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The Asiatic black bear is now an endangered species, after being captured in the wild and farmed for its bile.

Bears That Inspired 'Adorable' Korean Paralympic Mascot Live In Caged Captivity

The 2018 Paralympic mascot is the Asiatic black bear, a symbol of Korean folklore. But behind the caricature, South Korea has a troubled relationship with the bears, farming them for their bile.

Joseph Rosendo enjoys South Korea’s Bulguksa Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Season 9 of TRAVELSCOPE.

JOSEPH ROSENDO'S TRAVELSCOPE: Season 9

Airs Sundays, July 14 - July 28 & Aug. 11 & Sept. 8 - Oct. 20, 2019 at Noon on KPBS

A statue of a girl symbolizing Korean "comfort women" is unveiled last week during a ceremony in front of the Japanese Consulate in Busan, South Korea.

'Comfort Woman' Statue Sparks Diplomatic Row Between Japan And South Korea

The statue in front of the Japanese Consulate, commemorating the plight of Korean women forced by the Japanese to work as sex slaves during World War II, has prompted Japan to withdraw its ambassador.

From left: Emmanuel Kwame lost his sight to river blindness as a young man in Ghana; a bed net keeps mosquitoes away from a mother and child in a Somalian hospital; extracting a guinea worm from an infected person.

Wins And Losses In Global Health In 2016

The editor of the New England Journal Of Medicine is a big Red Sox fan. And so he framed the year in global health in baseball terms.

Chris Pine and Ben Foster play brothers on a crime spree in the indie film, "Hell or High Water," which made the Cinema Junkie Best of 2016 list.

Cinema Junkie Awards: The Best And Worst Of 2016

Films that raised the bar (and others that didn't)

South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye attends an emergency Cabinet meeting on Friday in Seoul.

South Korea Impeaches President, But Political Drama Isn't Finished

The president has been suspended from power — but her fate will be decided later by a constitutional court. "Please, let's come together to overcome this crisis," the prime minister pleaded Friday.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye is shown during a Nov. 29 televised address. The country's first female leader was impeached on Friday.

South Korean Lawmakers Vote Overwhelmingly To Impeach President

The vote against President Park Geun-hye follows a corruption scandal that has paralyzed the political system. A constitutional court will now decide whether to formally remove her from office.

South Koreans fill the streets of Seoul's city center Sunday, demanding President Park Geun-Hye step down.

S. Korean President Named As A Criminal Suspect In Cronyism Scandal

Prosecutors in South Korea will question President Park on allegations of corruption and cronyism. The move comes in the wake of massive protests calling for the president to step down.

Anti-government protesters hold placards calling for the resignation of South Korean President Park Geun-Hye as they march towards the Gwanghwamun area of central Seoul on Saturday.

At Least 500,000 Protest In Seoul Demanding Korean President's Resignation

Pressure has been mounting for weeks on President Park Geun-hye, whose approval rating is at five percent amid a mushrooming cronyism scandal.

U.S. Navy servicemen see off the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington as it leaves the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Japan, in 2015.

Japan And South Korea Rattled By Trump's Talk Of Closing U.S. Bases

U.S. troops have been based in South Korea and Japan for decades. Removing them would shake up the entire region.

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