Anthony Kuhn
Stories
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World
Japan And South Korea Congratulate Biden, Hope For Steadier Relationship With U.S.
After four years of a president who challenged the worth of the U.S.-East Asia network of alliances, leaders in the region expect a return to traditional relations.
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Landmark Court Ruling In Japan Holds Government Accountable For 2011 Nuclear Meltdown
Japan's government is appealing a landmark court ruling that holds it responsible for failing to prevent the worst nuclear accident in the country's history and orders it to pay damages to victims.
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World
Kim Jong Un Puts New Missiles On Display At Military Parade In North Korea
The North Korean leader unveiled what appeared to be an upgraded and enlarged version of the Hwasong-15, an intercontinental ballistic missile thought to be capable of hitting the U.S.
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Doctors Say South Korea Health Care System Is Facing A Major Crisis
South Korea handled the coronavirus crisis well, but mid-pandemic doctors went on strike. Some say their profession is in crisis, with many abandoning essential medicine to go into cosmetic surgery.
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Japan's Parliament Picks Suga To Succeed Abe As Prime Minister
Yoshihide Suga, 71, was voted in as the country's next leader. Suga was outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's right-hand man, and is generally seen as an uncharismatic technocrat.
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World
New Coronavirus Cases Are On The Rise In South Korea
After months of keeping COVID-19 in check, and despite the public's cooperation with well-prepared health authorities, South Korea is battling a new upsurge in cases that could dwarf earlier ones.
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South Korea Admits Keeping Personal Data Of 2015 MERS Outbreak Patients
South Korean health authorities say they are storing personal data of 2015 MERS outbreak patients. Privacy advocates say this is illegal and a flaw in a mostly successful contact tracing system.
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World
North Korea Destroys Liasson Office It Shared With South Korea
The destruction appears to signal that after two years of diplomacy and summits involving the two Koreas and the U.S., it's back to a period of confrontation and provocations.
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2 Years After Singapore Summit, U.S.-North Korea Relations Back To Square 1
In a statement marking the summit's anniversary, North Korea accused the Trump administration of using the historic meeting to score political points and to isolate Pyongyang.
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Politics
U.S. Recruits Asian Allies To Confront China
The U.S. is trying to rally its main allies in Asia to confront China on COVID-19, Hong Kong, trade and other issues. It puts Japan and South Korea, who share deep trade ties with China, in a bind.