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S. Korean Foundation Begins Procedures to Deposit Compensation Money for Wartime Requisitioned Workers
SEOUL — South Korea’s Foreign Ministry announced Monday that a foundation of the country had begun p...
July 4, 2023
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Japan Firms Brace for Hidden Risks under China’s New Anti-Spy Law
BEIJING (Jiji Press) — Japanese companies operating in China are bracing for possible employee arres...
July 3, 2023
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N. Korea Institute Criticizes Symposium on Abduction Issue
SEOUL — An institute under the North Korean Foreign Ministry has issued commentary criticizing Japan...
June 29, 2023
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LDP Motegi Meets with Taiwan Vice Premier in Tokyo
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Toshimitsu Motegi, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on...
June 28, 2023
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Xi Offers Economic Cooperation to Woo New Zealand, Vietnam
BEIJING/JAKARTA — In meetings with the leaders of New Zealand and Vietnam, Chinese President Xi Jinp...
June 28, 2023
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Japan to Restore S. Korea’s Preferred Trade Status
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The government decided at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday to revise an ordinance to r...
June 27, 2023
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Bangladesh Tea Workers Struggle as Heat and Drought Scorch Fields
SREEMANGAL, Bangladesh (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Phul Kumari has picked tea in northeastern Ban...
June 26, 2023
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China’s Border Tourism Boom Rises Concerns Over Funding of North Korean Weapons Program
DANDONG, China — An increasing number of Chinese tourists are taking domestic trips to their nation’...
June 25, 2023
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Migrate to Survive: Water Shortages Clear Out Villages in Nepal
PURANA GAUN, Nepal (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Dozens of families used to live in this once-vibra...
June 24, 2023
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Chinese N-plants Releasing Water Containing Tritium at Levels 6.5 Times Higher than Planned Fukushima Discharge
Chinese nuclear power plants have been releasing into the ocean water containing tritium at levels u...
June 23, 2023
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Taiwan Seeks Semiconductor Links with EU, China Deterrence
Taiwan, which produces 90% of the world’s advanced semiconductors, has been leveraging its technolog...
June 21, 2023
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University Student’s Sedition Trial Begins in Hong Kong
HONG KONG — The trial of a 23-year-old female university student charged with sedition over social m...
June 19, 2023
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Vietnam Remembers ‘Burning Monk’ Thich Quang Duc
HO CHI MINH CITY — Ceremonies in honor of a monk who burned himself to death on June 11, 1963, to p...
June 18, 2023
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North Korea Launches 2 Missiles, Likely into Japan’s EEZ
North Korea launched at least two ballistic missiles eastward from near its western coast around 7:3...
June 16, 2023
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Better Japan-Korea Relations Bring Hopes for Economic Ties
Relations between Japan and South Korea have been improving, bringing hope that economic ties betwee...
June 16, 2023
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