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Otto Frederick Warmbier, a 21-year-old economics major from the University Of Virginia, speaks at a news conference in Pyongyang, North Korea on Feb. 29

Mar 16, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.

North Korean Supreme Court Sentences University Of Virginia Student Otto Warmbier To 15 Years Of Hard Labor For Tearing Down A Sign

North Korea's Supreme Court sentenced 21-year-old University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier to 15 years of hard labor for allegedly ripping a propaganda poster off the wall of a hotel staff room in Pyongyang.

South Korean protesters burn an effigy of North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un during an anti-North Korea rally on Feb. 11 in Seoul, South Korea.

Mar 15, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.

Kim Jong Un Promises New Round Of Nuclear Tests, Claims North Korea Has Acquired Outer Space Missile Re-Entry Technology

Kim Jong Un promised a new round of nuclear tests in a report on the state-run KCNA on Tuesday, ramping up claims that his country's military might is far beyond what international experts believe.

South Korean professional Go player Lee Se-Dol reviews the fourth match against Google's artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo on March 13.

Mar 15, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.

Go Champion Lee Sedol Praises The 'Concentration' Of Google's AlphaGo A.I. System Following His 4-1 Tournament Loss

Go champion Lee Sedol may have only won game in his matchup against Google's AlphaGo computer playing system this week, but he refused to admit the game is more skilled than himself or other top players.

Airline passengers wait in line to check in at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea.

Mar 14, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.

Incheon International Airport To Get Major Facelift Following New Year's Baggage Handling Complaints

Seven weeks after Incheon Airport came under fire for the mishandling of baggage for customers flying around the Korean New Year, the facility's management has promised a complete overhaul.

Go champion Lee Sedol (right) faces off against AphaGo program.

Mar 14, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.

After Falling 3-0 Against Google's Go-Playing Computer Algorithm AlphaGo, Lee Sedol Battles Back

Lee Sedol, world champion of the Chinese abstract strategy board game Go, may have lost his best-of-five tournament against Google's AlphaGo computer algorithm, but he has eliminated the possibility of a sweep.

A European tourism giant considers Busan for a new business opportunity.

Mar 14, 2016 PM EDT - Jesse L.

South Korea's Tourism Industry Encourages More Citizens To Vacation Inside The Country Following Overseas Travel Boom

South Korea's travel agents have a message for local citizens considering traveling abroad--consider supporting tourism in your own country.

North Korea's “supreme leader” Kim Jong Un

Mar 14, 2016 AM EDT - Jesse L.

North Korea Threatens New York City With Nuclear Annihilation In New Round Of Rhetoric

On Sunday, the North Korean government once again threatened to launch a nuclear attack, in a report on the state-run media outlet DRPK Today, bragging that their military arsenal could wipe out New York City.

South Korean actress Lee Min Jung poses for a photo with LG TROMM's washing machine at an autograph session for LG Electronics in Seoul.

Mar 11, 2016 PM EST - Jesse L.

South Korean Government Considering Adding Washing Machine Motors To Watch List

The South Korean government is considering including motors from washers on a "watch list" of items that would ban exports that could potentially aid the efforts of Kim Jong Un's regime

Hooni Kim, chef and restaurateur, poses for a portrait in the doorway of Hanjan restaurant in NYC on Monday, Feb. 11, 2013. Kim owns two Korean restaurants in New York, Hanjan and Michelin-starred Danji, his first restaurant.

Mar 11, 2016 PM EST - Jesse L.

Chef Hooni Kim Of Danji And Hanjan Brings His Take On Korean Fine Dining To NYC: 'I Wanted To Show New Yorkers That Korean Food Isn't Always Cheap'

"I wanted to show New Yorkers that Korean food isn't always cheap and that we are about quality and ingredients, values and philosophy," Hooni told the Korean news agency Yonhap in an interview Friday.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon makes comments to the media on the situation in North Korea at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Jan. 6.

Mar 11, 2016 AM EST - Jesse L.

North Korea Orders More Nuclear Weapons Tests: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon Demands Pyongyang 'Cease Destabilizing Acts'

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon implored North Korean leaders to listen to reason on Friday, following a report that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had ordered more nuclear tests.

 A man walks past at Cyber Terror Response Center at National Police Agency on March 21, 2013 in Seoul, South Korea.

Mar 10, 2016 PM EST - Jesse L.

Editors Of South Korean Newspaper JoongAng Daily Plead For More Cyber Security To Defend Against North Korea's Hackers In Impassioned Op-Ed

In an editorial published Thursday, the the editors of the JoongAng Daily newspaper demanded that South Korea country needs to start taking the threat of a cyberterrorist attack from the North seriously.

 A woman walks past a public television screen showing file footage of a North Korean missile, at a railway station in Seoul on March 4.

Mar 10, 2016 PM EST - Jesse L.

North Korea Fires 2 Short-Range Ballistic Missiles Into The Sea In Defiance Of New U.N. Resolutions

North Korean government officials vowed to "liquidate" all assets and commercial projects with the South on Thursday, firing two short-range missiles into a nearby body of water linking the two countries.

dinosaur replicas on the way to the Gyeongnam Goseong Dinosaur World Expo

Mar 09, 2016 PM EST - Jesse L.

Giant Replicas Make Their Way To Goseong For South Korea's Dinosaur World Expo

Residents of the rural county of Goseong, located in South Korea's in South Gyeongsang Province roughly 300 miles outside of Seoul, are expecting some rather oversized visitors on April 1.

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Sung Kim

Mar 09, 2016 PM EST - Jesse L.

U.S. Special Representative for N. Korea Policy Shoots Down Rumors Of Clandestine Peace Talks: 'There Are No Secret Dealings With The Chinese'

On Tuesday, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Sung Kim shot down that the US was secretly locking South Korea out of negotiations with Pyongyang and China.

South Korean chess champion Lee Se Dol faces off against Google's AlphaPro computer at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul on Wednesday.

Mar 09, 2016 PM EST - Jesse L.

Google's AlphaGo A.I. Software Beats South Korean Go Champion Lee Se Dol In 3-Hour Match [VIDEO]

In a three-hour match, Google's AlphaGo artificial intelligence software handed South Korean go champion Lee Se Dol a stunning defeat at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul on Wednesday.

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