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NORTH KOREA

ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 28, 2017
North Korean rocket engine test could be for smallest stage of ICBM
An analysis released Tuesday of recent satellite imagery has confirmed reports that North Korea tested last week what could be the smallest stage of a rocket engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 27, 2017
North Korea likens Trump to Hitler, 'America First' to Nazism
Pyongyang has likened U.S. President Donald Trump to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, characterizing Trump's "America First" policy as "the American version of Nazism," state media reported Tuesday, as Washington grapples with the North Korean nuclear issue.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 27, 2017
How a regional nuclear-free-weapon zone can benefit Japan
Making Northeast Asia a nuclear-free-weapon zone would add a further firewall between regional quarrels and nuclear war in a high-risk region.
WORLD
Jun 26, 2017
North Korean missile threats among worldwide surge in capabilities, Pentagon study finds
Technology for ballistic and cruise missiles is advancing in countries from North Korea and Iran to Russia and China, increasing potential threats to the U.S. even if those missiles don't carry nuclear warheads, a new Pentagon report states.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 26, 2017
New U.S. ambassador's video message to China prioritizes North Korea, trade imbalance
Speaking in a video message to the Chinese people released on Monday, the new U.S. ambassador to China has said that stopping the threat posed by North Korea will be a top priority, along with resolving the U.S.-China trade imbalance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 25, 2017
Trump's unraveling Korea policy
With every tweet by Donald Trump, Asian officials find it more difficult to believe the U.S. remains committed to their security. Nowhere is that more true than in South Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 25, 2017
On Korean War anniversary, South urges North to end weapons development
South Korea marked the anniversary of the start of the 1950-53 Korean War on Sunday with a call for the North to halt development of its missiles and nuclear programs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2017
North Korea denies torturing Warmbier, says it is 'biggest victim' in U.S. student's death
North Korea has issued its first comments on the death of U.S. college student Otto Warmbier, who had been held by Pyongyang for more than a year before his June 13 release, calling the 22-year-old's passing "a mystery" and labeling themselves as "the biggest victim of this incident."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2017
North Korea's real strategy
The idea that North Korea will abandon its weapons programs in exchange for the promise of security and regime survival has been tested has failed whenever it has been tested.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2017
U.S. asks China to do more to rein in North Korea
The United States pressed China to exert more economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea to help rein in its nuclear and missile programs during a round of high-level talks in Washington on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 21, 2017
Trump says China efforts on North Korea haven't 'worked out'
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that efforts by China to rein in North Korea have failed, suggesting he's weighing new options to deal with a regime that's vowed to develop nuclear weapons capable of striking the U.S. mainland.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2017
U.S. sends bombers to drill with Japan, South Korea as Moon lambastes North over Warmbier death
The U.S. Air Force sent two B-1B strategic bombers stationed on Guam on a wide-ranging flight for joint drills with the Air Self-Defense Force and South Korea's military Tuesday, just hours after the death of a former U.S. detainee in North Korea was announced.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2017
Warmbier death is latest twist in fraught U.S.-North Korea ties
Otto Warmbier, an American college student who fell into a coma while detained by North Korea and was returned to the U.S. last week in a stunning display of diplomatic prowess, has died, his family said Monday — the latest twist in increasingly fraught ties between Washington and Pyongyang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 19, 2017
North Korea accuses U.S. authorities of 'mugging' diplomats, seizing mysterious 'diplomatic package'
Pyongyang has accused U.S. authorities of having "mugged" a delegation of North Korean officials by seizing a mysterious "diplomatic package" at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, state media reported Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 18, 2017
Their lives disrupted, South Korean grannies vow to fight U.S. THAAD deployment to the end
In Soseong-ri, a small farming village of about 80 residents in southern South Korea, a band of elderly women is at the forefront of protests against the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system next to their neighborhood.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 17, 2017
Veteran negotiator Richardson offers to go to North Korea to free three Americans and Canadian
Veteran former U.S. politician and diplomat Bill Richardson offered on Friday to visit North Korea to secure the release of three detained Americans and a Canadian after U.S. university student Otto Warmbier was brought back in a coma.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 14, 2017
North Korean detainee Otto Warmbier, in coma for over a year, is evacuated to U.S.
An American college student who fell into a coma more than a year ago while detained by North Korea was returned to the U.S. Tuesday in a stunning display of diplomatic dexterity by the White House.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 14, 2017
Time for a Japanese rethink on North Korea?
If and when the U.S. does begin to join South Korea in holding a dialogue with North Korea, Japan will have to quickly ask itself whether limiting its approach to pressure is a good idea
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 14, 2017
North Korea waging damaging cyberattacks since 2009 and more coming: U.S.
The U.S. government on Tuesday issued a rare alert squarely blaming the North Korean government for a raft of cyberattacks stretching back to 2009 and warning that more were likely.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 13, 2017
Rodman's return to North Korea brings with it speculation of Trump connection
Former U.S. professional basketball star Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea on Tuesday, bringing his "basketball diplomacy" back to the country amid heightened tensions between Washington and Pyongyang over the reclusive nation's nuclear and missile program and its jailing of four Americans.

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