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At railway station in Seoul on Wednesday, a South Korean soldier walks past a television screen showing a graphic of the distance between North Korea and the U.S. territory of Guam.

The U.S. island territory is small but strategically significant. It's home to a naval base and an Air Force base. Pyongyang has long viewed it as a provocation — and a target.

Pedro The Lion's new album, <em>Phoenix</em>, comes out Jan. 18 on Polyvinyl Records.

With 'Phoenix', Pedro the Lion's David Bazan Emerges from the Mines of His Interiority

On the first Pedro the Lion album in 15 years, songwriter David Bazan reckons with his roots, telling an origin story while avoiding any trace of self-mythologizing.

Lauren Groff's Literary Mission: Recovering A Lost Short Story Master

Nancy Hale won multiple literary prizes, and her writing shaped the early identity of The New Yorker. Now, she's mostly forgotten, but that may change with the release of a new edition of her work.

Yanghee Lee, the U.N. special rapporteur on Myanmar, pictured on March 11.

U.N. Investigator Reports Possible New War Crimes In Myanmar

Yanghee Lee, the U.N. special rapporteur on Myanmar, spoke of civilians being detained, interrogated and dying in the custody of Myanmar's military.

Foxtrot and Gemma Snowdon of the U.N.'s World Food Programme, who rescued the lost 4-week-old puppy.

Lost Pup Finds New Life As Humanitarian Mascot In Refugee Camp

The puppy started following a team that was cleaning up the beach in Bangladesh. And now he is an Instagram star.

Rohingya refugees use a mock elephant during a training session on how to respond to elephant incursions at the Kutupalong refugee camp. The massive refugee camp sits in what used to be a migratory path for elephants moving between Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Why Elephants Pose A Threat To Rohingya Refugees

Several of the refugee camps in Bangladesh have had to set up what the U.N. calls a "tusk force" to respond when elephants enter.

Firewood is stacked for sale in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. Local residents complain that the Rohingya have cut down all the trees surrounding the camps and burned them in cooking fires.

Bangladesh Struggles To Cope With Pressures Of Hosting 1 Million Rohingya Refugees

"We're being outnumbered by the sheer number of the refugee population," says Mohammad Abul Kalam, the head of Bangladesh's Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commission in Cox's Bazar.

Sodul Amin, 30, is one of tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees who've gotten chickenpox since December. The highly contagious disease spreads easily in the overcrowded refugee camps.

Chickenpox, The Latest Burden On The Rohingya Refugees

At the largest refugee camp in the world, Rohingya refugees and aid agencies face numerous challenges. Now they're also dealing with an outbreak of chickenpox.

Children play at a Rohingya refugee camp outside Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh.

Rohingya Settle In For The Long Haul, Even As Bangladesh Wants Refugees To Go Home

Bangladesh wants a million Rohingya refugees to go back to Myanmar. But 18 months after most of them fled violence, they are too afraid to go back and are making new lives for themselves in camps.

Rohingya Settle In For The Long Haul, Even As Bangladesh Wants Refugees To Go Home

Bangladesh wants a million Rohingya refugees to go back to Myanmar. But 18 months after most of them fled violence, they are too afraid to go back and are making new lives for themselves in camps.

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