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A policewoman controls traffic in Pyongyang in 2017. North Korea’s capital is experiencing a surge in passenger cars, creating traffic jams for the first time and necessitating new parking lots.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
May 12, 2026
Even in North Korea, someone’s in your parking spot
North Korea’s capital is experiencing a surge in passenger cars, creating traffic jams for the first time and necessitating new parking lots.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands on the day of their bilateral summit in Beijing on Sept. 4.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 12, 2026
China is rebuilding its grip on North Korea. Is Kim Jong Un ready to oblige?
Beijing is deepening ties with North Korea as U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to visit China and expresses interest in reviving talks with Kim.
Crew members of a South Korean navy submarine salute during a fleet review in the waters off Busan, South Korea, on Sept. 26.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 5, 2025
Seoul’s nuclear sub gamble raises prospect of underwater arms race in Asia
South Korea’s rapidly developing program could irk China and pressure Japan to develop similar capabilities.
South Korea President Lee Jae Myung holds a news conference at the Blue House in Seoul on Wednesday, one year after ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 3, 2025
South Korea’s Lee says on martial law anniversary perpetrators must face justice
The South Korean president said there was still work to be done to address the fallout of the failed martial law bid by his predecessor a year ago.
A general view of Nagasaki port. Chinese cruise ships are rerouting to avoid Japanese ports as Beijing and Tokyo engage in a diplomatic dispute.
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2025
Chinese cruise ships look to steer clear of Japan amid diplomatic dispute
Tour agents said tensions, sparked by recent remarks from Japan’s new leader, could cause Chinese tourists to be redirected to South Korea from Japan.
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 2, 2025
Minister says rough South Korea-U.S. security agreement reached: report
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said Seoul is seeking to announce the agreement before an APEC summit in October.
A container truck is loaded with used cars at a used-car export complex in Incheon, South Korea, on Aug. 12.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 30, 2025
South Korea’s surge in used-car exports softens impact of U.S. tariffs
South Korea exported $5.5 billion cars in August, up 9% from a year earlier and the highest monthly total on record. Used car exports jumped 35% to $711.5 million the same month.
Han Hak-ja, the leader of the Unification Church, arrives at the special prosecutors' office for questioning over allegations, which she has denied, that she instructed the church to bribe the wife of ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol and a politician close to him, in Seoul on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 17, 2025
Unification Church head questioned in probe on South Korea’s ex-first lady
Han Hak-ja was quizzed over her alleged involvement in bribing Kim Keon Hee, wife of ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.
South Korea's former first lady Kim Keon Hee, wife of impeached former President Yoon Suk Yeol, arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review her arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors at the Seoul Central District Court on Aug. 12.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2025
South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee indicted for bribery
Both former President Yoon Suk Yeol and Kim Keon Hee have been arrested and are in jail, with Yoon already undergoing trial on charges that include insurrection.
Jang Dong-hyeok, the newly elected leader of the main opposition People Power Party, speaks during the final round of its convention in Seoul on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 26, 2025
South Korea opposition party picks backer of ousted President Yoon as leader
The People’s Power Party picked Jang Dong-hyeok, a two-time lawmaker who joined right-wing rallies organized by Christian churches and spoke out in defense of Yoon.
Students visit the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park in late April. Attitudes in Japan are shifting away from the traditional pacifist views that have held sway since the end of World War II.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 20, 2025
Trump shock spurs Japan to think about the unthinkable: nuclear arms
There is a growing willingness to loosen the country’s decades-old pledge not to produce, possess or host nuclear weapons in its territory.
Kim Moon-soo, the presidential candidate for South Korea's conservative People Power Party, listens to Kweon Seong-dong, the floor leader of the party, as he attends an election campaign rally in central Seoul on May 19.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 6, 2025
South Korean conservatives looking for rebirth after election loss
The defeat has left conservative leaders pointing fingers and trading blame as the party searches for a new direction.
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has sought to ramp up deportations and revoke student visas as part of wide-ranging efforts to meet its hard-line immigration agenda.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 29, 2025
South Korean students warned over social media posts amid Trump administration crackdown
South Korean students are the third-largest among international students in the U.S., behind those from India and China.
Seol Nan-young, the wife of South Korea's main conservative party candidate, during an event in Seoul on May 21.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 27, 2025
Candidate spouses take center stage in South Korea’s heated presidential race
The wife of South Korea’s main conservative party candidate is campaigning on her own to tarnish the image of the liberal front-runner and his spouse.
Lee Jae-myung releases a statement to the public at the National Assembly in Seoul in December.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 10, 2025
South Korean presidential front-runner Lee Jae-myung enters leadership race
The presidential election will be held on June 3, after the impeachment of former president Yoon Suk Yeol for his December martial law declaration.
A woman looks at cranes and shipping containers from an observation platform at Pyeongtaek port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on April 2.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 9, 2025
Trump optimistic after call about tariffs with South Korea
South Korea’s trade minister is traveling to Washington to meet U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer for tariff negotiations.
A helicopter drops water as they prepare for the possibility of a wildfire advancing towards Gounsa Temple in Uiseong, South Korea, on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 26, 2025
Death toll in South Korea wildfires rises to 16
The casualties included four people who were trying to escape the fire but their vehicle was overturned.
Then-U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol attend an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework event at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco in November 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 15, 2025
U.S. designated South Korea a ‘sensitive’ country amid talk of nuclear weapons
The move after the South Korean president briefly imposed martial law and amid talk of Seoul potentially developing nuclear weapons.
Debris lies at a damaged church after MK-82 bombs fell outside the shooting range during joint live-fire exercises near the demilitarized zone in Pocheon, South Korea, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 6, 2025
South Korea air force jets accidentally drop bombs on homes, injuring 15
Residents were evacuated around midday as authorities checked whether there were any unexploded bombs.
South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives to attend the fourth hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law, at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 23, 2025
South Korea investigators seek Yoon indictment for insurrection and abuse of power
Yoon Suk Yeol, impeached and suspended from power on Dec. 14, has been incarcerated since last week.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Chinese and Russian bombers and fighter jets stage joint patrol near Japan
A Chinese Air Force H-6 bomber is seen during a joint patrol with Russian military aircraft on Saturday.
U.S. missile moves in Japan send China clear message: A new era has arrived
Soldiers conduct the first Typhon midrange capability live-fire exercise outside of the continental United States, firing an SM-6 missile in July last year in Australia's Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sabre.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
LGBTQ+ families are building lives Japanese lawmakers still struggle to see
Haru Ono founded Nijiiro Kazoku in 2010 after forming a same-sex stepfamily. She said the impetus for founding the organization was that she couldn’t find much reliable information out there for families such as hers in Japan.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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