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NORTH KOREA

BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2014
North Korea's fingerprints reportedly found on Sony hack
North Korea may have had a hand in the digital attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment that used destructive malware to disable systems and destroy data, according to two sources with knowledge of the investigation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 3, 2014
Sony Pictures struggles to restore computers after cyberattack
Eight days after a massive cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment, the Hollywood studio was still struggling to restore some systems Tuesday evening as investigators combed for evidence to identify the culprit.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 3, 2014
North Korea, other nations among suspects in Sony hacking: U.S. national security official
U.S. investigators are considering multiple suspects, including North Korea, in their investigation into a cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment that knocked out the company's computer systems for over a week, according to a U.S. national security official with knowledge of the investigation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 30, 2014
Unreleased films feared filched in Sony attack; North Korea suspected
Two as-yet unreleased films might have been stolen in a cyberattack on Sony Corp. that may be linked to North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 28, 2014
North Korean 'princess' moves closer to center of power
In her slim-fitting pantsuits and black-heeled shoes, Kim Yo Jong cuts a contrasting figure to her pudgy older brother, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 21, 2014
Russia: North Korea ready for renewed nuclear talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday North Korea was ready to resume stalled international talks on its nuclear arms program.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2014
North Korean schools in Japan soldiering on despite tough times
Like many students in Japan, Kim Yang Sun cycles to school each morning. Unlike most, she then changes into a traditional Korean outfit and studies under portraits of the late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 13, 2014
Stung by sanctions scandal, Cuba defends North Korea at U.N.
Cuba, which was involved in a violation of U.N. sanctions against North Korea last year, has come to the aid of Pyongyang to defend it against a Western-led push to bring its alleged human rights abuses to The Hague, envoys said Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 11, 2014
North Korea ends charm offensive, halts talks with EU over proposed ICC referral
North Korea has halted talks with the main sponsor of a U.N. resolution urging the country's referral to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, following months of attempts to win over key supporters of the draft.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 10, 2014
American freed by North Korea eats pizza as health improves
Kenneth Bae, one of two Americans freed by North Korea after a secret U.S. mission, arrived home in better-than-expected health, asked for pizza and spent the night telling stories, his sister said.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 7, 2014
Japan denies report that abductee Yokota died of overdose in 1994
The central government on Friday denied a report out of South Korea claiming that Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea at the age of 13 and remains a symbol of the four-decade campaign to recover kidnapping victims, died in 1994 of an overdose.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2014
North Korea promises abductee probe will be fair, comprehensive: Suga
This week's abduction talks in North Korea shed little light on the questions Japan wants answered, as Pyongyang offered no new information about what happened to Japanese it kidnapped, the government said Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 31, 2014
American detained in North Korea gets job back with Ohio city
An Ohio man detained in North Korea for nearly half a year got his job back with a city agency, but on condition he not travel again to a country where he could be easily detained, his attorney said on Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2014
North Korea didn't offer delegation any new info on abductees: source
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WORLD
Oct 30, 2014
Kim Jong Un extends family penchant for purges to keep grip on power
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shares a family trait with his father and grandfather: a penchant for purges to hold onto absolute power.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 25, 2014
South Korean activists, border residents clash over launch of anti-North Korea leaflets
A planned launch of balloons by South Korean activists to send leaflets to North Korea on Saturday with messages critical of its leader turned into a clash with residents of the border area who said the move will threaten peace between the two countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2014
Pyongyang uses live bait to lure Washington
For new talks to succeed with North Korea, the U.S. must expend more energy getting South Korea and Japan, barely on speaking terms, to get along, and end its policy of doing nothing while the North becomes more dangerous.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2014
Japanese golfer tests Pyongyang's links to check dictator's legendary score
Who would have the temerity to challenge Kim Jong Il's superhuman abilities?
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 15, 2014
North Korea's elites are a threat to Kim Jong Un
North Korea is frequently described as 'the world's last Stalinist state,' but this is no longer the case. The North is now home to a large and growing private economy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 11, 2014
Kim is still in charge of North Korea, injured leg in military drill: source
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in firm control of his government but hurt his leg taking part in a military drill, a source with access to the secretive nation's leadership said, playing down speculation over the 31-year-old's health and grip on power in the nuclear-capable nation.
Japanese markets brace for triple whammy if opposition wins big
A Sanseito campaign van in Shinjuku. The populist party is gaining ground and challenging the more centrist parties.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
Living conditions index hits lowest level in 15 years in Japan
The share of respondents to a Bank of Japan quarterly survey in June who said they have become worse off came to 61.0%, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous survey.
In Upper House race, younger voters in Tokyo turn to DPP for new direction
The Tokyo district has the highest number of candidates in the 2025 Upper House election with 32 people in the running for seven seats.
Concerns grow in Japan over possible Russian interference in Sunday’s election
A think tank researcher said anti-government propaganda by Russian bot accounts was what has made the small far-right party Sanseito so popular leading up to the Upper House election.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.
From stalking to death threats, female candidates still face harassment
Mayu Ushida, a former NHK newscaster running for election in the Tokyo electoral district on the Democratic Party for the People ticket, signs an autograph for a voter after a public rally at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Kawaii Lab redefines idol pop for the TikTok generation
Misa Kimura is the main producer for Kawaii Lab, a project by entertainment agency Asobisystem whose groups have found success by pairing a social media-first strategy with a fresh perspective on traditional idol-pop tropes.
Craig Mod's life in motion in a disappearing Japan
Mod's memoir “Things Become Other Things” chronicles his walking trips across the Kii Peninsula, surveying “a graceful end to a certain life cycle.”
With China and Trump, Japan defense report says world entering ‘new era of crisis’
A senior member of a Self-Defense Forces honor guard inspects a formation before the arrival of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for a visit to the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on June 30.

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