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金正恩的車隊於本周二早上離開北京火車站。相片：AFP / The Yomiuri Shimbun

China

金正恩訪華是下屆特金會的前奏？

by Andrew Salmon January 10, 2019

تفيد تقارير بأن جو سونج جيل سفير كوريا الشمالية لإيطاليا يطلب اللجوء. ينضم جيل لتاي يونج هو، الظاهر في الصورة، الذي هرب من منصبه كنائب سفير كوريا الشمالية في بريطانيا في أغسطس/آب 2016. صورة: AFP/Jung Yeon-je

North Korea, Northeast Asia

انشقاق دبلوماسي من كوريا الشمالية قد يوفر كنز معلومات عن بلاده

by Andrew Salmon January 9, 2019January 29, 2019

A motorcade thought to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un leaves Beijing railway station on Tuesday morning. Photo: AFP/The Yomiuri Shimbun

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, Malaysia, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

Kim in China: Prelude to next Kim-Trump summit?

by Andrew Salmon January 8, 2019February 18, 2020

تفيد تقارير بأن جو سونج جيل سفير كوريا الشمالية لإيطاليا يطلب اللجوء. ينضم جيل لتاي يونج هو، الظاهر في الصورة، الذي هرب من منصبه كنائب سفير كوريا الشمالية في بريطانيا في أغسطس/آب 2016. صورة: AFP/Jung Yeon-je

AT Finance, Egypt, European Union, Italy, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, World

North Korea’s defecting ambassador an intelligence gold mine

by Andrew Salmon January 3, 2019February 18, 2020

People watch the New Year speech by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on a TV at a railway station in Seoul on January 1, 2019. North Korea could consider a change of approach if the US maintains its sanctions on the nuclear-armed country, leader Kim Jong Un warned. Photo: Jung Yeon-je / AFP

AT Finance, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea, World

Kim seeks meeting with Trump but warns he could lose patience

by Andrew Salmon January 1, 2019February 18, 2020

Representatives from the 11-nation Pacific trade pact the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership meet in Santiago on March 8, 2018. Photo: AFP/Claudio Reyes

AT Finance, Australia, Brunei, China, European Union, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Japan-led Pacific free trade pact goes into effect

by Andrew Salmon December 31, 2018February 18, 2020

2008年4月，一條小鬚鯨從宮城縣石卷市的一艘「研究用途」捕鯨船上被秤起。日本即將恢復商業捕鯨活動並將退出國際捕鯨委員會。相片：Yomiuri Shimbun / AFP

Japan, Northeast Asia

日本將恢復商業捕鯨但僅限於其領海

by Andrew Salmon December 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Staff members of the Korea Exchange applaud as they throw confetti for the media during the year's market closing ceremony at the Korea Exchange in Seoul, South Korea, on December 28, 2018. Photo: AFP/Seung-il Ryu/NurPhoto

AT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

North Korea risks rising, South Korean growth slowing

by Andrew Salmon December 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin watches the launch of the Avangard hypersonic missile at the National Defense Control Center via a video conference. Photo: Mikhael Klimentyev / Sputnik / AFP

China, European Union, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Russia, Syria, World

Putin trumpets hypersonic missile as Russia flexes its muscles

by Andrew Salmon December 27, 2018February 18, 2020

A minke whale is lifted from a 'research' whaling vessel in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in April 2008. Japan is set to resume commercial whale hunting and will withdraw from the International Whaling Commission.Photo: Yomiuri Shimbun / AFP

Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania

Japan to resume whaling, but only in its territorial waters

by Andrew Salmon December 26, 2018February 18, 2020

South and North Korean officials unveil a signboard for Seoul and Pyongyang during a groundbreaking ceremony for reconnecting and repairing the railways across the divided Korean peninsula at Panmun Station in North Korea's border city of Kaesong on December 26, 2018. Photo: AFP/Korea Pool

AT Finance, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Two Koreas break ground on rail links – again

by Andrew Salmon December 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Ogan Gurel, an American brain surgeon, scientific researcher and business consultant, believes he has the magic key to unlock Korea's latent creativity. Photo: Andrew Salmon/Asia Times

European Union, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Defying ‘Korean gravity,’ detonating innovation

by Andrew Salmon December 22, 2018February 18, 2020

A statue of a laborer taken to work at a Japanese company during World War II in front of Yongsan Station in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: AFP/The Yomiuri Shimbun

Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Seoul, not Tokyo, sued by Koreans over WWII forced labor

by Andrew Salmon December 21, 2018February 18, 2020

A minke whale is landed from a research whaling vessel in Kushiro, Hokkaido Prefecture, in May 2011. Japan's government may be planning to withdraw from the international body governing whaling. Photo: AFP/he Yomiuri Shimbun

