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NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR CRISIS

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 17, 2021
North Korea may test long-range missile over next year, Pentagon intelligence agency says
North Korea may resume long-range ballistic missile tests over the next year, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency said in a report analyzing the country's military capabilities.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 7, 2021
North Korea is trying to hide uranium plant expansion, watchdog group says
Satellite imagery shows that previously reported construction in an area at the Yongbyon uranium enrichment plant has been covered to hide details of the building's layout.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 5, 2021
North Korea trades scorn for flattery to win benefits from Moon
While North Korea has frequently shifted between provocations and diplomatic overtures, Kim now appears to be trying to do both at the same time.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 4, 2021
Two Koreas reopen hotlines as Pyongyang urges Seoul to mend ties
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed his willingness last week to reactivate the hotlines, which were cut off in early August.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Sep 17, 2021
North Korea tests new weapons, and much more
Dealing with North Korea is complicated, and Pyongyang's decision to close its borders to prevent COVID-19 infection has made intelligence collection even more difficult.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 16, 2021
North Korea's new railway-borne missile system built to strike 'threat-posing forces'
Analysts say the development could add complexity for a foreign military seeking to track and destroy the missiles before they are fired.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 9, 2021
North Korea's Kim oversees first military parade since Biden's swearing-in
The parade, which did not reveal any new weapons systems, was apparently directed at a domestic audience with an aim of boosting morale amid the battle against the coronavirus.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 7, 2021
South Korea joins elite club with test of sub-launched ballistic missile
South Korea joined an exclusive group last week, becoming only the eighth country — and sole non-nuclear nation — to successfully test-fire a submarine-launched ballistic missile.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 2, 2021
South Korea says it is developing more powerful missiles to deter North Korea
In its defense blueprint, the Defense Ministry said it would develop new missiles 'with significantly enhanced destructive power.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 30, 2021
North Korea appears to restart nuclear reactor, presenting fresh challenge to Biden
The restart of the plutonium-producing reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear site has been described as 'deeply troubling' by the U.N. atomic agency.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 11, 2021
North Korea warns of 'security crisis' if U.S. and South Korea escalate tensions
Pyongyang criticized South Korea and the United States for responding to North Korea's goodwill with 'hostile acts.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 2, 2021
North Korea threatens week-old detente over U.S.-led exercises
Kim Yo Jong, sister of the country's leader Kim Jong Un, said Sunday that the plan to hold annual allied exercises this month 'seriously undermines” efforts to restore ties with South Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 23, 2021
On North Korea denuclearization, yet another diplomatic dance for the U.S.
The U.S. says it has a new strategy — a “calibrated, practical, measured approach” toward the North's denuclearization — but will it be a departure from that of previous administrations?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 22, 2021
Biden and South Korea's Moon willing to engage North Korea
Biden said he would be willing to meet Kim Jong Un if he agreed to discuss his nuclear program and that lower-level officials from the two sides first met for talks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 10, 2021
South Korea’s Moon Jae-in sets final-year goal of 'irreversible peace' on peninsula
His remarks come before his meeting with Biden on May 21 at the White House, where North Korea will be high on the agenda.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 6, 2021
Japan, U.S. and South Korea push for total denuclearization of North Korea
The three ministers met on the sidelines of the Group of Seven foreign ministerial meeting in London.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 1, 2021
Biden administration sets new North Korea policy of 'practical' diplomacy
The Biden policy attempts to strike a middle ground between the policy pursued by Biden's most recent predecessors.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 6, 2021
Japan to extend North Korea sanctions — including a ban on all trade — by two years
The sanctions, which were set to expire on April 13, also prohibit the docking in Japan of North Korean-registered ships and any vessels that have called at a North Korean port.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 3, 2021
U.S., Japan and South Korea agree to keep up pressure on North Korea
The top security officials from the three countries reaffirmed their commitment to address the North Korean nuclear issue 'through concerted trilateral cooperation towards denuclearization.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 2, 2021
U.S. seeks to get allies 'on same page' on North Korea as policy review ends
While U.S. officials have remained mum on details of the review, Biden has put a heavy emphasis on the importance of working with allies to help craft the strategy.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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