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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 5, 2017
Nobel Peace Prize winner's son likens North Korean ICBM to 'a flare signaling the start of negotiations'
The youngest son of former President Kim Dae-jung is one of just a few South Koreans to have met Kim Jong Un. He hopes a second meeting isn't far away.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Dec 5, 2017
How to tell if North Korea is about to test a nuclear bomb
When North Korea unleashed an earth-shaking nuclear bomb of as much as 250 kilotons on Sept. 3, one man wasn't fazed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 4, 2017
The upside of giving up on North Korea
It's time to focus on a battle the U.S. hasn't yet lost: improving its deterrence against North Korea's military threat.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 4, 2017
Leading U.S. senator urges Pentagon to evacuate military families from South Korea as threat of war grows
A top Republican lawmaker has urged the Pentagon to begin moving U.S. military dependents — wives and children — out of South Korea, warning that war with nuclear-armed North Korea is "getting close."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 4, 2017
South Korea, U.S. kick off largest-ever joint air exercise amid warnings out of Pyongyang
South Korea and the United States launched their largest-ever joint aerial drills on Monday, officials said, a week after North Korea said it had tested its most advanced missile as part of a weapons program that has raised global tensions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 4, 2017
To halt slide to war, Germany bids to reopen North Korea channels
The North Korean Embassy in Berlin is a gray, monolithic office block notable only for the tall surrounding fence, red-star flying from a flagpole in the courtyard — and its prime real-estate location.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 3, 2017
Top White House official says odds of war with North Korea are 'increasing every day'
A top White House official said Saturday that the odds of war breaking out with Pyongyang are moving closer to reality with each day, remarks that came just ahead of joint U.S.-South Korean air force drills — including simulated attacks on mock North Korean nuclear and missile targets.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 3, 2017
North Korea says Trump is 'begging for nuclear war' ahead of massive military exercises
North Korea has said U.S. President Donald Trump is "begging for nuclear war," labeling Washington a "nuclear demon" for the staging of a massive joint aerial military drill with South Korea scheduled to kick off Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 2, 2017
Jim Mattis and Itsunori Onodera condemn North Korea's 'reckless, outlaw behavior'
U.S. defense chief Jim Mattis and his Japanese counterpart Itsunori Onodera have condemned North Korea's test of a new type of long-range missile, with the pair blasting Pyongyang for its "reckless, outlaw behavior."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 1, 2017
Trump says China's North Korea diplomacy appears to have 'no impact on Little Rocket Man'
U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed a Chinese diplomatic effort to rein in North Korea's weapons program as a failure on Thursday, while Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Beijing was doing a lot, but could do more to limit oil supplies to Pyongyang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Dec 1, 2017
The thinking behind Kim Jong Un's 'madness'
On an icy December day in 2011, North Korea's new leader Kim Jong Un was accompanied by seven advisers as they escorted the hearse that carried his father, Kim Jong Il, through the streets of Pyongyang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Nov 30, 2017
Trump's options to stop North Korea narrowing with each launch
U.S. President Donald Trump is running out of options.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 29, 2017
Was North Korea's latest missile launch an olive branch in disguise?
North Korea's firing of its most powerful missile to date has some saying the lengths taken by it to stress its commitment to peace suggests it may be open to renewed dialogue.
EDITORIALS
Nov 29, 2017
Kim refuses to be intimidated
Sticks may be more tempting than carrots, but the challenge for the U.S. and Japan is to articulate a diplomatic settlement that Pyongyang can support.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 29, 2017
North Korea says nuclear push completed as missile test puts entire U.S. within striking distance
North Korea's firing of its most powerful missile to date has some saying the lengths taken by it to stress its commitment to peace suggests it may be open to renewed dialogue.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2017
South Korea warns North not to repeat 'armistice violation' in wake of defector's shooting
North Korea violated an armistice agreement with South Korea this month when North Korean soldiers shot and wounded a North Korean soldier as he defected across their border and it must not do so again, South Korea's defense chief said Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2017
Former U.S. Joint Chiefs chairman says use of nukes 'more probable' with 'unpredictable' Kim
A former chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff says use of nuclear weapons has grown more likely amid increasing uncertainty over North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's intentions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 25, 2017
The popularity of the psychopath is a mind puzzle
Psychopaths, says neuroscientist Nobuko Nakano in her 2016 bestseller "Saikopasu" ("Psychopaths"), tend to share two personality traits. Freedom from fear and anxiety is one. Indifference to other people's feelings is another.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 25, 2017
Raul Castro meets North Korea minister amid hope Cuba can defuse tensions
Cuban President Raul Castro met with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho on Friday amid hopes the communist-run island might be able to convince its Asian ally to avert a showdown with the United States.

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