May 6 2023 — Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Japan’s prime minister expressed sympathy for the suffering of Korean forced laborers during Japan’s colonial rule, as he and his South Korean counterpart Sunday renewed their resolve to overcome historical grievances and stre...
May 1 2023 — Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — PARIS (AP) — People squeezed by inflation and demanding economic justice took to streets across Asia, Europe and the Americas on Monday to mark May Day, in an outpouring of worker discontent not seen since before the worldwide COVID-19 lockdowns. ...
Apr 20 2023 — Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s foreign minister on Friday called the Group of Seven wealthy democracies a “tool for ensuring the U.S. hegemony” as she lambasted the group’s recent call for the North’s denuclearization. The top di...
Apr 7 2023 — Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea, the U.S. and Japan called for stronger international support of efforts to ban North Korea from sending workers abroad and curb the North’s cybercrimes as a way to block the country’s means to fund its nuclear pro...
Apr 5 2023 — Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States flew nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to the Korean Peninsula again on Wednesday in a show of strength against North Korea amid concerns that the North might conduct a nuclear test. The long-range ...
Apr 2 2023 — Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean, U.S. and Japanese navies began their first anti-submarine drills in six months on Monday to boost their coordination against increasing North Korean missile threats, South Korea’s military said. ...
Mar 21 2023 — Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said Tuesday his government will move to restore Japan’s preferential trade status as he pushes to resolve history and trade disputes with Japan despite domestic opposition. I...
Mar 9 2023 — Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of South Korea and Japan will meet next week for a summit expected to focus on expanding ties, both governments said Thursday. The announcement comes days after South Korea unveiled a major step toward resolving st...
Mar 7 2023 — Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The recently unveiled daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is being home-schooled and spends her leisure time horseback riding, skiing and swimming, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Tuesday. Kim ha...
Mar 6 2023 — Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The influential sister of North Korea’s leader warned Tuesday that her country is ready to take “quick, overwhelming action” against the United States and South Korea, a day after the U.S. flew a nuclear-capable B-52 bomber in...
Mar 2 2023 — Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean and U.S. militaries announced Friday they will hold their biggest joint field exercises in five years later this month, as the U.S. flew a long-range B-1B bomber to the Korean Peninsula in a show of force agai...
Mar 1 2023 — Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president on Wednesday called Japan “a partner that shares the same universal values” and renewed hopes to repair ties frayed over Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. Since taking office ...
Feb 27 2023 — Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un called for stronger public solidarity behind his leadership to increase the country’s grain production significantly, state media reported Tuesday, amid outside worries about the country’s worsen...
Feb 22 2023 — Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Wednesday accused U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of “an extremely unfair and imbalanced attitude,” as it lambasted him for condemning its recent missile test but ignoring alleged U.S. hostility against ...
Feb 18 2023 — Hyung-Jin Kim, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Sunday its latest intercontinental ballistic missile test was meant to further bolster its “fatal” nuclear attack capacity and threatened additional powerful steps over upcoming military drills between the Uni...