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KIM YU NA

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 27, 2018
Understanding Kim: Inside the U.S. effort to profile the secretive North Korean leader
U.S. intelligence experts are trying to build a profile of Kim Jong Un to give President Donald Trump a competitive edge in one of the most consequential summits since the Cold War, but they face a huge challenge — figuring out a secretive North Korean ruler few people know much about.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 27, 2018
Korea peace dividend would flow mostly to impoverished North
Peace on the Korean Peninsula would offer far bigger economic benefits to impoverished, isolated North Korea than to the already developed South.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 27, 2018
When Pompeo met Kim: White House releases images of historic moment
The White House released photos of new U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shaking hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, marking the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the pariah nation since 2000.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 26, 2018
What a nuclear deal with North Korea might look like
These talks are a positive step, and make imminent war much less likely. If they unravel, however — which remains entirely possible — the result may be catastrophic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 26, 2018
Denuclearization to take center stage as Kim and Moon meet in rare inter-Korean summit
Sixty-five years after the Korean War ended in an armistice, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will become the first leader from the North to set foot on South Korean soil when he strides across the Demilitarized Zone on Friday for a historic summit with the rival South's president, Moon Jae-in.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 25, 2018
On North Korea's Kim, Trump shifts from 'Little Rocket Man' to 'very honorable' man
Ditching his derisive "Rocket Man" label for North Korea's leader, U.S. President Donald Trump shifted his assessment of Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, calling the dictator — whose country is said to operate a system of gulags — a "very honorable" man.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 25, 2018
Trump taps Pacific Command chief Harry Harris to be South Korea envoy ahead of Kim summit
U.S. Pacific Command chief Adm. Harry Harris, nominated to be ambassador to Canberra, will instead fill the long-vacant post of ambassador to South Korea, Australia's top diplomat said Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Apr 24, 2018
Risk grows as Korean diplomacy intensifies
U.S. and South Korean diplomacy with North Korea can only succeed if it is realistic and hard-nosed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 24, 2018
How to negotiate with North Korea
U.S. and South Korean negotiators should seek to secure a nuclear-weapons-free zone on the Korean Peninsula.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 23, 2018
Two contradictory proverbs
Few people in Japan are optimistic about the outcome of the Korean talks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 23, 2018
Trump isn't Nixon, North Korea isn't China
The key difference from Beijing in 1972: After any summit, North Korea will remain a weak client state.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 23, 2018
Trump falsely claims North Korea has agreed to denuclearize, but will it ditch its 'treasured sword'?
U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to serve up the dubious claim that North Korea has "agreed to denuclearization" ahead of his meeting with Kim Jong Un — an assertion at odds with what the White House has previously said and something Pyongyang has yet to say publicly.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 22, 2018
North Korea's surprise move unlikely to deepen U.S.-Japan rift ahead of Trump-Kim summit: experts
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sudden announcement Saturday that his country had suspended nuclear and longer-range missile tests and shut down its main atomic test site to focus on its sanctions-hit economy may have caught the U.S. and Japan off guard, but experts say it is unlikely to deepen any...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 21, 2018
Abe cautious as North Korea pledges to halt nuclear and longer-range missile tests just days before key summit
North Korea's suspension of nuclear and long-range missile tests draws wary praise and skepticism from experts less than a week before a pivotal inter-Korean summit.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 20, 2018
Person to person: North and South Korea get neighborly with direct hotline
Diplomatic foes North and South Korea installed a direct phone line between their leaders on Friday as they prepare for the first summit since 2007 — and the connection was great, the South's presidential office said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 20, 2018
Did North Korea's Kim Jong Un just remove a key stumbling block in negotiations with the U.S.?
By affirming that American troops can stay in South Korea under a possible nuclear deal, did North Korean leader Kim Jong Un just remove a key stumbling block in negotiations with the United States?
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
MUFG fires worker over ¥2 billion theft from clients’ safe deposit boxes
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is investigating the incident and consulting with the police.
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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