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North Korea goes on war footing against South Korea as deadline looms

North Korea put its troops on a war footing on Friday as South Korea rejected an ultimatum to stop p...

Aug 21, 2015 06:18 PM EDT

North Korea orders troops on war footing after exchange of fire with South

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops onto a war footing from 5 p.m on Friday after his...

Aug 21, 2015 04:14 AM EDT

Ghosts of WW2 haunt East Asia as Abe readies anniversary statement

Seventy years after Japan's defeat in World War Two, the conflict's legacy haunts East Asia and reco...

Aug 12, 2015 09:48 AM EDT

Abe renews pledge of nuclear weapons free Japan at Nagasaki memorial

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday marked the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Na...

Aug 09, 2015 09:13 AM EDT

Turning back the clock: North Korea creates Pyongyang Standard Time

North Korea is creating its own time zone, moving its clocks back by 30 minutes to mark the 70th ann...

Aug 07, 2015 03:15 AM EDT

Samsung clears hurdle on way to $8 billion shakeup as court rules against U.S. fund

A South Korean court on Tuesday denied an injunction request by a U.S. hedge fund trying to block bu...

Jul 07, 2015 06:58 PM EDT

Top Thai hospital treats first MERS case, South Korea outbreak levels off

One of Thailand's leading hospitals, known for treating medical tourists, said on Friday it had rece...

Jun 19, 2015 07:32 AM EDT

North Korean soldier walks across DMZ in bid to defect to South

A teenaged North Korean soldier walked across the world's most heavily militarized border on Monday ...

Jun 15, 2015 07:53 AM EDT

Hong Kong issues 'red alert' against South Korea travel due to MERS

Hong Kong issued a "red alert" advisory on Tuesday against non-essential travel to South Korea, wher...

Jun 09, 2015 09:40 AM EDT

China ship disaster death toll jumps, company says sorry

The death toll from a Chinese cruise ship which capsized during a storm in the Yangtze River jumped ...

Jun 06, 2015 10:02 AM EDT

Tracing the path of South Korea's MERS 'patient zero'

Eight days after returning from a trip to the Middle East, a 68-year-old South Korean man developed ...

Jun 04, 2015 09:08 AM EDT

South Korea test-fires missile that can strike all of the North

South Korea on Wednesday test-launched a new ballistic missile that can hit all of North Korea, the ...

Jun 03, 2015 05:59 PM EDT

South Korea fights to contain MERS outbreak, considers tough measures

South Korea struggled to contain an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) on Monday as...

Jun 01, 2015 09:05 AM EDT

U.S. military orders review as anthrax mishap widens

The U.S. military said on Friday it discovered even more suspected shipments of live anthrax than pr...

May 30, 2015 05:15 AM EDT

Japan takes South Korea to WTO over Fukushima-related food import restrictions

Japan launched a trade complaint at the World Trade Organization on Thursday to challenge South Kore...

May 21, 2015 09:54 AM EDT

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