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Supporters of South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung listen to a speech during a campaign event in Uijeongbu, in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province, on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 27, 2025
South Korea's liberal candidate Lee in the lead a week before presidential vote
The deeply polarized country is set to hold a snap election on June 3 to pick a successor to Yoon Suk Yeol, who was ousted on April 4.
Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party's presidential candidate, speaks during a campaign event in the city of Uijeongbu, South Korea, on May 20.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 26, 2025
South Korea's Lee pledges to restore hotline with North Korea
The front-runner in South Korea's presidential election laid out a noticeably softer approach to the nuclear-armed North than his predecessor.
This satellite image taken Friday shows a new North Korean warship lying in the harbor after its failed launch in the port city of Chongjin.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 25, 2025
Three detained and blamed for North Korean warship accident
The ultimate fate of the three remains unclear, but leader Kim Jong Un has a history of making examples out of those who embarrass him.
South Korean presidential candidates Lee Jae-myung (left), of the Democratic Party, and Kim Moon-soo, of the People Power Party, shake hands as they prepare for the second televised debate for the upcoming presidential election in Seoul on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 24, 2025
South Korean presidential race tightens sharply after TV debate
The Democratic Party's Lee Jae-myung's support rate fell to 45%, while backing for the People Power Party’s Kim Moon-soo rose to 36%, according to a poll released Friday.
A satellite image shows the North Korean warship in water at a shipyard after the launch accident, in Chongjin, North Korea, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 23, 2025
North Korea launches probe into accident during warship's launch
Pyongyang has said the incident on Wednesday was caused by a loss of balance while the vessel was being launched, and sections of the bottom of the warship were crushed.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a ceremony for the launch of the country's new destroyer in Nampo, North Korea, in this image released on April 26.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 22, 2025
North Korea's Kim offers rare admission of 'serious accident' with new destroyer
The incident, which occurred during a ceremony attended by leader Kim Jong Un, reportedly saw “sections of the warship's bottom crushed."
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stands beside a MiG-29 aircraft and air-launched weaponry on display during anti-air combat and air raid drills at an undisclosed location in the country on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 17, 2025
North Korea's Kim oversees air drills and calls for stepped-up war preparations
Kim, who inspected anti-aircraft combat and airstrike drills, called for "all units in the entire military" to bring about "a breakthrough in war preparation."
South Korean presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung speaks in Goyang, South Korea, on April 27.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 14, 2025
South Korean think tank halves 2025 growth forecast to 0.8%
The revised outlook reflects the fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff campaign on the trade-reliant nation as its presidential race hits full swing.
Supporters of Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate for South Korea's Democratic Party, attend an election campaign rally in Seoul on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 12, 2025
Election campaigning kicks off in South Korea
Polls are showing the main opposition Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung as the front-runner by a large margin, with 43% support.
Kim Moon-soo, a presidential candidate for South Korea's conservative People Power Party, speaks during a debate in Seoul on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 11, 2025
South Korea's conservatives settle on Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate
South Korea's conservatives made another about-face on Saturday and reinstated their presidential nominee, Kim Moon-soo, just hours after dropping him.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervises a missile test on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 9, 2025
North Korea's Kim leads missile test and stresses nuclear force readiness
The test also included an inspection of the operational reliability of its "nuclear trigger" system, state-run media said.
Former labor minister Kim Moon-soo arrives at the People Power Party's national convention in Goyang, South Korea, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 3, 2025
South Korea's conservatives pick hard-liner Kim Moon-soo as presidential candidate
Kim, 73, was a labor activist in his university days but later became a hard-line conservative.
An unidentified weapons system is fired from the deck of North Korea's latest destroyer, the Choe Hyon, during two days of tests on Monday and Tuesday in this undated photo released Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 30, 2025
North Korea's Kim sets sights on nuclear-armed navy
Leader Kim Jong Un directed officials to push forward equipping his naval forces with nuclear weapons following the unveiling of his country’s biggest destroyer.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pose for a photo during a signing ceremony following bilateral talks in Pyongyang last June.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 28, 2025
North Korea confirms troop deployment to Russia for first time
Leader Kim Jong Un called the move "a sacred mission to further consolidate as firm as a rock the traditional friendship and solidarity between the two countries."
A view of what North Korea says is a "new multipurpose destroyer," in Nampo, North Korea, in this picture released on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 26, 2025
North Korea's Kim attends ceremony for launching new 5,000-ton warship
Kim Jong Un, in a speech from the launch, said the warship would be handed over to the navy and go into service early next year.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, in June 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 1, 2025
Trump says his administration is in 'communication' with North Korea's Kim
“There is communication,” the U.S. president told reporters at the White House when asked if he would once again engage with the North Korean strongman.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervises the test of suicide drones with artificial intelligence technology, according to local media, at an unknown location in this photo released on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 27, 2025
North Korea's Kim supervises test of AI suicide drones
Kim said unmanned control and AI capability must be the top priorities in modern arms development, state media reported.
U.S. F-18 Super Hornet fighter jets are seen on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson at a port in Busan, South Korea, on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 4, 2025
North Korea slams U.S. 'provocations' over aircraft carrier visit to Busan
Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korea's leader, hinted that her country could respond with the testing of nuclear-capable missiles or other technology.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sign a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement at a meeting in Pyongyang in June 2024.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 24, 2025
Japan wary of North Korea's practical combat experience in Ukraine war
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi underlines concern over how Pyongyang's participation in the conflict might affect Japan's security environment.
Akihiro Arimoto (left), accompanied by his wife, Kayoko, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo in 2002. Arimoto, the father of a girl who was spirited away to North Korea more than four decades ago and remains unaccounted for, died late Friday.
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2025
Akihiro Arimoto, father of girl abducted by North Korea in 1983, dies
His death at the age of 96 is a sign of how long the issue has dragged on, with most parents of abductees having now died without finding out what happened to their loved ones.
Wealthy foreign nationals picking up ultimate souvenir — a condo in Tokyo
A high-end property in the fashionable Daikanyama district in Tokyo
Japan dispatches five language education 'partners' to India
Five members of the Japan Foundation's Nihongo Partners program (front) gather at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi on Monday.
Struggling train firm in Chiba Prefecture turns to self-deprecating humor
"Laughter is important when you're in a difficult situation," said Katsunori Takemoto, president of Choshi Electric Railway, on Aug. 5 in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Japan’s front-line researchers see bright path ahead for dementia treatment
A scientist looks at scans of grains at the Memory Centre at the Department of Readaptation and Geriatrics of the University Hospital (HUG) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 6, 2023.
Japanese athletes inspired by raucous home fans at World Athletics Championships
Fans cheer on the home favorites during the women's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.

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