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MPs approve Suga as PM, as outgoing leader promises support for successor who vowed to continue his policiesYoshihide Suga has been installed as Japan’s prime minister, after the lower house of parliament approved his appointment as successor to Shinzo…
More than 400 infections traced to Seoul church, whose leader has tested positiveCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSouth Korea has warned that it is on the brink of a new coronavirus crisis and could introduce stricter control…
Despite North Korean leader’s absence from key events, experts in the South say he is most probably at resort town of Wonsan Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageKim Jong-un is not ill and could be sheltering from the coronavirus…
Pyongyang’s tight rein on the flow of intelligence means the outside world knows little about the missing rulerKim Jong-un has not been seen in public for more than two weeks, yet the world has few clues as to the North Korean leader’s whereabouts or t…
Moon Chung-in quashes health rumours, saying North Korean leader has been in Wonsan – a resort town in the country’s east – since 13 AprilSouth Korea has said that Kim Jong-un, is “alive and well”, downplaying rumours that that the North Korean leader …
Stephen Biegun says on visit to Seoul that recent statements by Pyongyang were ‘so hostile and negative’The US special envoy for North Korea has dismissed a year-end deadline set by Pyongyang to make concessions in stalled nuclear talks, but said Washi…
Plants will close during coldest months in a bid to reduce high levels of fine dust particlesSouth Korea will temporarily shut down up to a quarter of its coal-fired power plants next month in an attempt to combat dangerously high levels of fine dust p…
US president says potential Democratic rival is ‘somewhat better than that’ and urges North Korean leader to agree nuclear dealDonald Trump has come to the defence of one of his potential rivals for the presidency, telling North Korea its recent descri…
US president says potential Democratic rival is ‘somewhat better than that’ and urges North Korean leader to agree nuclear dealDonald Trump has come to the defence of one of his potential rivals for the presidency, telling North Korea its recent descri…
State media reports arrival of Choe In-guk, son of ex-foreign minister who defected in 1986The son of the highest-profile South Korean ever to defect to North Korea has reportedly defected to the communist state in a rare switch of political allegiance…