White House dismisses Trump remarks on Japan, South Korea
By GNA WASHINGTON, ACCRA, March 31 - (UPI/GNA) - The White House dismissed remarks on Japan and South Korea from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as "ridiculous." Trump, while airing his...
View ArticleJapanese welcome Abe's first meeting with South Korea's Park
TOKYO — Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe rose in a series of polls this week, after he achieved his long-held goal of a summit with South Korean President Park Geun-hye to try to mend...
View ArticleJapan, South Korea bickering just days before 3-way summit with China
SEOUL, South Korea — Leave it to perpetually squabbling Northeast Asia to spice up that most vanilla of diplomatic activities: the meet-and-greet, photo-op-ridden international summit. Only days before...
View ArticleJapan considering ending currency swap pact with South Korea: source
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is considering ending its 14-year-old, $10 billion currency swap agreement with South Korea amid a deterioration in relations between the two countries, a government source told...
View ArticleLeaders of SKorea, Japan mark anniversary of normalized ties
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of South Korea and Japan attended separate ceremonies Monday in their respective capitals marking the 50th anniversary of the resumption of normal ties — small,...
View ArticleKorean newspapers print obituaries for Umberto Eco, Harper Lee (Ministry of...
(Source: Ministry of Culture, Sports And Tourism of the Republic of Korea) Major Korean newspapers recently published obituaries of two great authors, mourning for the loss incurred by the global...
View ArticleJapan, South Korea mark 50-year treaty
" Foreign ministers from Japan and South Korea are holding a rare meeting Sunday on the eve of the 50th anniversary since their countries normalized relations marred by Japan's colonization and World...
View ArticleJapan Overtakes Korea in Drawing Global Tourists
Japan overtook Korea for the first time in seven years in attracting foreign tourists thanks to the weak yen. The Chosun Ilbo and the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute analyzed Japanese immigration...
View Article'Comfort Woman' Statue Sparks Diplomatic Row Between Japan And South Korea
A statue of a girl symbolizing Korean "comfort women" is unveiled last week during a ceremony in front of the Japanese Consulate in Busan, South Korea. The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images hide caption...
View ArticleJapan Journalist Threatened Over WWII Reporting Files Lawsuit
A Japanese journalist whose employer received bomb threats over his reporting about the country’s wartime past, said today he was suing a magazine and a university professor over allegations he faked...
View ArticleSeoul struggling to contain fallout from row over statue in Busan
South Korea is reeling from the diplomatic fallout with Japan over the "comfort women" statue issue, and is trying to signal its hopes that this latest bust-up will not cause lasting damage to...
View ArticleJapan More Unpopular Than Ever in Korea
Public opinion in Korea has worsened significantly over the last decade, and now more than half of Koreans have a negative opinion of Japan, a survey suggests. The findings come from a poll by the...
View ArticleDistrust between Japan and South Korea sky high, new poll finds
Distrust between South Korea and Japan is sky high, a new poll showed, as ties between two of Washington’s key Asian allies continue to deteriorate over historical grievances. A record-high 73 per cent...
View ArticleFormer Korean slaves demand Japan drop bid to give war factories Unesco world...
Koreans used as slave labour in Japanese factories during the second world war have demanded that Tokyo withdraw its bid to give some of those sites Unesco world heritage status, as Seoul ramps up its...
View ArticleBeyond Japan-ROK deal / North Korea threat edged Park closer to negotiate...
By Junichi Toyoura / Yomiuri Shimbun Seoul Bureau ChiefThis is the second installment of a two-part series. Members of the Korean Council for the Women Drafted for Military Sexual Slavery by Japan, a...
View ArticleFleet review a sign that Japan-South Korea relations are improving
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — South Korea’s plans to join a Japan Self-Defense Forces fleet review next month may be a sign of warming relations between the United States’ most important allies in the Far...
View ArticleNot friends yet: Japan, South Korea mark 50-year treaty
TOKYO (AP) — Foreign ministers from Japan and South Korea are due to hold a rare meeting on the eve of the 50th...
View ArticleNot friends yet, but Japan and South Korea are talking
TOKYO (AP) -- Foreign ministers from Japan and South Korea held a rare meeting Sunday on the eve of the 50th anniversary of their countries normalizing relations marred by Japan's colonization and...
View ArticleNot friends yet: Japan, S. Korea mark 50-year treaty
TOKYO (AP) -- Foreign ministers from Japan and South Korea are holding a rare meeting Sunday on the eve of the 50th anniversary since their countries normalized relations marred by Japan's colonization...
View ArticleAsia Power Women 2016
Director/Chairman Reliance Industries/Reliance Foundation See Story, Meet Nita Ambani, The First Lady Of Indian Business. Chairman & Managing Director State Bank of India Bhattacharya is facing her...
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