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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 23, 2018
Pentagon says U.S. will 'indefinitely' halt 'select' military exercises with South Korea as talks with North progress
The U.S. Defense Department announced Friday that it had "indefinitely suspended select" military exercises with South Korea less than two weeks after President Donald Trump's historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 23, 2018
Identifying remains of U.S. troops returned by North Korea may be challenging
The U.S. military will face a difficult task in identifying the remains of soldiers missing from the Korean War as the Pentagon prepares to receive them from North Korea in the coming days, officials and experts said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 22, 2018
Peace doesn't pay: How foreign companies have lost a fortune in North Korea
Months before the first summit between the leaders of the two Koreas in 2000, South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Inc. invested $730,000 in Pyongyang's top computer lab. North Korean programmers there would develop online chess games and food recipes for Samsung to sell outside the North.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 19, 2018
North Korea's Kim heads to China with nukes and summit likely on agenda
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un began a two-day visit Tuesday, Chinese state-run television said, exactly a week after Kim's landmark summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, as Beijing seeks a larger role in talks with Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 19, 2018
U.S. and South Korea suspend joint military exercise in move likely to stoke concern in Japan
The Pentagon said Monday that the United States had agreed with South Korea to halt the Ulchi Freedom Guardian "war game" in August, in a move analysts said would stoke concern in Tokyo.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 16, 2018
Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono could meet North Korean counterpart at ASEAN forum in Singapore in August
The government is considering holding a meeting of foreign ministers with North Korea on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Regional Forum in Singapore in early August, informed sources have said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 16, 2018
Trump nominee for ambassador to South Korea, Harry Harris, backs 'pause' in military exercises
President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to South Korea on Thursday backed the idea of a "pause" in major military exercises with South Korea, while talks on the North's nuclear program continue.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 15, 2018
Seoul says presence of U.S. forces can't be negotiated away in U.S. talks with North Korea
U.S. forces in South Korea are not subject to negotiations between North Korea and the United States, as they are a matter for the alliance between United States and South Korea, a senior official in South Korea's presidential office said on Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 15, 2018
Trump says his agreement with North Korea will be good for China
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised China's President Xi Jinping for helping secure an agreement toward North Korea's denuclearization, and said the deal would be good for Beijing.

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