Anna Fifield

North Korea’s leader boosts his family’s power by promoting his younger sister

October 8, 2017 at 9:24 p.m.

Kim Jong Un has taken another key step to consolidate his family's control over North Korea, elevating his younger sister to the powerful political bureau of the ruling Workers' Party...

Ban on North Korean clothing exports will hurt women the most, experts say

September 17, 2017 at 3:25 p.m.

There are few areas in the North Korean economy, outside its nuclear weapons program, that could be called booming. But the garment industry has been one of them.

South Korean army soldiers take positions ...

South Korea’s defense minister raises the idea of bringing back tactical U.S. nuclear weapons

September 4, 2017 at 10:59 a.m.

South Korea's defense minister on Monday said it was worth reviewing the redeployment of American tactical nuclear weapons to the Korean Peninsula to guard against the North, a step that...

In latest test, North Korea detonates its most powerful nuclear device yet

January 4, 2018 at 4:01 p.m.

North Korea sharply raised the stakes in its stand-off with the rest of the world Sunday, detonating a powerful nuclear device that it claimed was a hydrogen bomb that could...

North Korean missile flies over Japan, escalating tensions and prompting an angry response from Tokyo

August 28, 2017 at 4:35 p.m.

North Korea launched three ballistic missiles Tuesday morning and at least one of them flew over the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, public broadcaster NHK reported. The government issued an...

Top Navy admiral orders fleetwide investigation following latest collision at sea

August 21, 2017 at 10:56 p.m.

The Navy's top admiral on Monday ordered a fleetwide review of seamanship and training in the Pacific after the service's fourth major accident at sea this year, following a collision...

North Korea now making missile-ready nuclear weapons, U.S. analysts say

August 8, 2017 at 1:50 p.m.

North Korea has successfully produced a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can fit inside its missiles, crossing a key threshold on the path to becoming a full-fledged nuclear power, U.S. intelligence...

As North Korea intensifies missile program, the U.S. opens $11 billion base in South Korea

July 29, 2017 at 10:29 p.m.

The U.S. military has been trying for 30 years to move its headquarters in South Korea out of Seoul and out of North Korean artillery range.

North Korea could cross ICBM threshold next year, U.S. officials warn in new assessment

July 25, 2017 at 2:09 p.m.

North Korea will be able to field a reliable, nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile as early as next year, which dramatically shrinks the timeline for when Pyongyang could strike North American...

Although Airi, 18, is not a high school student, she wears her school uniform at a cafe in Tokyo because, she says, it makes her more popular with customers than when she wears her regular clothes.

For vulnerable high school girls in Japan, a culture of “dates” with older men

May 16, 2017 at 11:01 p.m.

High school dating? No big deal in many parts of the world -- but in Japan, it means something quite different.

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