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KIM JONG IL 3

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 2, 2023
North Korea shuts door on U.S. talks, raising risk of provocations
The last time North Korea’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement, Pyongyang test-launched two short-range ballistic missiles about a day later.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 31, 2023
U.S. and South Korea to hold 'tabletop' exercises on nuclear threats next month
Talks by the two countries' defense chiefs came amid rising public support in Seoul for developing its own nuclear weapons after North Korea’s record-breaking flurry of missile tests.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 24, 2023
Biden nominates North Korea human rights envoy, first since 2017
The White House moved to fill a post that has been empty since 2017 amid debate over how rights issues fit with efforts to counter Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 10, 2023
What to expect from North Korea in 2023
After a record-breaking year of missile launches, the new year could prove even more explosive as Kim Jong Un looks to build more advanced missiles and nuclear bombs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 5, 2023
Behind North Korea’s money-making apparatus funding its military might
As missiles fly overhead, a complex web of operations underneath funnels money to North Korea's leadership and funds its nuclear weapons program.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 3, 2023
North Korea's No. 2 military official fired
State television showed Pak Jong Chon sitting in the front row of the podium with his head down during the meeting while other members raised their hands to vote on personnel issues.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 2, 2023
Kim Jong Un vows nuclear buildup to take on U.S. and South Korea
In a speech that came at the end of a nearly weeklong meeting of his ruling Workers Party, the North Korean leader said Washington and Seoul are taking aim at his government.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 30, 2022
Kim Jong Un to ring in New Year with missiles and nuclear threats
Pyongyang will likely look to continue honing his ability to deliver a credible nuclear strike against the U.S. and its allies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 28, 2022
North Korea's Kim unveils new military goals at key party meeting
Kim's remarks could indicate the isolated country will continue to accelerate its military buildup.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 19, 2022
North Korea to finish preparations for spy satellite by April
Pyongyang claimed to have conducted “an important final-stage test” for the development of the satellite, one of leader Kim Jong Un's key goals for bolstering his arsenal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2022
North Korea tests high-thrust solid-fuel engine for apparent ICBM development
The country has been working to build more solid-fuel missiles, which are more stable and can be launched with almost no warning or preparation time.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 10, 2022
North Korea wants dollars. It’s a sign of trouble.
Its trade with the outside world devastated, North Korea is scrambling for American dollars and other hard currency, not just to feed its people but also to finance the military.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 30, 2022
Kim Jong Un’s ‘precious child’ shows regime to stay
It's still not known whether the regime views his 'precious child” as Kim's heir, or whether that status would belong to the older brother she's rumored to have.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2022
Kim vows North Korea to have world's most powerful nuclear force
Kim also noted that North Korean scientists had made a 'wonderful leap forward in the development of the technology of mounting nuclear warheads on ballistic missiles.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 26, 2022
Xi tells Kim China willing to work with North Korea for 'world peace'
The message from Chinese leader Xi Jinping came days after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in one of its most powerful tests yet.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Nov 22, 2022
In male-dominated North Korea, leadership prospects of Kim's daughter uncertain
Some analysts argue that despite North Korea's deeply patriarchal society, gender may not disqualify a daughter or another woman from taking the reins.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Nov 20, 2022
North Korea's Kim has revealed he has a daughter. Why now?
The first public appearance of an heir to the isolated country's leader may offer clues into plans for his regime and its nuclear arsenal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 19, 2022
North Korea, vowing to counter threats with nukes, says test was of new ICBM
Pyongyang said the Hwasong-17 ICBM launch was part of its 'top-priority defence-building strategy,' with the North labeling the missile 'the strongest strategic weapon in the world.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 18, 2022
Kishida says North Korean ICBM fell into Japan EEZ off Hokkaido
The suspected intercontinental ballistic missile was believed to have fallen into waters 210 kilometers off Hokkaido.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 9, 2022
North Korea launches missile as U.S. counts midterm election votes
The Defense Ministry said the missile had traveled for 250 kilometers, hitting a maximum altitude of 50 km before falling into the Sea of Japan, outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Air China to buy 100 locally made C919 jets in $11 billion deal
A Comac C919 during an aerial display at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore in February
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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