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SOUTH KOREA

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 2, 2021
North Korea threatens week-old detente over U.S.-led exercises
Kim Yo Jong, sister of the country's leader Kim Jong Un, said Sunday that the plan to hold annual allied exercises this month 'seriously undermines” efforts to restore ties with South Korea.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 1, 2021
What Tokyo and Seoul must do to meet their coal pledges
As Japan and South Korea work through policy implementation on ending funding for new coal projects, their decisions will reverberate beyond their borders.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 30, 2021
South Korea's An San brushes off hairstyle critics to win third gold
Top-seeded An held her nerve as both her final and semifinal went to shootoffs, downing Elena Osipova of the Russian Olympic Committee to take gold.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 28, 2021
North and South Korea in talks over summit and reopening liaison office
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have been exploring ways to improve strained ties by exchanging multiple letters since April.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 27, 2021
In surprise move, two Koreas restore communications and agree to improve ties
The unexpected agreement comes more than a year after Pyongyang blew up ties — and an inter-Korean building that had been symbolic of the relationship.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jul 24, 2021
South Korean TV network apologizes over Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony broadcast
Broadcaster MBC used images of pizza to describe Italy, upheaval for Haiti and Chernobyl for Ukraine when athletes from those countries entered the stadium for the opening ceremony.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jul 20, 2021
Moon’s Olympic absence points to protracted stalemate with Japan
Tokyo had been lukewarm on a visit, as it did not expect the South Korean president to propose solutions to festering grievances over historical, political and economic issues.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 20, 2021
South Korean leaders apologize for navy ship COVID-19 outbreak amid vaccine furor
Almost 250 of the 301-strong unvaccinated crew aboard the destroyer were infected, the country's biggest cluster of COVID-19 military cases.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 20, 2021
Caught between China and the U.S., Asian countries stockpile powerful new missiles
Asia is sliding into a dangerous arms race as smaller nations that once stayed on the sidelines build arsenals of advanced long-range missiles.
JAPAN
Jul 19, 2021
South Korea’s Moon scraps plan to visit Tokyo for Olympics
Plans to hold the first in-person summit between the leaders of Japan and South Korea had hit a snag over a disparaging comment by a Japanese diplomat about the South Korean president.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 16, 2021
South Korean youth fight 'click war' in hunt for COVID-19 vaccines
Many young South Koreans feel unfairly singled out by authorities as the main driver of its COVID-19 outbreak, even as the government prioritizes vaccine distribution to older people.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 16, 2021
World carved up into haves and have-nots by mRNA vaccine access
The cutting-edge technology, which made its debut during the pandemic, has proven more effective than any other in staving off infections and serious illness from the coronavirus.

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Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
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