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On Wednesday, Pope Francis waves as he boards a plane on his way to South Korea for a five-day visit. The visit marks the first time in a quarter-century that a pope has been on the divided Korean peninsula. Francis plans to bring a message of peace and reconciliations to Koreans on both sides of the 38th parallel, while encouraging Catholics in the region to spread their faith. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)

Church in Korea is at once suffering and missionary, diplomat says

By Andrea Gagliarducci - Catholic News Agency

FILE - In this Thursday, June 27, 2013 file photo, South Korean President Park Geun-hye, left, and her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping wave during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Xi Jinping’s first visit to the Korean Peninsula as China’s president is to Seoul, not Pyongyang, meaning that North Korea’s best friend has snubbed it for its most bitter rival. A flurry of recent rocket and missile tests, the latest on Wednesday, has made the North’s displeasure crystal clear. (AP Photo/Wang Zhao, Pool, File) **FILE**

Chinese leader’s Seoul visit snubs North Korea

By Foster Klug - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 1974 file photo shows President Richard Nixon giving his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington. Is “strong” losing its strength? Presidents of both parties have long felt compelled to sum up the state of the union with a descriptive word or two in their State of the Union addresses. Mostly the same word. For many years now, “strong” has been the go-to adjective. Gerald Ford listens at left. (AP Photo, File)

EDITORIAL: Peace is the fitting memorial

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A South Korean marine LVT-7 landing craft sail to shores through a smoke screen during the U.S.-South Korea joint landing exercises called Ssangyong, part of the Foal Eagle military exercises, in Pohang, South Korea, Monday, March 31, 2014. South Korea said North Korea has announced plans to conduct live-fire drills near the rivals' disputed western sea boundary. The planned drills Monday come after an increase in threatening rhetoric from Pyongyang and a series of rocket and ballistic missile launches in an apparent protest against the annual military exercises by Seoul and Washington. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

White House calls North Korea’s artillery fire with South ‘dangerous,’ ‘provocative’

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

A delegation from the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Winter Games attend a press conference during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Pyeongchang ready to take the Olympic baton

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

Brian Patrick O'Callaghan, 36, has been charged with first-degree murder. (associated press)

NSA worker, who was ex-Marine combat vet, charged in beating death of adopted son

Associated Press

This image provided by Montgomery County Police Department, shows Brian Patrick O'Callaghan. He was charged in the fatal beating of his 3-year-old son who was adopted months earlier from Korea, police said Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Police identified the child as Hyunsu O'Callaghan. (AP Photo/Montgomery County Police)

Md. man charged in death of 3-year-old adopted son

Associated Press