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N. Korea reopens cross-border hotline with S. Korea
Kyodo News, Published on 03/01/2018
» North Korea reopened a cross-border communication link with South Korea on Wednesday, the South's Unification Ministry said, in the latest sign Pyongyang is eager to improve ties with Seoul amid heightened tensions over the North's nuclear and missile programmes.
US B-1 bomber flies over Korea in show of force
Kyodo News, Published on 07/12/2017
» SEOUL: The United States flew a B-1B bomber over the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday amidst a combined air combat exercise being held this week with South Korea, the latter's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
4 bodies, likely from N. Korea, found along Japan coast
Kyodo News, Published on 04/12/2017
» TOKYO: Four bodies, suspected of being from North Korea, were found Monday along Japan's northern coast on the Sea of Japan, local authorities said.
13 dead after fishing boat capsizes off S. Korean coast
Kyodo News, Published on 03/12/2017
» Thirteen people were killed and two are missing after a fishing boat with 22 people aboard collided with a tanker and capsized off the west coast of South Korea on Sunday, local media quoted the coast guard as reporting.
N. Korea claims just-tested ICBM can hit entire US
Kyodo News, Published on 29/11/2017
» North Korea claimed Wednesday it has successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile that is capable of hitting anywhere in the United States with a nuclear warhead.
Trump asked Asean to tighten N.Korean isolation
Kyodo News, Published on 16/11/2017
» MANILA: In a move to increase the economic isolation of North Korea, US President Donald Trump asked Asean leaders to do all they could to tighten the trade boycott imposed on North Korea, diplomatic sources said Wednesday.
Number of foreign visitors to Japan up 18.3%
Kyodo News, Published on 15/11/2017
» The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan this year totalled 23.79 million by the end of October, up 18.3% from a year earlier, the Japan Tourism Agency said Wednesday.
RCEP leaders hold first-ever summit
News, Kyodo News, Published on 15/11/2017
» MANILA: Leaders from 16 countries including China, India and Thailand began their first-ever summit yesterday to discuss an East Asian free trade deal that has been seen as a China-led rival to the Trans-Pacific Partnership that Japan has been trying to rejuvenate since the US withdrew earlier this year.
Record 24m foreigners visit Japan in 2017
Kyodo News, Published on 10/11/2017
» TOKYO: The number of foreign visitors to Japan this year has established a new record, exceeding the previous high of over 24 million logged last year, Japan's tourism minister said Friday.
Apec pre-summit talks stall on trade
Kyodo News, Published on 09/11/2017
» DANANG: Ministers from 21 Pacific Rim economies who were discussing free trade and regional economic cooperation failed Wednesday to agree on a joint statement and have decided to extend talks to Thursday, the Japanese government said.