Asia-Pacific
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China’s Xi Arranging Visit to France This Spring; Move May Be Attempt to Break Encirclement Led By U.S.
MUNICH — Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to visit France this spring, The Yomiuri Shimbun has lea...
February 17, 2024
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N. Korean Leader’s Sister Says Kishida’s Pyongyang Visit Might Come
Seoul, Feb. 15 (Jiji Press)—The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Thursday that Japanes...
February 16, 2024
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China Celebrates Start of Lunar New Year Holiday Period; Record Breaking Number of Trips to be Made
BEIJING — The Lunar New Year holiday period began in China on Saturday. A huge lantern in the shape...
February 10, 2024
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ROK Official Favors Piling Pressure on Pyongyang over Abductions; DPRK Defectors Allude to Japanese Abductees During Interviews
SEOUL — South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yung Ho is determined to rescue people abducted by Nor...
February 9, 2024
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Kim Jong Un’s Young Daughter Appears to Be Frontrunner for Succession
SEOUL — As the young daughter of leader Kim Jong Un appears more prominently at North Korea’s public...
February 9, 2024
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S. Korea’s Unification Minister: ‘Public Sentiment Turning Against Government’ in North Korea
SEOUL — North Korea may be stepping up its antagonism of South Korea as a means of deflecting public...
February 9, 2024
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Exclusive: S. Korea to Share Abductee Info With Japan; Unification Minister Says Info to be Gathered From Defectors
SEOUL — The South Korean government plans to actively question North Korean defectors for informatio...
February 9, 2024
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South Korean Islanders Anxious over North’s Provocations; Surrounding Waters Shelled for Three Days in January
YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea — People living on Yeonpyeong, a remote South Korean island in the Ye...
February 8, 2024
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S. Korea’s Yoon Praises Kishida as Honest Leader
SEOUL (Jiji Press) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday praised Prime Minister Fumio ...
February 8, 2024
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How North Korean Eyelashes Make Their Way to West
SEOUL/PINGDU, China (Reuters) — Millions of dollars in sales of North Korean false eyelashes — marke...
February 8, 2024
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Jury Finds Jennifer Crumbley, the Michigan School Shooter’s Mother, Guilty of Manslaughter
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan jury convicted a school shooter’s mother of involuntary manslaughte...
February 7, 2024
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Myanmar’s Pro-Democracy NUG Seeks Strategic Intl Support; Official Asks Food Aid Not be Channeled Through Junta
An official of Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG), a pro-democracy organization that sees its...
February 1, 2024
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China’s Drastic Reduction in Graphite Exports to Japan; Urgent Need for Diversification in Japanese Imports
BEIJING — China’s exports of graphite and related products to Japan decreased by over 40% in Decembe...
January 21, 2024
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N. Korea Says Ballistic Missile Test Launch Successful
Seoul (Jiji Press)—North Korea successfully test-fired an intermediate-range solid-fuel ballistic mi...
January 15, 2024
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Taiwan President-Elect To Seek Cooperation With Japan, U.S.; China’s De-Facto Interference in Election Backfired
Taiwan’s Vice President Lai Ching-te of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party won the Taiwan presi...
January 14, 2024
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