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SOCCER
Aug 25, 2018
Mana Iwabuchi, Yui Hasegawa lead Japan women past North Korea in Asian Games quarterfinals
Japan advanced to the semifinals in the Asian Games women's soccer tournament on Saturday with a 2-1 victory over defending champion North Korea.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 25, 2018
North Korea preparing large-scale military parade in September
Nuclear-armed North Korea is preparing for a large-scale military parade to mark its Foundation Day next month, researchers said Friday, the same day the White House canceled a trip by the top U.S. diplomat to Pyongyang.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 25, 2018
Trump scraps top diplomat's trip to North Korea, citing stalled nuclear negotiations
In a surprise announcement, U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday canceled a planned visit to North Korea by the United States' top diplomat next week just a day after it was announced, citing insufficient progress in negotiations for Pyongyang to relinquish its nuclear weapons.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 25, 2018
New North Korean ambassador to U.N. has yet to receive U.S. visa
North Korea's next Ambassador to the United Nations Kim Song has not yet received his visa to begin work at his new post in New York, an official told Kyodo News.
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JAPAN / Politics
Aug 24, 2018
Top diplomats from Japan, South Korea and U.S. to meet in Tokyo next week
The trilateral meeting will follow U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's trip to North Korea.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 24, 2018
South Korea sends sanctioned material to North: customs data
South Korea has sent 1 billion won ($893,239.96) worth of sanctioned material to North Korea, customs data showed on Friday, raising concern ties with the United States could be damaged as the South pursues cooperation with the North.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 24, 2018
Pompeo to visit North Korea next week as U.S. names new special envoy to nuclear-armed country
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo geared up for a fourth visit to North Korea, which he said Thursday was scheduled for next week, by announcing the filling of the long-open position of special representative to the nuclear-armed country.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 23, 2018
Imagery indicates North Korea has halted dismantling of missile site amid nuclear impasse with U.S.
Satellite imagery from last week shows that North Korea has halted the dismantling of a key missile engine testing site amid an apparent impasse in negotiations with the United States on its denuclearization, a monitoring group has said.
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JAPAN / Politics
Aug 23, 2018
In phone chat, Abe and Trump agree to pursue denuclearization of Korean Peninsula
The exchange comes ahead of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's expected visit to Pyongyang, which would be his fourth, as Washington tries to push North Korea into taking action.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 22, 2018
U.N. watchdog says no signs North Korea has halted nuclear activities
The United Nations' atomic watchdog has said it has not seen any signs that North Korea has halted its nuclear activities — including those at secret sites — despite its vows to work toward denuclearization at a landmark summit with the U.S. in June.
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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 21, 2018
In first, five defectors in Japan sue North Korea for ¥500 million over rights abuses
Five North Korean defectors in Japan filed a suit in Tokyo on Monday demanding Pyongyang pay ¥500 million in damages over its alleged human rights abuses.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 21, 2018
North Korea's Kim Jong Un criticizes his country's health sector
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un took aim at his country's health sector, state media reported Tuesday, the latest salvo of public criticism unleashed as part of his campaign to jump-start economic development.
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ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 21, 2018
As food crisis threatens, humanitarian aid for North Korea grinds to a halt
Humanitarian aid for North Korea has nearly ground to a halt this year as the United States steps up the enforcement of sanctions, despite warnings of a potential food crisis and improving relations with Pyongyang, aid groups say.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 21, 2018
Trump says he will 'most likely' meet North Korea's Kim again
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would "most likely" meet again with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, while defending his efforts to convince Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 20, 2018
U.N. aviation agency denies report saying it will send team to North Korea for on-site inspection
The International Civil Aviation Organization has denied a report that the U.N. agency was planning to send a team to North Korea to conduct "an on-site inspection" to ensure the safety of international flights from the country's missile launches, a spokesman told The Japan Times on Monday.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 19, 2018
North Korea to let U.N. aviation agency officials conduct on-site missile safety inspection
North Korea has agreed to allow International Civil Aviation Organization staff to conduct an on-site inspection to ensure the safety of international flights from the country's missile launches, according to officials with the Montreal-based U.N. agency.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 19, 2018
North Korea alludes to confrontation with U.S. over secret nuclear sites during negotiations
The United States has explicitly confronted North Korea about suspected secret nuclear weapons facilities during ongoing denuclearization negotiations, a commentary published over the weekend by the North's state-run media has appeared to show.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 19, 2018
China's Xi to visit North Korea next month for first time as president: report
Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit Pyongyang next month for ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of North Korea's founding, Singapore's The Straits Times newspaper has reported.
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MORE SPORTS
Aug 18, 2018
Indonesia raises curtain on Asian Games
Asia's biggest multisport event, attracting more than 10,000 athletes from across the continent and offshore islands, got underway Saturday for two weeks of competition in 40 sports ranging from the mainstream to the esoteric.
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JAPAN
Aug 18, 2018
Tokyo eyes policy shift on North
The government has been facing growing internal calls to overhaul its policy on North Korea by allowing talks on economic aid to precede the delayed effort to resolve the abduction issue, government sources said.

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