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February 01, 2019

Former South Korean governor convicted of sexual abuse

A South Korean appeals court sentenced a former provincial governor to 3½ years in prison on Friday on charges of sexually ...

February 01, 2019

Woman enslaved by Japan's military mourned near protest site

The funeral procession of a woman sexually enslaved by Japanese soldiers as a girl during WWII concluded Friday near the ...

January 30, 2019

SKoreans mourn death of wartime sex slave who fought Tokyo

A South Korean woman who was forced as a girl into a brothel and sexually enslaved by the Japanese military during World War ...

January 23, 2019

Seoul accuses Japanese patrol plane of threatening flight

South Korea's military accused Japan of a "clear provocation" over what it said was a threatening low-altitude flight by a ...

January 14, 2019

Heavy smog, worsened by weather, raises alarm across Asia

Unusually high levels of smog worsened by weather patterns are raising alarm across Asia, with authorities in Thailand's hazy ...

January 11, 2019

UN expert: N.Korea nuclear talks should include human rights

A U.N. rights investigator said Friday that negotiations on North Korea's denuclearization must also include its abysmal ...

January 08, 2019

Kim Jong Un travels to China ahead of possible 2nd US summit

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was expected to meet Tuesday with China's president at the start of a visit to Beijing ...

January 08, 2019

North Korea's Kim Jong Un arrives in Beijing for talks

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing on Tuesday at the start of a four-day visit, in what's likely an effort ...

January 08, 2019

The Latest: NKorea leader's motorcade leaves Beijing station

The Latest on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's visit to China (all times local): 12:15 a.m. A long motorcade including ...

January 04, 2019

A look at high-profile defections from North Korea

North Korea's top diplomat to Italy, who South Korea's spy agency says has gone into hiding along with his wife, appears to ...

January 04, 2019

North Korean envoy to Italy vanishes _ did he defect?

North Korea's top diplomat in Italy has gone into hiding along with his wife, according to a South Korean lawmaker, raising ...

January 03, 2019

SKorean lawmaker: Spy agency says NKorean diplomat in hiding

North Korea's acting ambassador to Italy, Jo Song Gil, went into hiding with his wife in November, South Korea's spy agency ...

January 03, 2019

The Latest: Defector: Missing NKorean from prominent family

The Latest on the disappearance of a North Korean diplomat and his wife from Italy (all times local): 1 p.m. A North Korean ...

January 03, 2019

The Latest: Defector: Missing NKorean from prominent family

The Latest on the disappearance of a North Korean diplomat and his wife from Italy (all times local): 1 p.m. A North Korean ...

January 02, 2019

Asian stocks skid after weak China factory readings

Asian stock markets tumbled Wednesday as 2019 trading began with news of weaker Chinese manufacturing. KEEPING SCORE: The ...

December 30, 2018

N. Korean leader calls for more talks with South in new year

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a letter to South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Sunday calling for more peace talks ...

December 29, 2018

Trump and China loom over a tumultuous year in Asia

To judge by the stream of extraordinary images on the Korean Peninsula, you might think 2018 marked the beginning of an ...

December 28, 2018

Japan shows video of alleged radar lock-on by SKorea warship

Japan released video footage Friday it said proved a South Korean warship locked its fire-control radar onto a Japanese ...

December 28, 2018

Japan falls, other Asian stocks gain after Wall Street rally

Most Asian stock markets gained Friday while Japan edged down following Wall Street's rally at the end of a turbulent week.