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ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 12, 2018
Trump and Kim's joint statement
Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the Singapore Summit.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 11, 2018
China's long game for the Singapore summit
While Trump and Kim play checkers, Xi has the go board out.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 11, 2018
Architects of South Korea's Sunshine Policy on North say it's paying off
When the United States and North Korea hold a historic summit on Tuesday, supporters of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung say it will be the culmination of a mission launched two decades ago by the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 7, 2018
Mystery CIA officer playing key, uncomfortably visible role as U.S.-North Korea summit looms
The lightning diplomacy between the U.S. and North Korea before next week's historic summit has thrust a little-known CIA officer into an uncomfortably public role as a key intermediary in talks between the two adversaries.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 6, 2018
U.S. sends B-52 bombers 'in vicinity' of South China Sea amid row over militarization of islets
The U.S. military sent two B-52 heavy bombers for a "routine mission" in the contested South China Sea on Tuesday, just days after Defense Secretary Jim Mattis lambasted Beijing's continued militarization of its outposts in the strategic waterway.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 5, 2018
At delicate moment, U.S. weighs warship passage through Taiwan Strait
The United States is considering sending a warship through the Taiwan Strait, U.S. officials said, in what could be seen as a provocative move that comes at a time when Sino-U.S. ties are under pressure from trade disputes and the North Korean nuclear crisis.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 5, 2018
White House tries to tamp down concerns over weakening of North Korea sanctions
The White House said Monday that the U.S. will continue to apply pressure to North Korea to relinquish its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, just days after President Donald Trump said he would no longer use the term "maximum pressure" as the two sides prepare for a historic June 12 meeting between...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jun 4, 2018
U.S. struggles to counter China and uphold rules-based order amid 'America First' agenda
For many U.S. allies, Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is the last of the Trump administration's so-called grown-ups in the room. So at Asia's main annual security forum he got a warm reception for his firm defense of the rules-based order the U.S. helped to build after World War II.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 3, 2018
North Korea to get relief only after 'verifiable and irreversible step to denuclearization,' Jim Mattis says
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Sunday North Korea will receive relief only after it takes clear and irreversible steps to end its nuclear program, adding it would be a "bumpy road" to a summit between U.S. and North Korean leaders.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 2, 2018
South Korean and Japanese defense chiefs divided over future of North’s shorter-range ballistic missiles
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera opposes rewards for dialogue, but South Korea's Song Young-moo urges support while offering nothing but silence on Pyongyang's short-range missiles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 2, 2018
Trump says Kim summit is on for June 12, but puts Japan and South Korea on spot for economic aid
It's back on. U.S. President Donald Trump reversed course Friday, announcing that his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will, indeed, be held on June 12 in Singapore, but noted pointedly that Japan, South Korea and China — not the United States — would cover the cost of economic...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2018
Germany's unification lessons for Korea
The sooner negotiations with North Korea shift from the threat of war to the potential 'win-win' of economic modernization and shared prosperity, the more confident we can be that true peace has been won.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 1, 2018
'Smart crops' replacing rice as Asian wealth and health grow
Lunchtime in Taipei's Ximending district is a test of wills and patience as tourists and locals jostle at restaurants and street stalls to choose from steamed and fried dumplings, flat and thin noodles, stuffed pancakes, grilled foods and desserts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2018
Boeing's South Carolina bastion breached by 'micro-unit' union in rare win
Boeing Co. technicians voted to form the first collective bargaining unit at the planemaker's factory in South Carolina, scoring a rare victory for organized labor in a state traditionally hostile to unions.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 31, 2018
Cease-fire monitors accuse South Sudan and rebels of killing civilians
South Sudan's army massacred civilians, burned children alive and gang-raped women after a supposed cease-fire with rebels in December, according to reports by monitors appointed by the country's East African neighbors over a five-year civil war.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 30, 2018
Trump wants quick North Korean denuclearization, but leading experts say process could take a decade
A top U.S. government adviser who has in the past been granted unprecedented access to North Korea's nuclear weapons program is warning that the "quick" denuclearization process sought by the Trump administration could, in fact, take far longer, possibly up to 10 years, according to an analysis by experts....
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 30, 2018
North Korea urges South to scrap military intelligence-sharing deal with Japan
North Korea has called for the scrapping of a military intelligence-sharing agreement between South Korea and Japan, calling it a "hurdle" to realizing the goals of the historic Panmunjom Declaration signed between the two Koreas on April 27.

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