Lauren Frayer

Only a handful of tourists come to PyeongChang, usually to hike green hills dotted with Buddhist temples or visit a small nearby ski station. All that is about to change.

More than 60 people have died, many in their cars, as forest fires sweep across Portugal in a severe heat wave. As environmentalists have warned, non-native eucalyptus trees are fueling the flames.

In 2015, Japan signed an agreement giving $8.3 million to the few surviving comfort women. But South Korea's new president, Moon Jae-in, now says it's something his people "cannot emotionally accept."

For many Korean youth, the possibility of a job-for-life with a big conglomerate is the only option. As the economy slows, there aren't enough jobs for all the college graduates.

Now in Seoul, North Korean defectors recall life inside one of the world's most secretive regimes, talking of brainwashing, required military service — and the jolt of seeing the outside world.

North Korean state media said Monday that the missile launched by Pyongyang on Sunday is a new weapon, able to carry a heavy nuclear warhead to unprecedented distances — possibly as far as U.S. soil.

After victory celebrations in central Seoul, South Korea's new president gets down to work. He promises new jobs, talks with Pyongyang, and a rethink of the historic alliance with the U.S.

Moon Jae-in, a lawyer, former student protester and son of North Korean refugees, vows to hold talks with North Korea and improve the South Korean economy.

Tuesday's election is the culmination of a frenzied two-month race set up by the scandal that toppled the country's first female president, who is jailed awaiting trial on corruption charges.

Senate panel told ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn was compromised by the Russians. South Koreans elect a president. Probe shows why some families aren't getting government-funded housing.

South Koreans vote in a presidential election on Tuesday to replace a former leader who's on trial for corruption. Voters in a bedroom community outside of Seoul — which is famous for choosing the winning candidate every election year — talk about what's at stake in this election.

South Koreans go to the polls Tuesday to replace ousted leader Park Geun-hye. Outsiders talk about North Korea, but South Korean voters say they're more concerned about the economy and environment.

Liberal human-rights lawyer Moon Jae-in holds a double-digit lead in polls heading into Tuesday's vote. He says he would seek a less confrontational stance toward North Korea, a big change in policy.

From a golf course in South Korea, the U.S. can now shoot down North Korean missiles. But residents don't want a missile defense system in their backyard — and neither does China.

With tensions rising over North Korea's nuclear program, you might expect a kind of panic in South Korea. But there's an altogether different scene happening in Seoul ahead of the election.

The heir to Samsung is in jail on bribery charges. Ex-president Park Geun-hye was impeached late last year, removed from office in March and her corruption trial got underway this week.

GOP pressured to pass bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. Trump to talk to Putin by phone. South Korea's first female president is on trial for corruption, a week before an election to replace her.

With their impeached president on trial for corruption, South Korean voters will decide how pro-U.S. her replacement should be — as President Trump and North Korea trade threats of war.

Portugal's economy has rebounded dramatically since its European Union bailout in 2011. Wages are up and unemployment down. What's surprising is that this happened only as austerity was canceled.

Since 2001, possession or use of any drug has been treated as a health issue in Portugal. The country's drug-induced death rate has plummeted to five times lower than the European Union average.