Korean Peace Promise; Hungary's Xenophobia; How To Be 'Not Rich' In College

Top stories for Friday, April 27, 2018 [NPR]( News Headlines from NPR Friday, April 27, 2018 FIRST UP: What you need to know now Korea Summit Press Pool via AP [The leaders of North and South Korea pledge to work toward denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.]( North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s historic meeting also included another announcement: The two countries have committed to work toward a permanent peace treaty. North and South Korea have technically been in a state of war for more than 60 years. "We are not people who should be confronting each other," Kim said. "We should be living in unity." [Bill Cosby is guilty of sexual assault, a Pennsylvania jury has found.]( The legendary comedian was found guilty Thursday of three counts of aggravated indecent assault after years of accusations from numerous women that he sexually assaulted them. Cosby, 80, could now face decades in prison. He will be sentenced within 90 days. [A former NBC correspondent is accusing Tom Brokaw of sexual misconduct.]( Linda Vester covered the Middle East and Africa for NBC. Her complaint alleges that Brokaw, a long-time anchor for the network, made unwanted advances toward her some two decades ago. She says he groped her and tried to forcibly kiss her. Brokaw, however, denies the accusations, saying he met Vester twice at her request and that those meetings “were brief, cordial and appropriate.” --------------------------------------------------------------- IN THE NEWS: Digging Deeper Hungary has a xenophobia problem. Only [10 percent of Hungarians say they feel “totally comfortable”]( having an immigrant as a friend. Some 1,200 refugees were granted asylum in Hungary last year, and 18-year-old Afghan Ibrar Hussein Mirzai was one of them. Mirzai, a Shiite Muslim, escaped Sunni Muslim militants in Quetta who targeted people like him. He came to Europe "for a chance to study without fearing for my life," he says. Mirzai’s friends who have sought asylum in Germany and Austria told him he was nuts to take refuge in a country they thought had an impenetrable language and hostile people. And a new European Union survey on immigration reflects that hostility — 55 percent of respondents said they would feel “uncomfortable” having an immigrant as a friend. Hungary’s prime minister has also promised to defend "Christian Europe" against "Muslim invaders" — his shorthand for refugees. His government wants to crack down on groups that support migration. Sociologist Endre Sík says this fear of immigrants is rooted in Hungary's medieval history of being invaded. "The Hungarian form of xenophobia is, let's say, the classic form: 'They are different, we don't know them, therefore we hate them.' That's the beast in us," he says. Budapest has already had two big protests against Prime Minister Viktor Orbán this month, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets to slam his xenophobia and demand new elections. While Mirzai isn’t ignoring polls showing Hungarians’ discomfort with immigrants, he’s focusing on the positive and maintaining a sense of hope. "If [the Hungarians] live with me, they will change their minds by themselves," he says. "I am just a normal person like them. I don't have any problem with them. They don't have to have any problem with me." --------------------------------------------------------------- BEFORE YOU GO Andrew Milligan /PA Images via Getty Images - Scotland’s favorite soft drink is getting [a little less sugary](. - Amazon’s quarterly profits are up, and so is [the price of an Amazon Prime membership](. - This [crowdsourced guide]( wants to help “not rich” students at the University of Michigan. - Michael Cohen is [pleading the fifth]( when it comes to Stormy Daniels. You received this message because you're subscribed to our News emails. | [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( | NPR 1111 N. CAPITOL ST. NE WASHINGTON DC 20002 [NPR]