Japan, Northeast Asia

Japan’s Christmas treat could be a whale of a feast

by Andrew Salmon December 21, 2018February 18, 2020

A visitor views an art installation depicting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, at the Seoul Art Center on December 19. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, World

North Korea sounds the death knell for denuclearization

by Andrew Salmon December 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Team GB's Bianca 'Queen Bee' Walkden (left) unleashes a spinning back kick on her way to winning the gold medal and $70,000 in prizemoney at the World Taekwondo Grand Slam in Wuxi, China. Photo: World Taekwondo

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Iran, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vietnam, World

China invests in taekwondo with Hollywood-style Grand Slam

by Andrew Salmon December 19, 2018February 18, 2020

The Blue House, South Korea's presidential residence in Seoul. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Kim Jong Un a likely no-show in South Korea

by Andrew Salmon December 12, 2018February 18, 2020

South Korean President Moon Jae-In is under pressure to increase jobs for graduates. Photo: Reuters/Noel Celis

North Korea, Northeast Asia

Seoul to frontload 2019 budget in bid for job creation

by Andrew Salmon December 12, 2018February 18, 2020

A hydrogen fuel cell. Photo: AFP

China, European Union, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Hyundai bets big on hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles

by Andrew Salmon December 12, 2018February 18, 2020

日本在朝鮮半島殖民統治期間強迫勞動的受害者Kim Sung-joo於11月29日抵達首爾最高法院時被媒體包圍。法院命令一家日本工業巨頭向戰時被迫勞動的南韓人支付賠償金，這是令雙邊關係變得緊張的最新決定。相片：Jung Yeon-je / AFP

Uncategorized

日韓之爭可能會爆發經濟戰爭

by Todd Crowell and Andrew Salmon December 11, 2018February 18, 2020

Kim Sung-joo, a victim of forced labor by Japan during its colonial rule of the Korean peninsula, is surrounded by media as she arrives at the Supreme Court in Seoul on November 29. It ordered a Japanese industrial giant to pay compensation over forced wartime labor, the latest decision to strain bilateral ties. Photo: Jung Yeon-je / AFP

Japan, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, World

Seoul-Tokyo brawl could blow up into economic war

by Todd Crowell and Andrew Salmon December 7, 2018February 18, 2020

A large transport helicopter for US Marines takes off from Futemnma air station in Okinawa in October 2017. A search is being conducted for six Marines missing after an air crash today off southwestern Japan. Photo: AFP / Yomiuri Shimbun

France, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Search ongoing for missing US Marines after Japan air crash

by Andrew Salmon December 6, 2018February 18, 2020

Mike Hay with a local companion, in festive mood in downtown Pyongyang. While Hay says relationships with North Koreans were a joy, locals are legally prohibited from marrying foreigners. Photo: Mike Hay

AT Finance, China, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

Going native in the Hermit Kingdom

by Andrew Salmon December 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Bank of Korea Governor Lee Ju-Yeol. Photo: AFP/ Jung Yeon-je

Beijing, China, Northeast Asia, South Korea

South Korean economy holds steady at 0.6% growth in Q3

by Andrew Salmon December 4, 2018February 18, 2020

Mike Hay, who worked at Pyongyang's Hay, Kalb and Associates and is now with with HMP Law in Seoul, discusses the legal and business environment in North Korea. Photo: Andrew Salmon / Asia Times

AT Finance, China, Egypt, European Union, France, Germany, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

Getting to grips with law and business in high-risk North Korea

by Andrew Salmon December 3, 2018February 18, 2020

A South Korea train prepares to travel across the border into North Korea on Dorasan station on November 30, 2018. Photo: AFP/Jeon Heon-Kyun/Pool

AT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, France, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

South Korean train heads North, but engagement not on track

by Andrew Salmon November 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Beijing, China, Northeast Asia, South Korea

Seoul raises interest rate to cool real estate market

by Andrew Salmon November 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Anyone got an asprin? A classic round kick impacts the head protector during the 2018 World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final. Photo: Denis Sekretev/Asia Times

AT Finance, China, European Union, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, Turkey, Vietnam, World

Taekwondo’s warrior elite do battle at Grand-Prix Final in UAE

by Andrew Salmon November 25, 2018February 18, 2020

North Korean TV shows Kim Jong-Un looking through binoculars during a trip to an artillery unit on Wolnae Island near the disputed maritime frontier with South Korea. Photo: AFP/NORTH KOREAN TV

North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

Kim’s tactical weapon test detonates global media bomb

by Andrew Salmon November 16, 2018February 18, 2020

US Vice-President Mike Pence (L) and South Korean President Moon Jae-In chat in Singapore on Thursday. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, World

Moon asks Pence to speed up negotiations with North Korea

by Andrew Salmon November 15, 2018February 18, 2020

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