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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 19, 2023
South Korea's Yoon opens door for possible military aid to Ukraine
It was the first time that Seoul suggested a willingness to provide weapons to Ukraine, more than a year after ruling out the possibility of lethal aid.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 18, 2023
G7 top diplomats spotlight unity on China and Russia amid talk of rift
A joint statement was used to emphasize their unity in tackling geopolitical challenges including Chinese assertiveness over Taiwan and the ongoing Ukraine war.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 18, 2023
Japan and South Korea resume security dialogue after five years
In March this year, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Moon Suk-yeol agreed to resume the security dialogue at an early date.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 17, 2023
China tensions top agenda as G7 diplomats meet in Japan
Top diplomats from Group of Seven countries have telegraphed what is likely to be in a joint statement, with officials stressing the importance of unity amid challenges in Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2023
South Korea fires warning shots after North's boat crosses sea border
South Korea's military said it fired warning shots and broadcast warnings to expel a North Korean patrol boat that breached the Northern Limit Line, the de facto sea boundary, on Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2023
U.S., Japan and South Korea look to regularize missile defense exercises to deter North Korea
Representatives from the three countries met Friday for talks in Washington, where they discussed the security environment on the Korean Peninsula and in the region.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 14, 2023
North Korea says it tested new stealthy solid-fuel ICBM
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the new ICBM, called a Hwasong-18, would 'radically promote the effectiveness of its nuclear counterattack posture.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2023
Most Korean plaintiffs in Japan forced-labor cases accept compensation plan
Those who have agreed to accept the government plan are bereaved families of 10 deceased victims.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 13, 2023
North Korean missile prompts Japan to issue brief evacuation warning
The rare activation of the country's J-Alert warning system had initially urged residents to take shelter either inside buildings or underground.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 13, 2023
South Koreans battling addiction find little support
Counselors have been trying to build more rehabilitation centers, but requests for government funding are said to fail amid poor awareness about the need for more facilities.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 13, 2023
South Korea tries $500 handouts to help get reclusive children outside
The new policy’s main goal is to help disadvantaged youth, but it’s also a way for the country to address its shrinking working-age population.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 12, 2023
South Korea to lend 500,000 rounds of artillery shells to U.S., report says
South Korea's defense ministry said the allies have been exploring ways to support Ukraine but declined to confirm specific discussions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2023
Yellow sand sweeps into Japan as government agencies urge caution
Dust has begun to cover areas from Hokkaido to northern Kyushu, and if yellow sand is observed in Tokyo, it would be the capital’s first in 16 years for the month of April.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 11, 2023
North Korea's Kim calls for more 'practical and offensive' war deterrent
The nuclear-armed North has reacted angrily to a recent spate of joint military exercises between the U.S. and South Korea — some of the largest in five years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 11, 2023
South Korea says leaked U.S. document fake as spy allegations roil alliance
The presidential office in Seoul said that a 'significant portion' of the information in leaked classified Pentagon documents detailing apparent U.S. spying on Seoul is untrue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 11, 2023
Seoul theater chain swaps screens for climbing walls to lure young Koreans
South Korea's largest multiplex movie chain operator started installing climbing walls in 2021 in one of its multiplexes, demolishing two movie screens to make way for the walls.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 11, 2023
Russian war in Ukraine shows end of post-Cold War era, Japan says in report
The symbolic conflict forces the international community to face a 'historical inflection point,' Japan's Foreign Ministry said in its annual Bluebook policy report released Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2023
South Korea eyes fines for corporate greenwashing
Under a draft law, a financial penalty of 3 million won will be handed out to companies that are deemed to have misled the public about their green credentials.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2023
North Korea cuts phone link with South after slamming ‘traitors’
South Korea’s Unification Ministry said that North Korea failed to respond for a fourth straight day to regularly held calls on an inter-Korean liaison communications channel.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2023
'Overwhelming' online abuse compounds families' grief after Seoul Halloween crush
The internet interpreted families' efforts to seek answers as an attack on the government, with right-wing trolls launching a coordinated counterattack.

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