By CHOE SANG-HUN
New York Times

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea and North Korea agreed Tuesday to hold talks this week focused on arranging reunions of families separated by the Korean War more than 55 years ago.
The discussions would be the…

By Paul Richter
Tribune Washington bureau

WASHINGTON — Two young journalists and former President Bill Clinton descended from an airplane at Burbank Airport near Los Angeles Wednesday morning, bringing a close to a dramatic story of capture and rescue and opening…

By KELLY OLSEN
Associated Press Writer

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Jong Il’s smile said it all.
North Korea’s ruler, his leadership clouded for nearly a year by health problems, didn’t hide his satisfaction at receiving Bill Clinton in Pyongyang. For…

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER and REBECCA CATHCART
New York Times

LOS ANGELES — For months, Laura Ling’s uncle sent her scores of unanswered e-mail messages, suggesting that she practice meditation while held in confinement in North Korea. For weeks at a time, her…

BY SAMANTHA YOUNG
The Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Friends and family of two California journalists were relieved and excited Tuesday after the pair were pardoned by North Korea and released to former President Bill Clinton.

But they weren’t ready to start the…

SEOUL, South Korea — In an apparent first, North Korea — a country that struggles to feed its 24 million people — has aired a beer commercial on state television.

The advertisement, which lasted nearly three minutes after a news program…