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SOUTH KOREA

JAPAN / Politics
Oct 29, 2019
Japan and South Korea deny reports of joint fund to address wartime labor issue
Top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga emphatically denied the report, saying it is “not factually true,” while a senior Foreign Ministry official claimed the report is “an outright lie.”
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 28, 2019
Japan's Foreign Ministry to provide Korean-language explanation of Rising Sun flag on website
Japan's Foreign Ministry plans to provide an explanation in Korean on use of the kyokujitsuki Rising Sun flag on its website, in addition to the details currently provided in Japanese and English.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 27, 2019
U.S. needs Japan and South Korea to make up
Resumed cooperation between America's most important allies in Asia is a core interest.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 27, 2019
Senior U.S. official for Asia to push South Korea to keep intelligence pact with Japan
Senior U.S. State Department official David Stilwell said Washington encourages the South Korean side to return to the intelligence-sharing agreement because it benefits all sides.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 26, 2019
K-pop star G-Dragon, leader of Big Bang, ends military service as fans mob base
Fans of the K-pop boy band Big Bang gathered on Saturday to see leader G-Dragon return to civilian life after his discharge from military service.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 25, 2019
South Koreans shun Japan's products but not its 27% REIT investment returns
While some in South Korea have been boycotting Japan, they seem to draw a line at financial products that generate high returns.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 25, 2019
North Korea tells South it wants to rebuild 'shabby' Mount Kumgang resort
North Korea has notified Seoul that it wants to discuss the rebuilding of facilities constructed by South Korea at the North's Mount Kumgang resort, an important symbol of cooperation between the Koreas, the government said on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 24, 2019
Breakthrough elusive as Abe meets South Korean prime minister amid strained bilateral ties
Abe told Lee that the two countries were important neighbors and it was vital they work together to address North Korea's nuclear program.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2019
Asian nations face U.S. currency manipulation listing threat
Asia is bracing for the latest U.S. Treasury report on foreign currency manipulators, set for release amid a trade war that shows no sign of ending.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 24, 2019
Wife of former South Korean Justice Minister Cho Kuk arrested in corruption scandal
South Korean authorities arrested the wife of a former justice minister on Thursday who was at the center of a graft scandal and was a close political confidant of President Moon Jae-in after a court upheld prosecutors' request for a warrant.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 23, 2019
Wife of North Korea's Kim makes first public appearance in nearly four months
The wife of Kim Jong Un made her first appearance in state media Wednesday after a nearly four-month absence, showing up in photos accompanying the North Korean leader on a visit to a flagship tourist development with the South that Kim condemned as an eyesore and ordered demolished.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 23, 2019
Kim Jong Un wants South Korean facilities at Mount Kumgang resort removed, North state media says
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said South Korean facilities in the Mount Kumgang tourist resort must be removed by agreement with South Korean authorities, and rebuilt in a modern way by North Korean methods, North Korean state news agency KCNA said on Wednesday.

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