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NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Tina Park, executive director of the Canadian Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, about whether sending North Korean athletes to the winter Olympics in South Korea, signals any significant change in relations.

"President Trump is in for a rude surprise if he thinks ... Kim Jong Un is going to say, 'Sure, I'll hand over my nuclear weapons,'" North Korea expert Jean H. Lee tells NPR.

The stage is set for a historic meeting between leaders of the rival Koreas inside the Demilitarized Zone. The frenzied preparations have left very little to chance.

The commercial celebrates hairlessness. And it prompted a cricket star to speak out, charging that the ad promotes "body shaming and objectification."

As he meets the U.S. president at Mar-a-Lago, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is facing roiling political scandals at home, and waning influence abroad.

As of Wednesday evening, children under 1 year can now join lawmakers. The change follows Illinois Democrat Tammy Duckworth becoming the first sitting senator to give birth.

Mike Pompeo, the newly-minted secretary of state spent his first full day on the job at a NATO meeting in Brussels. It's his first official trip in the role as America's chief diplomat.

A surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Gawande is probably best known for his work writing about how to improve quality and lower costs in health care.

The 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing Saturday evening. Incessant rains prevented rescue crews from reaching a deep chamber where authorities believe the group is.

The European Union's new data protection law is intended to strengthen privacy rights and stop abuses by social media giants. But the law also forbids people from posting anyone's picture online without their permission — and that includes tourist vacation photos.