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SOUTH KOREA

EDITORIALS
Nov 25, 2019
GSOMIA survives but big questions remain
Last week's GSOMIA decision suggests that there is still hope for a solution for the problems that plague Japan-South Korea ties.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 25, 2019
Was Seoul's decision on GSOMIA strategic?
This is not the end of the Japan-South Korea dispute, but rather the beginning of a new round.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Nov 25, 2019
K-pop star Goo Hara left 'pessimistic' note, South Korean police say
K-pop singer Goo Hara left a "pessimistic" note, police said on Monday, a day after the former member of top South Korean girl group Kara was found dead.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 25, 2019
Japan-South Korea friction flares again after GSOMIA intel pact rescue
Japan and South Korea take fresh swipes at one another, raising questions about whether relations between the U.S. allies will improve after reaching a last-minute deal to rescue an expiring intelligence-sharing pact.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2019
North Korea goes nuclear: A post-mortem
How did Pyongyang succeed when so many other states have failed to get nuclear missiles?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 23, 2019
GSOMIA lives, but what's next for Japan and South Korea ties?
After South Korea's surprise announcement to remain a party to a key intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, wartime labor, the issue at the heart of strained bilateral ties, remains far from being resolved.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 23, 2019
Despite continuation of intel pact, Japanese businesses see little hope for early recovery of ties with South Korea
Despite Seoul's eleventh-hour decision on Friday to effectively extend its military information-sharing pact with Tokyo, Japanese businesses appear to have little hope of an early recovery for bilateral ties due to the lack of a resolution of the wartime labor issue.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 22, 2019
G20 foreign ministers, including South Korea's Kang Kyung-wha, gather in Nagoya for Japan's last turn as host
Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 major economies gathered in Nagoya on Friday, where they were set to discuss free trade, sustainable development and how to best assist rapidly growing economies in Africa.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 22, 2019
GSOMIA survives as South Korea reverses decision to exit intel pact with Japan
The dramatic reversal just hours before the deadline came in the face of strong pressure from Washington and after Tokyo and Seoul reportedly narrowed their gap on trade.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 21, 2019
Pentagon denies report U.S. mulls pulling up to 4,000 troops from South Korea
The United States has denied a South Korean news report that it is considering withdrawing up to 4,000 troops from South Korea if Seoul does not pay more for maintaining the 28,500-strong U.S. contingent deterring North Korean aggression.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 21, 2019
Hopes for 11th-hour deal dim as deadline for Japan-South Korea intel pact looms
As the clock ticks closer to the deadline for renewing the pact, Tokyo and Seoul appear no closer to bridging significant gaps.
EDITORIALS
Nov 19, 2019
Is the U.S. going too far with North Korea?
Peace with North Korea is an important and laudable goal, but not at any price.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
Japanese immunologist among three Nobel medicine prize winners
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and distinguished professor at Osaka University, attends a news conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Osaka Prefecture on Monday.
Spanish tourist injured in latest bear attack
Shirakawago, a U.N. World Heritage site in Gifu Prefecture
Americans and Canadians unite in battling 'eating machine' carp
A Fisheries and Oceans Canada team patrols the Grand River in Dunnville, Ontario, in search of invasive grass carp specimens on Sept. 25.
Trump hails 'wisdom and strength' of Japan's incoming prime minister
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, gives a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Saturday.
‘Takaichi trade’ stalls as political reality calls for wait-and-see approach
Tokyo stocks staged a powerful rally on Monday. On Tuesday, they rallied again, then retreated.
Trump has his eyes on the prize — but a Nobel win looks unlikely
A protester holds a sign with an image depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and the words "Nobel" written on it, as supporters and family members of hostages who were kidnapped during the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, demonstrate to demand the immediate end of the war and the release of all hostages, outside the U.S. Consulate in Tel Aviv, on Sept. 2.
Takaichi, the LDP’s first female president, is far from an ‘overnight success’
Newly-elected Liberal Democratic Party chief Sanae Takaichi greets her fellow LDP members on Saturday at party headquarters.
‘We have drawn lessons,’ Indian Army chief says of brief clash with Pakistan
Indian Army chief Upendra Dwivedi waves as he arrives to attend the ceremonial reception of Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in New Delhi in May.
How a family-run landscaper turned the Osaka Expo green
The team at Ryokukou Garden consists primarily of a single family, including Toshiki Tanisaki (second from right), who led the company's efforts at the Osaka Expo, Chikako Tanisaki (fifth from right), who performs daily maintanence at the expo, and Takeshi Tanisaki (fourth from right), who added a nursery to the family farm more than 50 years ago.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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