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KIM YU NA

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 24, 2016
U.S. says deal with China on North Korea at U.N. still far off
The United States is not close to an agreement with China on new United Nations Security Council measures to impose on North Korea over its fourth nuclear test earlier this month, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jan 23, 2016
Tabloids go nuclear on North's bomb test
On Jan. 6, North Korea once again stunned the world with a test of what it claimed was a hydrogen bomb, ratcheting up tensions in northeast Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 20, 2016
North Korea nuclear test did not increase its technical capability, U.S. military says
North Korea's Jan. 6 nuclear test did not expand its technical capability, but the U.S. government is keeping a close eye on Pyongyang's efforts to develop a thermonuclear warhead capable of reaching the United States, the head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2016
Persuading China to cooperate against the North
The U.S., South Korea and Japan have run out of options to forestall a nuclear North Korea. It's time to make a deal with China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 19, 2016
North Korean propaganda drops into defector's yard in South
The irony wasn't lost on Lee Min Bok when he spotted propaganda leaflets fluttering down in front of his home just south of the border dividing the Korean peninsula: it was airborne pamphlets flown the other way that convinced him to defect from the north more than two decades ago.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 19, 2016
Nuclear test seen as move to boost Kim's legitimacy as Pyongyang readies for rare party congress
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's recent nuclear weapon test was designed to boost his domestic legitimacy ahead of a rare ruling party conference in May that could formalize market-based economic experiments in the isolated country, analysts say.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 14, 2016
Don't believe all the myths about North Korea
Before figuring out what can be done about North Korea and its seemingly crazy dictatorship, we mustn't fall prey to four common myths about the hermit kingdom.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 13, 2016
North Korea turns more erratic as Kim's inner circle shrinks
Days after North Korea conducted its fourth nuclear test, its official television network showed the No. 2 man in the regime, 60-something Gen. Hwang Pyong So, kneeling and covering his mouth to address leader Kim Jong Un, who nodded in his seat as he turned his face away.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Jan 12, 2016
Kim impressed after 11-year-old You wins national title
History was made in Seoul on Sunday at the South Korean national championships when 11-year-old You Young won the senior women's singles competition.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 12, 2016
Analysis finds North Korea faked footage showing submarine-launched missile test
Footage of a North Korean submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) test released by Pyongyang two days after it announced it had conducted the country's fourth nuclear test last week was faked, according to an analysis by a California-based think tank.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 12, 2016
U.S. official says Washington may send strategic assets, but no warheads, to South Korea
The United States and South Korea are discussing deploying more U.S. "strategic assets" to the region after North Korea's atomic test last week but not restoring U.S. nuclear arms to the South, a U.S. official said Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jan 12, 2016
Despite poverty, sanctions North Korea nuclear program thrives with low-cost labor
North Korea has developed a nuclear weapons program despite poverty and international sanctions, using home-grown technology and virtually free labor to cut costs, experts said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 12, 2016
Source says North Korea seeks China's aid on treaty with U.S., tests to continue without one
North Korea is seeking a peace treaty with the United States, China and South Korea to formally end the Korean War, and it will not stop its nuclear tests until one is achieved, a person who relayed the same message from North Korea to China has said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2016
Did Kim just provoke China?
President Xi Jinping should tighten the screws on China's recalcitrant ally after the rogue nation's latest nuclear test.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2016
Why North Korea's latest blast isn't a game-changer
Ultimately, North Korea's latest nuclear test is a status-quo event.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 6, 2016
Stephen Bosworth, former U.S. envoy to North Korea, dies at 76
Stephen Bosworth, a veteran U.S. diplomat who for many years headed Washington's engagement with North Korea, has died. He was 76.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 5, 2016
The ghosts of North Korea
Will North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ever be able to act in his country's real interests, and not those of his fantasies?
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
Are you leaving your loved ones digital legacies or headaches?
The National Consumer Affairs Center reports a growing number of consultations regarding "digital legacies" — data and online services left behind when people die.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu

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