Korean Demilitarized Zone

According to local media reports, more than 2 million of these papers have been found scattered on the streets of the capital and in provinces near the border since the end of 2015 — a volume not seen since the 1970s and ’80s.

Ever since NASA mothballed the Space Shuttle, it hasn’t flown a spaceship. That will change on Thursday morning, when it test-launches the Orion space capsule, which is designed for possible Mars travel . Meanwhile, South Korea intends to rankle North Korea with another large Christmas tree in the DMZ. And a new ranking of government corruption gives the US middling marks.

What do South Korea’s version of Moon Pies have to do with aspirations of North Koreans? And where do North Koreans get these capitalistic treats?

North Korean officials have sentenced American Kenneth Bae, a tour operator, to 15 years of hard labor. They’re hoping the sentencing will trigger a high-profile US mission as former Obama advisor Jeffrey Bader explains to anchor Marco Werman.

North Korea reportedly moved a missile of “considerable range” to its eastern coast. The move could be in preparation for a military attack on U-S or South Korean targets in the region, though observers still think that’s unlikely.