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Julian RyallDeutsche Welle |
North Korea has ramped up its rhetoric, but stopped short of provoking a fight. Pyongyang, buoyed by ties with Russia, remains wary of its military...
North Korea has ramped up its rhetoric, but stopped short of provoking a fight. Pyongyang, buoyed by ties with Moscow, remains wary of its military...
Pyongyang is reportedly sending thousands of its soldiers to fight against Ukraine. Most of them have never been abroad before — and even traveling...
Japan's ruling LDP is looking for answers, and new coalition partners, after losing its parliamentary majority in a snap election called by the new...
A group of 11 nations including the US, Germany and Japan hopes to halt transfers of banned technology and arms into North Korea amid a UN deadlock....
The situation in North Korea is "unstable" and predicting the regime's future actions has become more complicated, say analysts.
The situation in North Korea is "unstable" and predicting the regime's future actions has become more complicated, say analysts.
Japanese nationals have become increasingly jittery over traveling to China after several Japanese were targeted in violent attacks.
Since 1956, Japanese group Nihon Hidankyo has campaigned to help survivors of the 1945 atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as has called for the...
The two Koreas have long been at ideological and military loggerheads. But escalating nuclear rhetoric is heightening concerns and risks of an...
Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba must rebuild the Liberal Democratic Party's reputation after scandals and convince the public that the economy is safer in...
Even with South Korea's birthrate hitting record lows, many older Koreans are still horrified at the idea of a single parent. Young people are more...
Once seen as ostentatious, an imposition on others, and unnecessary in a culture that famously enjoys bathing, perfumes and scents are finally...
Removing highly radioactive fuel debris is critical to securing and decommissioning reactors destroyed in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. But such a...
Tourism is a key lifeline for Pyongyang to obtain foreign currency, as the industry lies outside of the scope of international sanctions. The state is...
Several electric vehicle fires in South Korea have dented sales as buyers worry about potential battery hazards. Carmakers are responding by cutting...
The Japanese prime minister will not contest a party leadership vote in September despite an impressive performance on the international stage. But...
Officers are to join the United Nations Command, which has monitored the uneasy armistice on the peninsula since the end of the Korean War in 1953....
Rome is deploying its flagship aircraft carrier to the Indo-Pacific region for joint exercises with the Japanese navy. Italy is also working together...
A major new defense deal between Pyongyang and Moscow is stoking concern that Russia could ship weapons to North Korea, and share know-how with Kim...
Tensions between the two Koreas are running high after Pyongyang signs a major defense deal with Russia and sends trash-filled balloons over the...
Young people are lured to the cities with the promise of more money and entertainment. This in turn leaves traditional farms short of workers — and...
Both Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un are ostracized from much of the international community. With Putin visiting Pyongyang, the two leaders want to...
The two Koreas are facing off again, with "warning shots" fired in the DMZ and Seoul blasting propaganda in response to Pyongyang's...
Three teenage girls, more than 40 suspected assailants, and YouTube as a weapon of what some call vigilante justice — anger is bubbling up again in...
Teenagers have banded together to escape abuse and neglect but find themselves drawn toward drugs and sex work — with pitifully little support...
South Korea has suspended a 2018 peace agreement and said it might resume propaganda broadcasts into the North after Pyongyang sent thousands of...
South Korea has suspended a 2018 peace agreement and said it may resume propaganda broadcasts into the North after Pyongyang sent thousands of...
South Korea has suspended a 2018 peace agreement and said it may resume propaganda broadcasts into the North after Pyongyang sent thousands of...
During his tenure, the former South Korean leader was criticized for his naivete in dealings with North Korea and believing promises from dictator Kim...
Once an economic powerhouse that was the envy of much of the world, there is deep concern in Tokyo that the economies of China and Germany have...
Pyongyang and Tehran are united by their grievances against the US and could exchange drone and nuclear secrets within an emerging anti-Western bloc.
Pyongyang and Tehran are united by their grievances against the US and could exchange drone and nuclear secrets within an emerging anti-Western bloc.
Japan was once the world's leading chip manufacturer. Now, concerns over supply chains and geopolitical tensions have prompted the government to go on...
Japan was once the world's leading chip manufacturer. Now, concerns over supply chains and geopolitical tensions have prompted the government to...
Conservatives have largely dropped a fiercely-held opposition to a woman assuming Japan's throne as empress. But critics say their proposals could...
The allies of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol have suffered a resounding defeat and lost their majority in parliament. Yoon might yet get a...
Washington and Tokyo plan to upgrade defense ties to maintain security and peace in the Asia-Pacific region. President Joe Biden and PM Fumio Kishida...
President Yoon Suk Yeol is deeply unpopular with the electorate ahead of Wednesday's parliamentary vote, with the left-leaning Democratic Party...
The only group of people less welcome than sexual minorities are former convicts, a study shows, with 72% of South Koreans not wanting them in their...
Shimonoto's father was a 30-year-old fisherman when the US detonated Castle Bravo on Bikini Atoll. Doctors later removed three-quarters of his...
Japan wants the return of its nationals abducted by the North decades ago, and Pyongyang is looking for sanctions relief. However, big hurdles remain...