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Asia

Timeline: A brief history of why Korea is still divided

In a matter of decades, Seoul, South Korea was able to transform its economy. (Photo by Rene Adamos/Flickr Creative Commons)
Democracy

How South Korea became a G20 power

President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met again Thursday evening at the G20 Summit in Hamburg,...

Jul 08, 2017
President Donald J. Trump and President Moon Jae-in of South Korea participate in joint statements on Friday, June 30, 2017, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C. The two leaders have differing approaches to North Korea, with Moon favoring engagement. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
Asia

After an American’s death, is there a possibility of war with North Korea?

SEOUL, South Korea — Ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg Friday, President Donald Trump said that he’s...

Jul 07, 2017
Rights

No hard evidence against a NASA scientist imprisoned in Turkey

A NASA scientist, Serkan Golge, has spent the last eight months in a Turkish prison. An attempted coup...

Mar 23, 2017
People participate in a “sister march” in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on January 21, 2017. (Photo by Nichole Sobecki/GroundTruth)
Rights

Vignettes from ‘sister marches’ around the world

HUNDREDS OF thousands of people poured into the streets of Washington, D.C. today and in "sister marches" across the...

Jan 21, 2017
About 70 people gathered in downtown Yangon, Myanmar to show support for the Women's March on Washington and sister marches around the world. (Photo by Nan Tin Htwe/GroundTruth)
Rights

In Myanmar, ‘solidarity picnic’ draws would-be marchers

YANGON, Myanmar — On sunny day in this bustling city, dozens of people gathered to show solidarity for...

Jan 21, 2017
Data visualization of 2016 global temperatures. (Credit: NASA)
Environment

Earth burns through temperature record for third year in a row

In what has become an alarmingly frequent refrain since the turn of the 21st century, climate scientists reported...

Jan 20, 2017
Environment

Left behind in a water crisis

Left behind in a water crisis: Introduction (Photo by Neha Thirani Bagri/GroundTruth) On the southwest coast of Bangladesh,...

Dec 29, 2016
President-elect Trump questioned the One China Policy earlier this week, stating that he's not sure why the U.S. has to honor it. (Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons)
War and Peace

Here’s what Trump needs to know about the ‘One China’ policy

Trump might’ve made a foreign policy mistake that doesn’t reduce nuclear threats from North Korea or resolve issues...

Dec 16, 2016
President Park Geun-hye waves to the crowds at Seoul Airbase in October 2013. (Photo by Republic of Korea/Flickr User)
Asia

As South Korea impeaches its president, here’s a brief history of the nation’s democracy

South Korea just voted to impeach its president. Here’s a brief history of the nation’s fledgling democracy, which might’ve...

Dec 08, 2016
A young girl prays in a room in a halfway house outside of Manila. In the wake of typhoons, women and girls from climate change-vulnerable areas, particularly Samar and Leyte, wind up in the sex trade after being displaced from storms. Young girls who are rescued from sex trafficking and prostitution enter halfway houses for rehabilitation, legal counseling and, for some, schooling. (Hannah Reyes Morales/GroundTruth)
Season 3 - Living Proof |Episode 4

Storms, sex and survival in the Philippines

After covering the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, GroundTruth's Aurora Almendral investigates how typhoons – which are getting stronger and...

Dec 02, 2016
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