one of South Korea's first Winter Paralympians.

A Korean Paralympic skier says other skiers cheer him on now. It didn't used to be that way.

Yoo In-sik remembers when other skiers used to shy away from him on the chairlift because of his missing leg. “When I ski now, people cheer me on and clap for me,” he says.

A Korean Paralympic skier says other skiers cheer him on now. It didn't used to be that way.
Won Hyung-joon leads the Lindenbaum Festival Orchestra and hopes one day to perform together with North Korean musicians.

Why 'Arirang' is the perfect song for a divided Korea

Why 'Arirang' is the perfect song for a divided Korea
Korea's Godfather of Rock Shin Joong-hyun got his start as a teenage guitarist at the Yongsan Garrison in Seoul. Now the US military base is closing.

The US military's Yongsan Garrison leaves a mixed legacy in Seoul

The US military's Yongsan Garrison leaves a mixed legacy in Seoul
Sook Ei and George Lampman met at the US embassy in Seoul in the months before the start of the Korean War.

They got married in Seoul and a week later, China invaded

They got married in Seoul and a week later, China invaded
South Korean President Moon Jae-in

A year after South Korea passed an anti-corruption law, some businesses say it goes too far

A year after South Korea passed an anti-corruption law, some businesses say it goes too far
A South Korean policeman takes part in an anti-terror drill as part of the Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise in Seoul, South Korea, August 22, 2017.

South Koreans used to brush off talk of war. Now, they're getting worried.

In South Korea, people are starting to talk with family members about what would happen if war broke out between the US and North Korea.

South Koreans used to brush off talk of war. Now, they're getting worried.
Actress and North Korean defector Kim Ah-ra, 25, on a talk show showcasing “northern beauties” from North Korea.

From tyranny to reality TV: Meet the celebrity defector women of North Korea

South Korea is transfixed by new television programs that put young and manicured North Koreans in the spotlight.

From tyranny to reality TV: Meet the celebrity defector women of North Korea
Director Morten Traavik (r) with the lead singer of Laibach, Milan Fras. Traavik brought the Slovenian band to Pyongyang in 2015 for a concert. And then he made a film about it.

Here's an idea for engaging with North Korea. Bring in a Western rock band and make a movie about it.

What happens when a Norwegian director-provocateur brings a Western rock band to North Korea, and films the experience? The result is the new documentary "Liberation Day."

Here's an idea for engaging with North Korea. Bring in a Western rock band and make a movie about it.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watching the test of an anti-aircraft guided weapon system

North Korea has fired a short-range ballistic missile

The US has confirmed that North Korea fired off a missile, just when Trump is seeking to tougher sanctions against the regime.

North Korea has fired a short-range ballistic missile
Students from the Daum School on a field trip with their teacher. Their faces are blurred to protect their privacy. Many North Korean refugees have trouble adjusting to life in fast-paced South Korea, especially at school.

North Korean students learn to deal with trauma at this Seoul school

When young North Korean refugees make their way to South Korea, they're often unprepared for life there. Now there's a high school that helps them deal with their trauma.

North Korean students learn to deal with trauma at this Seoul school
When many South Koreans look at North Korea, they just don’t see much to fear. Shown here, a North Korean soldier waves to tourists on a Chinese boat sailing the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, April 2, 2017.

If you’re young and South Korean, North Korea might not seem so scary

North Korea is developing nuclear weapons, testing missiles and threatening to show no mercy to its enemies. But in South Korea, which has never signed a peace treaty with the North, many young people just aren’t that worried.

If you’re young and South Korean, North Korea might not seem so scary
Layne Fostervold and his mother, Kim Sook-nyeon. Fostervold was adopted by an American family when he was about 2 years old. His mother never stopped wondering what happened to him.

A Korean adoptee meets his birth mother and winds up moving in with her

International adoption rules don't make it easy for adoptees and their biological families to search for one another. But many Korean adoptees are going abroad to find their birth families and build new ties.

A Korean adoptee meets his birth mother and winds up moving in with her
Seated protestors listen to a speech against a new American anti-missile defense system being located in their area. They're worried about potential health impacts.

South Koreans raise voices against a new US anti-missile system aimed at North Korea

Despite assurances from the US and South Korean governments, South Koreans living near the site of a new anti-missile shield worry about potential health impacts.

South Koreans raise voices against a new US anti-missile system aimed at North Korea
Ahmed Lababidi left his war torn hometown, Aleppo, Syria, fleeing across the Turkish border in 2012. He followed his younger brother to South Korea and settled on the island of Jeju.

A Syrian man takes refuge in a Korean honeymoon resort island

Here's the story of the only Syrian on Korea's Jeju Island. He's asked for asylum there, but Korean authorities say the war back home isn't enough of a reason to get it.

A Syrian man takes refuge in a Korean honeymoon resort island
Kang Chun-hyok is an aspiring rapper in Seoul. He's also a defector from North Korea, and his music reflects what life was like there.

This North Korean rapper's lyrics draw on his experience eating tree bark and drinking from puddles

Kang Chun-hyok wants South Koreans to know what life is like in the north. So he's rapping about his life there before he defected.

This North Korean rapper's lyrics draw on his experience eating tree bark and drinking from puddles