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South Korea told Kerry that it wants the United States to join efforts to urge Japan to more swiftly provide related information to the international community in a more transparent manner.

The reshuffle came about a week after Moon's leading Democratic Party suffered crushing losses in a special elections for key mayoral posts.

Under the new rules, in a bid to avoid disagreements, every application is disclosed to member countries before screening begins at the advisory committee of the program.

Those taking part affirmed their ministries and agencies will work together in monitoring radioactive materials in the treated water and foster international understanding of the discharge.

The Japanese government announced a decision Tuesday to release water from the disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the sea after it is diluted.

President Moon Jae-in has called for looking into ways to refer Japan's move to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

While people will have to increase their adaptability to work in a fast-changing high-tech environment, policymakers will also need to play their part, the minister said.

India reported a record 126,789 new cases, the third day this week tallies have surged to more than 100,000.

A key issue in the races was anger over housing prices in major metropolitan areas that have soared under Moon.

Recent opinion polls had shown the ruling Democratic Party's candidates trailing their People Power Party rivals in both cities.

After repeated postponements stretching back more than a year because of the coronavirus, South Korea and China's women's soccer teams will finally meet Thursday for a last-ditch spot at the Tokyo Olympics. The first leg takes place in Goyang, South Korea, and the return fixture ...

Some regard the current crisis as a tipping point that will accelerate Asia’s global resurgence. They point out that Asian countries managed the pandemic better than the West did.