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KOREA

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 14, 2023
North Korea fires at least two ballistic missiles toward Sea of Japan
The latest launches come as South Korea and the United States are conducting their largest joint military drills in five years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2023
South Korean plaintiffs reject Japan wartime labor compensation plan
The rejection by the three surviving plaintiffs potentially throws up legal obstacles for Seoul as it seeks to mend ties with Tokyo.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 13, 2023
Seoul to bid for 2036 Games without Pyongyang, says mayor
Seoul will remain flexible to the idea of holding a few events in the Demilitarized Zone or Pyongyang if relations improve enough by that time.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 13, 2023
Seoul mayor calls for South Korean nuclear weapons to counter threat from North
Oh, an influential member of President Yoon Suk-yeol's People Power Party, is one of the highest-profile officials to advocate for a South Korean nuclear weapons program.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 13, 2023
North Korea launches missiles from submarine as U.S.-South Korea military drills start
North Korea said it fired two “strategic cruise missiles” from a submarine, hours before South Korea and the U.S. kicked off their largest joint military exercises in five years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 12, 2023
North Korea says it’s adopting steps to deter ‘war provocations’
North Korea, which for decades has decried such drills as 'Freedom Shield” as preludes to an invasion and nuclear war, has pledged an unprecedented response this year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 11, 2023
Japan considers inviting South Korea's Yoon to Hiroshima G7 summit
G7 host nations often invite countries outside their framework to related meetings. But even if Kishida decides to invite Yoon, the decision may not be announced immediately.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 10, 2023
Masataka Yoshida leads charge as Samurai Japan routs South Korea in World Baseball Classic
Japan routed its rival to improve to 2-0 in the WBC.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 10, 2023
North Korea's Kim says military carried out 'simulated drills for real war'
Leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a military drill that fired off “a powerful volley” of at least six missiles simulating a strike on enemy airports, state-run media said.
Japan Times
BASEBALL
Mar 10, 2023
Australia looks to keeping momentum going after upsetting South Korea
The victory means Australia can claim one of its pool’s two quarterfinal spots if it takes care of business against China and the Czech Republic.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Mar 10, 2023
Japan must do more to build stronger ties with South Korea
Seoul has decided that the future is more important than the past — and offered Japan a settlement on its wartime labor dispute.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2023
North Korea fires short-range missile ahead of U.S.-South Korea military exercises
The nuclear-armed country fired the missile into the Yellow Sea on Thursday night, just days ahead of large-scale joint military exercises between South Korea and the U.S.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2023
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to visit Japan on March 16
The meeting is expected to help mend bilateral ties, which have been impacted for years by a dispute over wartime labor.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2023
South Korea's Yoon gets much-needed boost with new party boss
The conservative People Power Party selected Kim Gi-hyeon, a four-term lawmaker, as its new leader in a vote late Wednesday.
BASEBALL
Mar 8, 2023
Australia and South Korea aiming for strong start in Pool B opener at World Baseball Classic
Both teams have plenty to prove when they begin their World Baseball Classic campaigns in Thursday's curtain-raiser at Tokyo Dome.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami
A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
Shohei Ohtani's example could change Japan's views on paternity leave
Shohei Ohtani and Mamiko Tanaka announced the birth of their first child on April 19.
Counting the reasons why there are so few American cars in Japan
Tesla's store in Tokyo's Shibuya district. While sales of American cars in Japan appear to be shrinking, Tesla's presence in the country is growing.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
"Quiet quitting" is most common among the younger generation, with 46.7% of respondents to a survey in their 20s identifying with the practice, reflecting a less-motivated workforce more focused on work-life balance.
U.S. secretary of the navy weighs ‘dual-use’ shipbuilding with Japan
John Phelan at a Senate confirmation hearing for U.S. secretary of the navy in Washington in February
Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
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