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PHOTOS: Separated North And South Koreans Meet For 1st Time In Decades

2:32pm August 20, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Tens of thousands of South Koreans have registered to meet with long-lost relatives in the North. For years the reunions were on pause, but now they have resumed, with scores of reunions this week.

Ahn Seung-choon was 14 when her 17-year-old brother was taken away from the family home in Pyeongchang. "After that day, we didn't hear anything about him," Ahn says.

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South Koreans Prepare For Rare Family Reunions With Long-Lost Relatives In The North

7:26am August 19, 2018

With tensions easing between North and South Korea, the two sides are reviving cross-border reunions that began in 1985. On Monday, 93 South Koreans will board buses to visit relatives in the North.

North Korea and South Korea will hold their third high-level summit in September. The meetings were agreed to at a meeting of South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-Gyon, second from right, who shook hands with his North Korean counterpart Ri Son G

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2 Koreas' Leaders Will Hold New Summit In Pyongyang Next Month

11:21am August 13, 2018

by Bill Chappell

"For peace and prosperity of the world as well as those of the Korean peninsula," read a short statement issued by South Korea's Blue House on Monday

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National security adviser John Bolton, center, and President Trump's chief of staff John Kelly, right, attend a Cabinet meeting in the White House, Tuesday, last month.

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North Korea Lashes Out At Administration Officials 'Going Against' President Trump

7:29am August 10, 2018

by Scott Neuman

North Korea's foreign ministry says improved relations outlined in the Singapore summit are being derailed by "high-level officials" who are "going against the intention of President Trump."

The single dog tag in the 55 boxes of human remains turned over to the U.S. by North Korea last week was still readable. It was presented to Master Sgt. Charles Hobert McDaniel's two sons at a ceremony on Wednesday.

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Sons Get 'Certitude' After Receiving Their Missing Father's Korean War Dog Tag

9:16pm August 08, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

After decades of ambiguity, "We have certitude," Charles McDaniel Jr., said on Wednesday, adding that he and his brother are "the most fortunate because we're the only ones that have a name now."

The U.S. Treasury Department building in Washington announced Friday that is imposing sanctions on Russia's Agrosoyuz Commercial Bank.

Russian Bank Hit With Sanctions For Helping North Korea

7:38pm August 03, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The U.S. Treasury Department announced Friday that it has put Agrosoyuz Commercial Bank on a blacklist, after it engaged in transactions that supported North Korea's arms program.

U.N. honor guards carry a casket containing remains transferred by North Korea onto a plane at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on Wednesday. The remains will be analyzed in Hawaii to determine whether they are those of U.S. service members missi

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Possible U.S. Remains Turned Over By North Korea Sent To Hawaii For Analysis

4:17pm August 01, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Vice President Pence will be on hand when 55 boxes thought to contain remains of U.S. troops arrive at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii. They will be sent to a lab for possible identification.

A man watches a TV screen showing what the North Korean government calls the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, in November.

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North Korea Reportedly Building More ICBMs

8:54am July 31, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Despite Pyongyang's pledge to denuclearize, The Washington Post reports that U.S. satellite imagery shows it is producing more ballistic missiles.

This July 22 satellite image, released and annotated by 38 North on Monday, shows what the U.S. research group says is the partial dismantling of the rail-mounted transfer structure (center) at the Sohae launch site in North Korea.

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OPINION: The U.S. And North Korea Have Made Progress. Here's How They Can Keep It Up

2:21pm July 27, 2018

by Joel Wit

North Korea's moves to return U.S. remains and dismantle sites are not meaningless. Now, the U.S. should take the denuclearization bull by the horns, writes a veteran U.S. negotiator with Pyongyang.

A U.N. honor guard at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, carries a box containing remains believed to be from American servicemen killed during the Korean War after they arrived from North Korea on Friday.

North Korea Hands Over Possible Remains Of U.S. Servicemen Killed In Korean War

12:03pm July 27, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The remains of what are believed to be about 55 U.S. servicemen arrived at Osan Air Base in South Korea as part of an agreement between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.