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Businessman arrested for exports to North Korea
Kyodo News, Published on 14/12/2017
» KYOTO: A business executive and two others were arrested Thursday for allegedly exporting food and other items to North Korea in violation of the government's export ban, police said.
Prosecutors demand 25-year jail term for Park's friend
Kyodo News, Published on 14/12/2017
» SEOUL: South Korean prosecutors on Thursday demanded a 25-year prison term for the confidante of ousted South Korean President Park Geun Hye at the centre of a corruption scandal.
Myanmar says 10 bodies found at Rakhine grave site
Kyodo News, Published on 20/12/2017
» YANGON: The Myanmar military says 10 bodies have so far been found in a village in strife-torn Rakhine State where human rights groups allege atrocities have been committed against Rohingya Muslims, state media reported Wednesday.
Japan tightening control over private land on remote islands
Kyodo News, Published on 25/11/2017
» The Japanese government will soon consider steps to enhance control over all privately owned land on remote islands to bolster national security and protect resources within territorial waters, a government source said Saturday.
N. Korea claims just-tested ICBM can hit entire US
Kyodo News, Published on 29/11/2017
» North Korea claimed Wednesday it has successfully test-fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile that is capable of hitting anywhere in the United States with a nuclear warhead.
Japan's emperor to abdicate on April 30, 2019
Kyodo News, Published on 01/12/2017
» TOKYO: A special panel to discuss key issues regarding the Japanese imperial family decided Friday to set the date for Emperor Akihito's abdication as April 30, 2019, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said, paving the way for the nation's first imperial succession from a living emperor in about 200 years.
Hawaii reinstates Cold War attack warning system
Kyodo News, Published on 02/12/2017
» Hawaii started monthly trials of an attack warning system Friday, in the first such test in the state since the end of the Cold War, days after North Korea's latest missile launch.
New tuna conservation measures eyed in Manila
Kyodo News, Published on 03/12/2017
» A five-day series of meetings kicked off in Manila Sunday at which representatives from over 30 countries are eyeing to craft new tuna conservation measures in the western and central parts of the Pacific Ocean.
13 dead after fishing boat capsizes off S. Korean coast
Kyodo News, Published on 03/12/2017
» Thirteen people were killed and two are missing after a fishing boat with 22 people aboard collided with a tanker and capsized off the west coast of South Korea on Sunday, local media quoted the coast guard as reporting.
4 bodies, likely from N. Korea, found along Japan coast
Kyodo News, Published on 04/12/2017
» TOKYO: Four bodies, suspected of being from North Korea, were found Monday along Japan's northern coast on the Sea of Japan, local authorities said.