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Japan and South Korea reel from record-breaking heat
South Korea has experienced a record-breaking streak of ‘tropical nights’, while Japan saw its hottest day on …
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Ukrainian cities ‘terrorised’ by North Korean weapons in Russian hands – report
Multinational team monitoring sanctions says 20,000 container loads of missiles, artillery, rocket launchers a…
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Kim Jong-un furious as North Korea warship partly ‘crushed’ in launch gone wrong
South Korea said the destroyer was lying sideways in the water after ceremony to launch the new 5,000-tonne sh…
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Eighty years since the Tokyo firebombing, survivors are still awaiting recognition
More people were killed in the 1945 attack than the atomic bombing of Nagasaki a few months later, but there i…
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South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol denies ordering troops to ‘drag out’ lawmakers
Impeached president appears in constitutional court following last month’s short-lived martial law orderSouth …
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South Korea president banned from leaving country as ruling party accused of ‘second coup’
Yoon Suk Yeol subjected to travel ban after his party’s boycott of impeachment vote condemned by oppositionSou…
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North Korea missile test reaches record height and duration, says Japan
Test of apparent ICBM theoretically capable of striking US mainland comes amid warnings over North Korean troo…
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Japanese fighter jets fire flares at Russian aircraft for first time in airspace violation
Defence minister says ‘strong protest’ lodged with Moscow amid growing concerns about Russian and Chinese mili…
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Japan’s PM cancels overseas trip after experts issue ‘megaquake’ warning
The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued its first-ever warning of the risk of a huge earthquake along the P…
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US ‘incredibly concerned’ over Putin’s threat to supply weapons to North Korea after Asia tour
State department warns such a move could destabilise the peninsula, as South Korea considers arming UkraineVla…
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Vladimir Putin receives warm welcome in North Korea
Russian president makes first visit to country in 24 years as anti-west relationship deepensRussia and North K…
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Sign of the times in Japan as nappy company switches production to adult nappies
Oji Holdings said it would stop making children’s nappies in September amid a sharp decline in demand. Japan h…
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South Korea doctors’ strike: government moves to suspend thousands of medical licences
Almost 12,000 doctors have walked out over planned changes, as the country’s health ministry denies services h…
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South Korea doctors’ strike: ‘severe’ public health alert issued for first time
The walkout by 8,400 doctors is in protest at government plans to raise the number of trainee medicsSouth Kore…
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Japan loses crown as world’s third-largest economy after it slips into recession
Fall in rank below Germany has been attributed to a weak yen and country’s ageing, shrinking populationJapan h…