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SOUTH KOREA

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 12, 2018
South Korea-U.S. military drills violate Sept. 19 agreement: North Korea media
South Korea's resumption of small-scale military drills with the United States violated a recent agreement aimed at lowering tensions on the Korean Peninsula, North Korean state media said on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 12, 2018
Jewish human rights group blasts K-pop band BTS over A-bomb T-shirt and hats with Nazi logo
A leading Jewish human rights group has denounced popular K-pop band BTS, whose live performance on Japanese TV was canceled last week, over a T-shirt mocking victims of the atomic bombing of Japan while also claiming that a photo shoot had shown them wearing hats with a Nazi logo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 8, 2018
Samsung previews smartphone with screen that folds like a book
Samsung Electronics Co. showed off a new phone with a foldable screen in a bid to shake up a smartphone business awash with black, shiny rectangles that look increasingly similar.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 6, 2018
An opportunity for Tokyo and Seoul
Skillfully handling the wartime labor ruling could help put bilateral ties back on track.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 5, 2018
Seoul moves the goalposts yet again
If the South Koreans remain obsessed with the past and do not respect the rule-based international system, they are committing international political suicide.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS
Oct 31, 2018
South Korea's ruling on wartime compensation issues may have opened Pandora's box for Seoul-Tokyo ties
A Pandora's box in terms of diplomatic relations between Tokyo and Seoul may have just been opened with South Korea's top court upholding a lower court ruling Tuesday that Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. should pay about ¥40 million in compensation to four Koreans forced to work in Japan during...
EDITORIALS
Oct 31, 2018
South Korea court ruling bad news for bilateral ties
The South Korean government, which has said it 'respects' the decision of the judiciary while hoping for a future-oriented development of its relations with Japan, should set its position straight and contain any disruptions to bilateral ties.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 31, 2018
North Korea preparing nuclear test site for international inspectors: report
North Korea may be preparing for a visit by international inspectors to its shuttered Punggye-ri nuclear test site, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Wednesday, citing the country's spy agency.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 31, 2018
U.S.-South Korea alliance strained as Trump keeps suspending 'war games'
The U.S. and South Korea have spent almost seven decades honing their preparedness for war. Now fears are growing among the alliance's proponents that extended peace talks are eroding that advantage.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 30, 2018
Top U.S. diplomat expected to meet Kim's right-hand man next week, report says
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to meet with a top North Korean official next week as they seek to arrange a second summit between the two countries' leaders, according to a South Korean report.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 26, 2018
South Korea to conduct military drills amid stalled exercises with U.S.
South Korea will stage two military drills next week amid a thaw in relations with North Korea, which have prompted Seoul and Washington to suspend joint exercises with the United States to spur nuclear talks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 24, 2018
Human rights situation in North Korea 'has not changed' despite Pyongyang's warming ties with Seoul and Washington, U.N. investigator says
The ongoing detente between North Korea and the United States has done little, if anything, to improve Pyongyang's abysmal rights record, the U.N. independent investigator on human rights in the nuclear-armed country said Tuesday, just weeks before the expected passage of a Japan-led resolution condemning...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2018
North Korea blasts Japan's role in pushing U.N. human rights resolution amid nuclear talks
North Korea has singled out Japan, criticizing Tokyo's leading role in crafting a U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations and the abductions of foreign nationals by the nuclear-armed country, amid its ongoing thaw with the outside world.

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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.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami