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Joe Biden: invasion of Ukraine shows need for free and open Indo-Pacific
Leaders of US, India, Japan and Australia meet in Tokyo for Quad summit Beijing claims is an attempt to contai…
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Kim Jong-un calls North Korea’s response to Covid outbreak ‘inadequate’
Leader accuses officials of inertia as total number of people with reported fever symptoms reaches 1.72 millio…
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North Korea says six dead after admitting Covid outbreak for first time
Regime has said it is imposing ‘maximum emergency measures’ and 187,800 people are being ‘isolated and treated…
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Elon Musk tweet sparks debate in Japan on falling birthrate
Tesla boss responds to data showing population fell by record 644,000 last year – the 11th straight year of de…
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North Korea would ‘annihilate’ South if provoked, warns Kim Jong-un’s sister
Warning points to a rise in tensions on the peninsula after the North conducted its first intercontinental bal…
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North Korea test-launches its ‘largest intercontinental ballistic missile yet’
Japan calls testing ‘unforgivable’ as regime fires one of biggest missiles for first time since 2017North Kore…
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South Korea election contenders neck and neck, according to exit polls
Contest between People Power party candidate Yoon Suk-yeol and Democratic party rival Lee Jae-myung too close …
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South Korea PM urges calm after Covid cases soar by 70,000 in a day
Kim Boo-kyum says pandemic is at a ‘manageable level’ and sharp rise in cases should not be as feared as it on…
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Japan to ease Covid border controls after two years of ‘seclusion policy’
Reports say PM will raise caps on arrivals and shorten quarantine times amid complaints that tough measures we…
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North Korea releases images it claims were taken from space during missile test
Pictures appear to capture the missile rising from its launcher and a shot looking back down on Earth North Ko…
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No ‘fire and fury’ yet, but a game of nuclear brinkmanship with North Korea looms
Analysis: Kim Jong-un’s pressure on Joe Biden has so far elicited only fresh sanctions. Pyongyang has now sign…
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Japan attempts to stem surge in Covid cases linked to US military bases
Limits on restaurant opening times imposed in Okinawa and parts of Hiroshima and YamaguchiCoronavirus – latest…
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Double defector who returned to North Korea ‘struggled financially’ in South
Man’s decision raises questions about treatment of defectors in South Korea with many said to face discriminat…
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Former South Korean president Park Geun-hye pardoned for corruption
Moon Jae-in, her successor, has freed Park from 22-year sentence three months ahead of presidential electionSo…
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Japanese train driver sues after wages docked 28p over one-minute delay
Rail firm withheld ¥43 (28p) on ‘no work, no pay’ principle, but driver says delay was not his faultA train dr…