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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 30, 2022
Kim Jong Un’s ‘precious child’ shows regime to stay
It's still not known whether the regime views his 'precious child” as Kim's heir, or whether that status would belong to the older brother she's rumored to have.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 27, 2022
Kim vows North Korea to have world's most powerful nuclear force
Kim also noted that North Korean scientists had made a 'wonderful leap forward in the development of the technology of mounting nuclear warheads on ballistic missiles.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 26, 2022
Xi tells Kim China willing to work with North Korea for 'world peace'
The message from Chinese leader Xi Jinping came days after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in one of its most powerful tests yet.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Nov 22, 2022
In male-dominated North Korea, leadership prospects of Kim's daughter uncertain
Some analysts argue that despite North Korea's deeply patriarchal society, gender may not disqualify a daughter or another woman from taking the reins.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Nov 20, 2022
North Korea's Kim has revealed he has a daughter. Why now?
The first public appearance of an heir to the isolated country's leader may offer clues into plans for his regime and its nuclear arsenal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 19, 2022
North Korea, vowing to counter threats with nukes, says test was of new ICBM
Pyongyang said the Hwasong-17 ICBM launch was part of its 'top-priority defence-building strategy,' with the North labeling the missile 'the strongest strategic weapon in the world.'
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 18, 2022
Kishida says North Korean ICBM fell into Japan EEZ off Hokkaido
The suspected intercontinental ballistic missile was believed to have fallen into waters 210 kilometers off Hokkaido.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 9, 2022
North Korea launches missile as U.S. counts midterm election votes
The Defense Ministry said the missile had traveled for 250 kilometers, hitting a maximum altitude of 50 km before falling into the Sea of Japan, outside Japan's exclusive economic zone.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Nov 8, 2022
Spate of launches raises prospect of North Korean missile with multiple nuclear warheads
Such a weapon would potentially allow for a single missile to drop nuclear warheads on a broad swath of targets, complicating missile defense efforts.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 8, 2022
The weakest link? North Korea's crumbling air force
Pyongyang has long condemned joint military exercises by Seoul and Washington, calling them rehearsals for an invasion — but it has appeared especially sensitive to air force drills.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 5, 2022
North Korea continues frenetic pace of missile launches as U.S. B-1B bombers fly to South
The missiles were the latest in a flurry of launches by the North, including one of an intercontinental ballistic missile that was believed to have failed in-flight over the Sea of Japan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 5, 2022
U.S.-China friction gives Kim Jong Un the freedom to fire away
North Korea's unprecedented barrage of missiles is underscoring the cost of Washington's tensions with Beijing, since China has shown little appetite for more sanctions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 4, 2022
Seoul scrambles jets after detecting 180 North Korean warplanes
The air sorties follows a record-breaking blitz of missile tests by Pyongyang this week.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 4, 2022
North Korea missile salvo hits the law of diminishing returns
These days, markets are more concerned with U.S. Fed Chief Jerome Powell than North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his missiles. So what's Pyongyang's game plan?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 2, 2022
North Korea fires off at least 23 missiles, including one landing near South Korean waters
The South's military announced later in the day that its fighter jets had responded by firing three missiles into waters north of the de facto marine border between the two nations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 1, 2022
North Korea threatens U.S. with ‘powerful measures’ over drills
North Korea threatened to unleash a powerful action if the U.S. does not halt joint military drills with partners including South Korea, in what might be an effort by Kim Jong Un to lay the ground for his first nuclear test in five years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 25, 2022
South Korea's Yoon says preparations for seventh North Korean nuke test complete
The South Korean leader said Pyongyang was ready to conduct a nuclear blast for the first time since 2017, with Seoul saying the test could come before the Nov. 8 U.S. midterm elections.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 19, 2022
Fate of two Koreas' 2018 military agreement in balance amid rising tensions
The agreement, intended to lower tensions on the peninsula, was hanging in the balance after the North again fired hundreds of artillery shells into a maritime 'buffer zone.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2022
The North Korean crisis just around the corner
The war in Ukraine and the escalating rivalry between the U.S. and China may fuel North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un to further his nuclear ambitions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 18, 2022
Demanding Pyongyang disarm may hurt more than help
Does the demand that North Korea give up its nuclear weapons deepen the instability that it is ostensibly aimed at eliminating?

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