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Japan Times
Figure Skating
Jan 4, 2014
Kim shines in short program at nationals
Reigning Olympic champion Kim Yu-na fired a warning shot to her rivals after producing a nearly flawless performance in the women's short program at South Korea's national championships on Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2013
Deciphering Kim's actions
The day is fast approaching when Kim Jong Un and his clan will have to take responsibility for the country's dire condition, and it may come soon after his aunt dies.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2013
Dear Dennis Rodman: consider a few facts of life
An escaped political prisoner from North Korea asks retired American basketball player Dennis Rodman to use his friendship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to help Kim understand that he has the power to rebuild the country's economy so that everyone can afford to eat.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 2013
Behind the Pyongyang purge
So far, only two aides of Jang Song Thaek, the late No. 2 of North Korea, have been killed, but hundreds or thousands of other people thought to be linked to him may also be executed.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2013
Pyongyang could be in store for destabilization
The defenestration of Jang Song Thaek shows that no longer can even Pyongyang's putative second in command expect to be pensioned off to some posh inconsequential place once his services are no longer needed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 14, 2013
North propagandists don't mince words
The scribes at North Korea's official news agency have long elevated hyperbole into an art form, but even by their high standards, last week's pronouncement was something special.
EDITORIALS
Dec 11, 2013
A political purge in North Korea
North Korea has announced that the uncle of leader Kim Jong Un has fallen from grace and been deprived of all titles for 'anti-revolutionary factional activities.' Expect North Korean officials to jockey with each other for Kim's favor.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Dec 8, 2013
Despite shaky performance, Mao collects fourth Grand Prix Final title
Mao Asada captured a record-tying fourth Grand Prix Final victory on Saturday night despite a less-than-inspiring free skate.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 5, 2013
Amnesty says North Korea's gulag network expanding
Seoul AFP-JIJI
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 4, 2013
Kim's uncle said unharmed in Pyongyang purge amid leadership crisis
Jang Song Thaek, the uncle and de facto deputy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is safe even as it appears he has been removed from his post, a South Korean minister said.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 25, 2013
Japan urged to boost renewables development
The head of the World Bank urged Japan in a recent interview to develop more renewable energy sources while calling on emerging economies to get ready for a possible cutback in the U.S. central bank's stimulus program.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Nov 20, 2013
'Jack the Ripper' strikes again
"I'm a huge Beumrae fan," the woman seated next to me gushed during the intermission, pointing to a glossy photo in my program. "His voice gives me chills."
Figure Skating
Nov 13, 2013
Ando, Kim to compete at Golden Spin
Miki Ando is set to compete against Olympic champion Kim Yu-na of South Korea at the Golden Spin of Zagreb next month after they were among entries announced by the Croatian skating federation on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2013
Film follows man's struggle to seek acquittal in 'Sayama Case'
When a man who had spent three decades in jail for a murder he denies committing declared in an interview that he had "no regrets" about his life, film director Kim Song Woong was stunned — and inspired.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Oct 5, 2013
Kim's injury could open door for Mao at Sochi Games
It is amazing how quickly the dynamic can change in skating.
MORE SPORTS
Sep 27, 2013
Ando begins comeback
Competing for the first time in two years, two-time world champion Miki Ando took the ice on Thursday in the Nebelhorn Trophy and finished second in the short program.
Figure Skating
Sep 26, 2013
Kim to miss Grand Prix events: report
Two-time world figure skating champion Kim Yu-na of South Korea will sit out upcoming Grand Prix events because of a foot injury, Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Sep 6, 2013
Kim selects program music as road to Sochi begins
Defending world and Olympic champion Kim Yu-na has selected the music for the programs she hopes will carry her to a second straight gold medal next year at the Sochi Games.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 30, 2013
Kim Jong Un's ex reportedly executed
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's former girlfriend was among a dozen well-known North Korean performers who were executed by firing squad on Aug. 20, a South Korean paper has reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 11, 2013
Tokyo holds bilateral vice ministerial talks in Seoul
Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki held fence-mending talks Thursday with his South Korean counterpart, Kim Kyou-hyun, in Seoul, amid bilateral relations strained over a territorial dispute and divergent perceptions of history.

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