Eight decades after the partition of the Korean peninsula, the Catholic Church in South Korea remains one of the few actors that, with perseverance and faith, keeps alive the hope for reconciliation between the two Koreas.

South Korea's defense ministry said Friday it has not held any discussions with the Pentagon over the possibility of scaling back U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) troops stationed in South Korea. The remark came in response to a report by The Wall Street Journal that U.