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  • Here to look back at some of the trends of 2013 as well as some of the best and worst is KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando.
  • A Sampling of Tempting Indie Fare
  • When Daniel Catán's opera premiered in San Diego in 1994, it was the first by a Mexican composer in the United States.
  • Counting Down The 10 Best Films Of 2013 And More
  • North Korea's artillery attack on a South Korean border island comes during a difficult period for the isolated regime in Pyongyang. It is undergoing political succession and facing new food shortages. In the past, weakness and uncertainty have sparked provocations like Tuesday's attack.
  • North Korea's top governing body warned Thursday that the regime will conduct its third nuclear test in defiance of U.N. punishment, and made clear that its long-range rockets are designed to carry not only satellites but also warheads aimed at striking the United States.
  • In dictatorships or monarchies, the death of a powerful leader may produce a political crisis. U.S. intelligence analysts right now are following the medical conditions of leaders in Saudi Arabia, North Korea and Cuba. In each case, the United States has a stake in the outcome.
  • In February, North Korea agreed to freeze uranium enrichment and missile tests and allow international nuclear inspectors — and then immediately announced a rocket launch. North Korea watchers are puzzled by the mixed messages and wonder who is calling the shots in a country with a new, untested leader.
  • With delegates from the Workers' Party believed to be gathered in the capital Pyongyang for a political conference, North Korea watchers are saying a leadership change could be in the works. But the meeting is cloaked in secrecy, making it difficult for outsiders to determine where the nuclear-armed country is headed.
  • Defying U.N. warnings, North Korea on Tuesday conducted its third nuclear test in the remote, snowy northeast, taking a crucial step toward its goal of building a bomb small enough to be fitted on a missile capable of striking the United States.
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