[caption id="attachment_1716" align="alignright" width="300"] Newly sworn in police officer Ashley Guindon, center, was killed responding to a 911 call on her first day working for the Prince William County (Va.) Police Department. She was 28. Image via Twitter.[/caption] A rookie Virginia poli... Read more →

What of the biggest surprises about moving to Seoul, South Korea — aside from the impenetrable language and other cultural adjustments — was the pricey cost of electricity. The monthly power bills in our high-rise apartment, which doesn't have western-style central air conditioning, have been ... Read more →

U.S. Health officials are investigating the possibility that the Zika virus could be spread through sex, The New York Times reports. If confirmed, this development could seriously complicate efforts to control the spread of the disease, which health officials suspect causes birth defects in chi... Read more →

The ubiquitous $100 currency note — the Bill, the C-Note, the Benjamin — might be ready to cash out, at least if a group of influential economists have their way. In a recent paper, scholars at Harvard University argue that the elimination of the $100 bill, along with other high-value currency... Read more →

Investigators still want to know what caused a civilian airliner to crash Tuesday morning in the French Alps. The incident, which likely killed 144 passengers and six crew members aboard the Airbus A320 destined for Germany, is one of at least 17 major crashes this year, according to the Bureau... Read more →

As I noted yesterday, we can expect similar weather here in Seoul as we experienced in Washington, D.C., where we lived until earlier this month. The two capital cities are located about the same distance from the Equator, along the 38th parallel north. We'll be in for something different this... Read more →

In preparation for her new school, our 30-month-old daughter had her first doctor's appointment in Korea this morning. Fortunately, the checkup went well. The pediatrician also offered something I hadn't before received in the United States: information graphics! Eva has always been larger than... Read more →

How's the weather in our new home, Seoul? Turns out it's not much different than our former home, Washington, D.C. High/low temperatures charted... Read more →

Note: My family recently relocated to Seoul, where my wife is working as a foreign correspondent for NPR. This post is the first in an occasional series profiling the peninsula's demographics and politics. Korean media reported last week that the number of residents moving to other counties f... Read more →

It's been a bit more wintry in Washington, D.C., this winter. More so than usual, as one might guess from today's snowfall. The average annual snowfall total in the last three decades, according to the National Weather Service, is about 15 inches. This year we've received about 26 inches (and c... Read more →