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BUSINESS
Apr 12, 2018
Airlines reroute flights to avoid possible airstrikes on Syria
Some major airlines were rerouting flights on Wednesday after Europe's air traffic control agency warned aircraft flying in the eastern Mediterranean to exercise caution due to possible airstrikes into Syria.
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JAPAN / Politics
Apr 11, 2018
Former U.S. defense chief William Perry urges Trump to learn from past successes and failures on North Korea
As one of the key individuals who brought the United States and North Korea closer than ever before to a deal on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons, former U.S. defense chief William Perry has a lot to say about dealing with the regime of Kim Jong Un and a planned landmark summit with President Donald Trump...
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ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 11, 2018
North Korea and Trump's dangerous perception gap on denuclearization
Washington's acknowledgment this week that Pyongyang is ready to discuss the "denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula" may sound like a step toward ridding North Korea of its hard-won nuclear weapons, but experts and observers say such a move is extremely unlikely in the near-term and highlights a potentially...
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JAPAN
Apr 10, 2018
U.S. envoy to convey wishes of abductees' kin to Trump ahead of summit with Abe
The issue is a top domestic priority for Abe, but Tokyo worries it could take a back seat to nuclear and missile issues.
JAPAN
Apr 10, 2018
Japan's former chief negotiator for talks on North Korea warns that U.S. lacks expertise on Pyongyang
As discussions continue over when and where a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place, Japan's former chief negotiator for multilateral talks aimed at ending the North's nuclear program on Tuesday warned that the current U.S. administration has virtually...
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2018
North Korea's Kim breaks silence on talks with U.S.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made his first direct acknowledgment of the prospect of talks with the U.S., addressing the issue at a meeting of the ruling party's Politburo, state-run media reported Tuesday.
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COMMENTARY / World
Apr 9, 2018
Why Pyongyang wants a deal with Washington
Can Vietnam serve as an inspiring example for Kim Jong Un, or is it Belarus?
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 9, 2018
Nobody puts Japan in the corner
How Japan can make its way to the North Korean negotiating table.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 9, 2018
Holy smokes: South Korean envoy reportedly told Kim to kick cigarette habit
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, a notoriously heavy smoker, was advised by South Korean National Security Council chief Chung Eui-yong to quit smoking during their meeting early last month — an exchange that left Kim's onetime spy chief reportedly frozen in terror over how the supreme leader might...
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 9, 2018
North Korea tells U.S. it is ready to discuss 'denuclearization of Korean Peninsula'
North Korea has told the United States for the first time that it is prepared to discuss the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets President Donald Trump, a U.S. official said Sunday.
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CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Apr 7, 2018
‘Destiny: The Secret Operations of the Yodogo Exiles’: the true story of a group of Japanese radicals
Based on interviews with the hijackers and their wives over several trips to North Korea, journalist, author and editor Koji Takazawa's 'Destiny' tells the story of the group of student radicals who hijacked a plane and redirected it to North Korea in 1970.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2018
Kim told Xi he wanted to resume six-party disarmament talks: Nikkei
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Chinese President Xi Jinping during talks in Beijing last week that he agreed to return to six-party talks on his nation's nuclear arms program and missile tests, the Nikkei newspaper said on Thursday.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 5, 2018
Only Pyongyang stands to gain from possible Kim-Trump summit: former U.S. envoy
Any summit between the leaders of North Korean and the U.S. — regardless of the outcome — is likely to be a big win for Pyongyang, according to the former top American diplomat for the Asia-Pacific region.

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