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Rep. Loretta Sanchez.

LORETTA SANCHEZ: Korea: A remarkable economic transformation and U.S. policy success

By Rep. Loretta Sanchez

CHARLES RANGEL: Korea and the United States: Our Great Legacy

By Rep. Charles B. Rangel

U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Microsoft woes dent U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement as Obama pushes Trans-Pacific Partnership

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A North Korean waitress walks through a door under a clock with Chinese emblems at a restaurant in Rason city in North Korea, in this Aug. 29, 2011, photo. North Korea said Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, that it will establish its own time zone next week by pulling back its current standard time by 30 minutes. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

North Korea push clocks back as a snub to Japan

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

In this June 29, 2015, photo, tourists walk at the pier at Hashima Island, commonly known as Gunkanjima, which means “Battleship Island,” off Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture, southern Japan. The island is one of 23 old industrial facilities seeking UNESCO's recognition as world heritage “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution” meant to illustrate Japan's rapid transformation from a feudal farming society into an industrial power at the end of the 19th century. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Japan’s UNESCO heritage bid draws ire over past labor abuse

By Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot’

By Joseph C. Goulden

Illustration on the American lapse of memory concerning the Korean War by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

RICHARD HALFERTY: ‘The Forgotten War’ in Korea

By Richard L. Halferty

Visitors touch the names at the wall of Vietnam Veterans Memorial during a Memorial Day candlelight vigil at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC., Friday, May 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

EDITORIAL: Memorial Day: ‘Peace is the right memorial’

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A man watches a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) ** FILE **

Kim Jong-un open to senior-level talks with South Korea

Associated Press

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (Associated Press) **FILE**

KANG: Legitimacy and justice on the Korean peninsula

By Grace Kang

Nuns greeted Pope Francis for a closing Holy Mass of the 6th Asian Youth Day at Haemi Castle in Haemi, South Korea on Sunday. (AP Photo/Kim Hong-Ji, Pool)

Memory, hope, witness are Korea trip’s import, Pope reflects

By Carl Bunderson - Catholic News Agency