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China travel warning for Japan sends shares in tourism and retail companies plunging
China warns citizens not to travel to Japan amid escalating row over comments about Taiwan made by PM Sanae Ta…
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Xi, Putin and Kim: behind the choreographed image that could symbolise a shift in the global balance of power
In an unprecedented spectacle the leaders of Russia, China and North Korea led a group of more than 20 world l…
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South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol removed from office after court upholds impeachment
The court said Yoon had ‘committed a grave betrayal of the trust of the people’ over his ill-fated declaration…
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Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol in South Korea: why has it taken so long and what happens next?
Suspended president faces charges of inciting insurrection – legally separate from impeachment proceedings but…
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Man who spent 45 years on death row in Japan hopes for chance to clear name
Iwao Hakamada, 88, who spent longer than anyone in the world awaiting execution, awaits murder retrial verdict…
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Shōgun: why the English samurai’s life and legacy still grip Japan 400 years on
Epic new TV adaptation of the 1975 novel reignites interest in the exploits of the Kent sailor William AdamsOn…
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BTS, Blackpink, Squid Game, kimchi … what’s the secret of South Korea’s world-conquering culture?
From K-pop to K-beauty, via film and fashion, South Korea is punching way above its weight. The boyband BTS al…
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Five key takeaways from the G20 meeting in Bali
From Xi Jinping’s first international appearance in three years to leaders snubbing Russia, here are the signi…
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Biden does not believe China has ‘imminent’ plans to invade Taiwan
US leader says he and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, had ‘candid and clear’ talks at G20 summit in BaliJoe Biden …
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Calls for stalking law overhaul in South Korea as woman’s murder shocks nation
Stabbing triggers accusations that authorities are failing to take violence against women seriouslyThe murder …
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‘My children saved my life’: the terrifying toll of a political scandal in South Korea
Exclusive: Dongyoun Cho, who resigned from politics after a storm over painful details from her private life, …
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Shinzo Abe assassination: Japanese head to polls in grief and disbelief
Prime minister Fumio Kishida warns violence will not be tolerated in defiant speech after the murder of former…
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From ‘tempestuous’ child to little rocket man: 10 years of Kim Jong-un
Some observers said he would survive a few months as the head of a nuclear-armed state but, a decade later, th…
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Cherry blossom festivals nipped in the bud as Japan leaves lockdown
Tree-viewing parties are banned as many coronavirus restrictions remainCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our…
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‘My mother begged me not to go’: the Japanese women who married Koreans – and never saw their family again
Mitsuko left Japan in 1960 for a new life in North Korea. Once there, she realised she – and hundreds of other…