Defector grills South Korean official on his pro-North background
by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2020 At a recent confirmation hearing for South Korean Unification Minister nominee Lee In-Young, a…
North Korean shocked by how nice, diverse, America is
by WorldTribune Staff, July 31, 2020 “I believed they were full of hostility … but they were just so nice,”…
Defector tries to reach countrymen with real news; Seoul teams with Pyongyang to stop him
by WorldTribune Staff, July 17, 2020 A defector from North Korea who founded a group which has for years been…
Unlikely Free Press champions: Defectors send balloons and leaflets North, rattling a nuclear power
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk SEOUL — The insistence of a pair of brothers on scattering hundreds of thousands…
Korea’s ‘forgotten war’, which never ended, holds key to future Asian peace
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Seventy years ago, on June 25, 1950, North Korean troops attacked South Korea…
UN official upholds defectors’ freedom of expression, under attack by both Koreas
FPI / June 28, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com Ironically, a fight over freedom of the press, sparked by North Korean defectors sending…
Dean Acheson’s fateful speech and the outbreak of the Korean War on June 25, 1950
Special to WorldTribune.com by Miles Maochun Yu, Hoover Institution,, Originally published March 9, 2017 On Jan. 12 1950, Secretary of…
Forgotten conflict: The Korean War, 70 years on, in photos
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty June 25, 2020 By Amos Chapple Photographs tell the story of…
Seoul’s wannabe socialist government targets Samsung, a major player in 5G tech revolution
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk The Samsung empire’s de facto leader, Jay Y. Lee, is a free man despite…
40 years after Gwangju bloodbath, discussing North Korea’s role is taboo in once-free South
by WorldTribune Staff, May 29, 2020 Details about what happened in Gwangju, South Korea from May 18 through May 27,…