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Reporting from a Seoul cat cafe, one of the many themed cafes in Japan and Korea.

Reporter's Notebook: Settling In In Seoul

NPR opened a South Korea bureau in March. Correspondent Elise Hu offers her take on the wonder and the wackiness of life and journalism in East Asia.

NPR played the latest version of Pandemic with four real-life epidemiologists.

This Holiday Season, Give The Gift Of World Disease

We played the latest version of Pandemic with four real-life epidemiologists. And it made them sweat!

This Holiday Season, Give The Gift Of World Disease

We played the latest version of Pandemic with four real-life epidemiologists. And it made them sweat!

Hundreds of police officers outside Jogyesa, Seoul's top Buddhist temple, as a deadline passed for a labor leader holed up inside to turn himself in.

In Seoul, A Showdown Between Police And Buddhist Monks

Monks at the top Buddhist temple in Seoul are trying to prevent South Korean police from forcibly entering to arrest a wanted labor organizer who's holed up inside.

Younger students cheer on high school seniors as they head to the all-important college entrance exam on Thursday. As usual, police offered escorts for students who were running late.

Even The Planes Stop Flying For South Korea's National Exam Day

Aircraft were grounded, the stock market opened an hour late and policemen gave free rides to students rushing to Korea's all-important college entrance exam.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye walk to their seats for the start of a trilateral meeting with the U.S. in 2014. Japan and Korea's leaders have yet to meet one-on-one.

For China, Japan And S. Korea, Just Meeting Is An Accomplishment

Leaders of the three countries gather in Seoul to talk over trade potential and attempt to put aside longstanding tensions over history and territorial matters.

Seoul's Takeout Drawing cafe is at the heart of a property dispute between the artists who run it and rapper PSY, who owns the building it's in.

Korea's Most Famous Entertainer Is Now Its Most Infamous Landlord

Seoul artists are taking on the rapper PSY in a real estate rift pitting creative types against commercial interests. The man known for Gangnam Style "is not a good building owner," one artist says.

Rapper Psy owns real estate in Seoul, including a property at the center of a legal dispute.

Korea's Most Famous Entertainer Is Now Its Most Infamous Landlord

Seoul artists are taking on the rapper PSY in a real estate rift pitting creative types against commercial interests. The man known for Gangnam Style "is not a good building owner," one artist says.

U.S. and South Korean soldiers of the combined 2nd Infantry Division train at Camp Red Cloud in Uijeongbu, South Korea.

For South Korea-U.S. Summit, The Big Question Is Still North Korea

President Obama is hosting South Korea's president at the White House to reaffirm one of America's longest running alliances in Asia. The long-vexing question on the agenda: North Korea.

Mark Keam (left) is sworn in as a freshman delegate to the Virginia General Assembly in 2010 in Richmond, Va. Keam was the first Asian-American immigrant elected to the Virginia legislature.

Influx Of Non-European Immigrants Defines America Today

The Immigration Act of 1965 opened the doors to nationalities that were largely shut out before. Since then, 90 percent of U.S. immigrants hail from outside Europe. Three families share their stories.

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