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Ma Ying-jeou visits birthplace of Sun Yat-sen, calls for peace and prosperity

Ma and his group also visited the office of BYD, China's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge on Tuesday.

  • Published: April 3, 20249:20 am
  • Author Jiang Chenglong
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North Korea fires ballistic missile into East Sea: South Korean military

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said it detected a missile presumed to be intermediate-range class fired from the Pyongyang region at 6:53 am but did not provide further…

  • Published: April 2, 20249:59 am
  • Author Kim Arin
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US President Biden plans summit with Japan, South Korea for NATO meeting sidelines

They will likely discuss how to work together to deter North Korea and China, among other issues.

  • Published: April 2, 20248:42 am
  • Author Hiroshi Tajima
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North Korea trying to woo Japan with leaders’ summit, but Kishida faces difficult choices

Tokyo must accept Pyongyang’s weapons programme and treat its abductions of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 1980s as a resolved issue for such a summit to be held, according…

  • Published: March 27, 20249:33 am
  • Author Walter Sim
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South Korea rebuts China’s criticism of Summit for Democracy

Chinese Foreign Ministry's spokesperson Lin Jian previously said "China consistently opposes the instrumentalisation and weaponisation of democracy issues in principle," in…

  • Published: March 20, 20241:06 pm
  • Author Ji Da-gyum
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North Korea may ramp up provocations after month long break

The ruling People Power Party believes North Korea may escalate aggressions ahead of South Korea’s general election and the US presidential election.

  • Published: March 19, 20248:53 am
  • Author Kim Arin
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North Korea launches 3 ballistic missiles, with projectiles believed to have come down outside Japan’s EEZ

All three missiles had a maximum altitude of about 50 kilometres, and flew about 350 kilometres, with no damage to aircraft or ships confirmed.

  • Published: March 19, 20248:52 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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North Korea fires unspecified ballistic missile toward East Sea: Joint Chief of Staff

This marks the North's second ballistic missile launch of the year since the first on Jan 14, 2024.

  • Published: March 18, 20248:52 am
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US general voices concerns over ‘increasingly advanced’ long-range North Korean missiles

In the absence of dialogue with Seoul and Washington, Pyongyang has been doubling down on projects to develop various formidable weapons.

  • Published: March 15, 20248:53 am
  • Author The Korea Herald
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South Korea willing to issue new joint document with Japan as 60th anniversary draws closer

The issue of lawsuits regarding former wartime requisitioned workers from the Korean Peninsula has been an obstacle to the improvement of the relationship between the two…

  • Published: March 14, 20248:30 am
  • Author Takayuki Nakagawa

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