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NORTH KOREA

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JAPAN
Oct 7, 2019
With U.S. help, Japan analyzing threat level from North Korean submarine-launched missiles
In cooperation with the U.S. military, the Defense Ministry in Tokyo is analyzing how much of a threat North Korean submarine-launched ballistic missiles may pose.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2019
Japanese fishermen and officials enraged over North Korea's missile firing
Fishermen and officials voiced anger and anxiety over North Korea's firing of a ballistic missile on Wednesday that fell into waters where Japanese fishing boats operate.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2019
North Korea fires ballistic missile built to be launched from submarine into Japan's EEZ
North Korea tested a suspected sub-launched ballistic missile in a technological advancement, if successful, could make it significantly more difficult to destroy its nuclear arsenal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 2, 2019
Japan's least bad choice on North Korea
The focus should be on deterring Pyongyang from starting a war or committing acts of aggression, containing it, and constructing defensive shields.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 2, 2019
The Korean Peninsula: A dangerous neighborhood
South Koreans live with an existential threat, one that President Moon Jae-in minimizes and that events might be maximizing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 27, 2019
How a sanctions-busting smartphone business thrives in North Korea
North Korea is evading U.N. sanctions by profiting on the soaring domestic demand for smartphones, according to defectors, experts and an analysis of North Korean-made phones.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 27, 2019
Pyongyang says lack of progress casts doubt on prospects for future summit with U.S.
North Korea said on Friday that a lack of progress in implementing agreements made between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cast doubt on prospects for a future summit, state news agency KCNA said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 21, 2019
North Korean chief negotiator welcomes Trump's call for 'new method' at nuclear talks
North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator welcomed on Friday U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that a "new method" be used in talks on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 21, 2019
North Korea rattled by 'natural' earthquake, South's weather agency reports
South Korea's state weather agency said Saturday that a 3.5 magnitude "natural" earthquake had hit the southern part of North Korea.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 18, 2019
Abe used Cabinet reshuffle to renew focus on North Korea abductions, but resolution remains out of reach
In last week's Cabinet reshuffle, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe replaced some of the key personnel responsible for handling the issue of North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals — again demonstrating his determination to resolve the decadeslong problem.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 17, 2019
Russia detains two North Korean vessels after attack in Sea of Japan: report
Russian border guards detained two North Korean racketeering vessels in Russian territorial waters in the Sea of Japan after one of them attacked a Russian patrol ship, the Tass news agency cited the Federal Security Service as saying on Tuesday.

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