Anthony Kuhn

JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: This month, South Korea's president expressed regret to North Korea for drones that flew into the North between September and January. More than seven decades after the Korean War, a covert conflict simmers on waged with drones, ballo... See more

More than 70 years after the Korean War, South Korea is still confronting the legacy of a secret conflict waged in the shadows. Copyright 2026 NPR More than 70 years after the Korean War, South Korea is still confronting the legacy of a secret conflict wa... See more

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Japan is removing restrictions on exporting lethal weapons for the first time in 50 years. Japan is feeling more threatened by its neighbors than it has in decades, and that has led to gradual shifts in the country's mindset and defen... See more

Japan endorsed scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a significant change of its postwar pacifist policy, as the country seeks to build up its arms industry. Copyright 2026 NPR Japan endorsed scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a significant c... See more

AILSA CHANG, HOST: This next story is about the promise of paradise on Earth that wasn't. For a quarter century, from 1959 to1984, more than 93,000 people went in search of that paradise - a land where all their basic needs were guaranteed to be met. That... See more