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In the episode titled "Ramen Mania," Ivan Orkin, the renegade New Yorker-turned-Japanese-ramen-chef, discusses ramen culture in New York versus Tokyo. Chef Nakamura from Sun Noodles explains what makes a great bowl of ramen and seafood purveyor-turned-ramen-chef Yuji Haraguchi creates a New York deli-style version of his brothless ramen dish, mazemen, using sustainable and typically discarded seafood from a nearby supermarket.

Airs Saturdays, May 14-28 & June 25-July 9, 2016 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV

South Korean people watch a television broadcast at the Seoul Railway Station earlier this month reporting North Korea's surface-to-air missile launch.

North Korea Says It Tested An Engine For An Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

It's not possible to verify the claim, which follows a series of weapons tests from the isolated nation. North Korea says this engine would boost its ability to launch a nuclear attack on the U.S.

Dr. Hong Jung Geun, chief surgeon at Metro Plastic Surgery Clinic in Seoul (left), performs a pro-bono scar removal procedure on a former North Korean.

How S. Korea's Plastic Surgeons Are Helping Scarred N. Korean Defectors

Assimilating into South Korean society is rarely easy for North Korean defectors. Top plastic surgeons are volunteering their services to help minimize the scars they bear from painful, abusive pasts.

Southwestern College To Put Prop R Funds On Hold

Most projects funded by voter-passed Proposition R at Southwestern College will be put on hold for one year so they can be reevaluated, school officials announced today.

At South Korea's at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, a man watches a TV screen showing footage of a missile launch conducted by North Korea.

North Korea Fires 5 Short-Range Missiles Into The Sea

These are the latest in a string of similar launches, despite repeated calls from the international community to stop them.

Otto Frederick Warmbier, a 21-year-old American student, speaks during a news conference in Pyongyang on Feb. 29.

N. Korea Sentences American Student To 15 Years Of Prison, Hard Labor

Otto Warmbier, a 21-year-old University of Virginia student, had attempted to steal a propaganda sign from his Pyongyang hotel. He was convicted of subversion.

South Korean professional Go player Lee Se-Dol reviews the match with other professional Go players after the fourth match against Google's artificial intelligence program, AlphaGo.

Achievement Unlocked: Google AlphaGo A.I. Wins Go Series, 4-1

A top world Go champ lost the last of five games against Google's AlphaGo. But both sides are going home from the match with a lot more to learn.

A U.S. soldier stands on an armored vehicle during an annual exercise Monday in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea. Pyongyang threatened a "preemptive nuclear strike of justice" in retaliation for the joint training exercises.

North Korea Threatens Preemptive Strike As U.S., South Korea Hold Military Exercise

This year's war games between the U.S. and South Korea are the largest ever. In response, North Korea's Kim Jong Un threatened to unleash a "preemptive nuclear strike of justice."

The six projectiles were reportedly fired from an area near the North Korean port of Wonsan on Thursday morning.

North Korea Fires Projectiles Into The Sea After U.N. Imposes New Sanctions

South Korea says it is analyzing the military action to determine whether the six projectiles were rockets or missiles.

At U.N. headquarters in New York on Wednesday, the Security Council approved a resolution that diplomats say would impose the toughest sanctions on North Korea in two decades.

U.N. Security Council Approves New Sanctions On North Korea

After the isolated nation conducted a January nuclear test and February rocket launch, the Security Council has unanimously voted for new sanctions targeting Pyongyang's weapons program.

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