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KOREA

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 25, 2017
Trump's unraveling Korea policy
With every tweet by Donald Trump, Asian officials find it more difficult to believe the U.S. remains committed to their security. Nowhere is that more true than in South Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 25, 2017
On Korean War anniversary, South urges North to end weapons development
South Korea marked the anniversary of the start of the 1950-53 Korean War on Sunday with a call for the North to halt development of its missiles and nuclear programs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2017
North Korea denies torturing Warmbier, says it is 'biggest victim' in U.S. student's death
North Korea has issued its first comments on the death of U.S. college student Otto Warmbier, who had been held by Pyongyang for more than a year before his June 13 release, calling the 22-year-old's passing "a mystery" and labeling themselves as "the biggest victim of this incident."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 22, 2017
North Korea's real strategy
The idea that North Korea will abandon its weapons programs in exchange for the promise of security and regime survival has been tested has failed whenever it has been tested.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 22, 2017
U.S. asks China to do more to rein in North Korea
The United States pressed China to exert more economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea to help rein in its nuclear and missile programs during a round of high-level talks in Washington on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 21, 2017
Toshiba selects three-way tie-up for chip unit sale, appearing to prioritize government concerns
Toshiba Corp. has chosen a consortium formed by Japanese, South Korean and U.S. investors as the preferred bidder for the sale of its flash memory business, the company said Wednesday, in a move that appears to have prioritized government concerns.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 21, 2017
Trump says China efforts on North Korea haven't 'worked out'
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that efforts by China to rein in North Korea have failed, suggesting he's weighing new options to deal with a regime that's vowed to develop nuclear weapons capable of striking the U.S. mainland.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2017
U.S. sends bombers to drill with Japan, South Korea as Moon lambastes North over Warmbier death
The U.S. Air Force sent two B-1B strategic bombers stationed on Guam on a wide-ranging flight for joint drills with the Air Self-Defense Force and South Korea's military Tuesday, just hours after the death of a former U.S. detainee in North Korea was announced.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 20, 2017
Warmbier death is latest twist in fraught U.S.-North Korea ties
Otto Warmbier, an American college student who fell into a coma while detained by North Korea and was returned to the U.S. last week in a stunning display of diplomatic prowess, has died, his family said Monday — the latest twist in increasingly fraught ties between Washington and Pyongyang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 19, 2017
North Korea accuses U.S. authorities of 'mugging' diplomats, seizing mysterious 'diplomatic package'
Pyongyang has accused U.S. authorities of having "mugged" a delegation of North Korean officials by seizing a mysterious "diplomatic package" at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, state media reported Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 18, 2017
Their lives disrupted, South Korean grannies vow to fight U.S. THAAD deployment to the end
In Soseong-ri, a small farming village of about 80 residents in southern South Korea, a band of elderly women is at the forefront of protests against the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system next to their neighborhood.
Japan Times
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Jun 17, 2017
Kansai takes measured view on missile drills
Over the past two months, hardly a week has passed without news of another North Korean missile launch. It's become routine: An early morning South Korean media report, based on government sources, says that "an object has been launched," forcing politicians, bureaucrats, and journalists in Tokyo out...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 17, 2017
Veteran negotiator Richardson offers to go to North Korea to free three Americans and Canadian
Veteran former U.S. politician and diplomat Bill Richardson offered on Friday to visit North Korea to secure the release of three detained Americans and a Canadian after U.S. university student Otto Warmbier was brought back in a coma.
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.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
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.
'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.
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
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.

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