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MOON JAE IN

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2021
South Korea wants pandemic winners to share profits with hard-hit firms
The idea has gained traction within the ruling party in recent weeks as the K-shaped nature of the recovery became clearer.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 20, 2021
South Korea's Moon taps ex-adviser as foreign minister
The nomination of Chung Eui-yong, 74, to replace Kang Kyung-wha as foreign minister was seen as a bid to help revive stalled denuclearization talks with North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 23, 2020
‘Each day is critical’: South Korea’s 11th-hour battle with COVID-19
In several provinces across South Korea, there are no ICU beds available to treat the rapidly rising number of COVID-19 patients. As of Monday, the government confirmed that there were only 42 beds available nationwide. In the Seoul metropolitan area, home to half of the country’s population and the...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 11, 2020
Cases surge in South Korea with COVID-19 vaccine still months away
South Korea's daily number of new cases was once as low as two per day. That number soared tou200b 682 on Thursday, with health officials warning it could reach record highs in coming days.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 30, 2020
The implausibility of the ‘Vietnam model’ for North Korea: The security factor
Kim Jong Un cannot decentralize the economy regardless of how external conditions develop as fear of losing control would render such reforms impossible.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 12, 2020
South Korea's Moon and Biden reaffirm commitment to alliance and peaceful peninsula
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President-elect Joe Biden reaffirmed their commitment to the two countries' alliance and a peaceful Korean Peninsula during a phone call on Thursday, Moon said on Twitter.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 28, 2020
South Korea's Moon targets carbon neutrality by 2050
Coal makes up 40% of South Korea's electricity mix and renewable power less than 6%, making its carbon dioxide emissions per capita among the highest in the region.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 26, 2020
Seoul suggests joint probe with Pyongyang over shooting of South Korean official
South Korea urged North Korea on Saturday to further investigate the fatal shooting of a South Korean fisheries official and suggested it could be an unprecedented joint probe by the two sides, as public and political outrage over the killing grew.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 24, 2020
PM Suga talks with Moon for first time but signals no fresh start
The 20-minute phone call offered a glimmer of hope that the ties between the two Asian countries may finally improve after having come to a standstill.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 23, 2020
Suga and Xi set for talks Friday, a day after Japan PM's call with Moon
Talks are aimed at expanding ties between Japan and China. The leaders are also expected to discuss Xi's state visit to Japan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 26, 2020
Moon risks U.S. rift with China policy, top South Korean opposition lawmaker says
South Korea is caught between maintaining strong ties with China — its biggest trading partner — and the U.S., its main military ally.
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2020
Moon Jae-in to focus on victims in 'comfort women' row with Japan
South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed Friday to spotlight the plight of South Korea's last few surviving "comfort women," who suffered under Japan’s military brothel system before and during World War II, in efforts to resolve a dispute with its neighbor over the thorny issue.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 12, 2020
Defectors say South Korea probes threaten North 'Underground Railroad'
A combination of coronavirus border closures and an unprecedented pressure campaign by a South Korean government keen to engage with North Korea may destroy networks defectors have long used to start new lives, activist groups say.
Freed anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson arrives in France
U.S.-Canadian anti-whaling environmental activist Paul Watson, who was released from prison in Greenland's capital Nuuk after five months in detention, arrives with Lamya Essemlali, president of Sea Shepherd France, at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy-en-France, near Paris, on Friday.
Nippon Steel alleges undue White House influence on doomed deal review
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at the Brookings Institution in Washington on Dec. 10.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Casual workouts, cool living, ‘complete’ food: Japan’s health trends of 2024
In 2024, efficiency trumped effort among Japan's fitness-focused aspirants.
The mighty Mekong River's growing plastic problem
A group of elephant keepers in Chiang Saen, Thailand, remove plastic waste from the Ruak River, a tributary of the Mekong River, as a pair of Asian elephants bathe behind them.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.

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