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Obama discusses NK nuclear threat with Asian leaders

January 6, 2016 - 9:03pm

Barack Obama reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to the security of Asian allies after North Korea’s hydrogen bomb test...

World

South Korea, Japan reach landmark deal on WWII sex slaves

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Foster Klug | December 28, 2015 - 5:26am

An apology from Japan's prime minister and a pledge of more than $8 million sealed a breakthrough deal Monday in a decades-long impasse with South Korea over Korean women forced into Japanese military-run brothels...

World

EDITORIAL - A safe place for tourists

November 28, 2015 - 9:00am

It has always been said that in order for a place to become a tourist destination, all its officials need to do is plunge...

Freeman Opinion

Seoul, Tokyo bickering days before 3-way summit with China

By Foster Klug | October 28, 2015 - 8:23am

South Korea and Japan finally announced Wednesday what has long been rumored — a three-way leaders' meeting with China this weekend in Seoul — but details are still scarce with just days to go.

World

EDITORIAL – Learning to accept the fact

October 4, 2015 - 10:00am

In another failed bid to recapture regional supremacy, the Philippines bowed to China in the finals of the FIBA Asia Championships...

Freeman Opinion

WB to launch emergency fund to combat Ebola

November 4, 2014 - 10:00pm

The World Bank is working with the International Monetary Fund, the United Nations and other multilevel developing banks to create an "epidemic emergency fund" to fight against Ebola and other epidemics in future,...

World

SKorea, US agree on defense-cost sharing for next 5 years

January 12, 2014 - 4:00pm

South Korea and the United States reached a final agreement to share annual defense costs for the 28, 500 US troops stationed here over the next five years, according to sources with South Korean Foreign Minist...

World

VP Biden trying to show US still focused on Asia

By Josh Lederman | December 1, 2013 - 5:04am

It's up to Vice President Joe Biden to show that the US effort to realign its gaze toward Asia hasn't fizzled out.

World

Twitter appeal wanes in parts of Asia

By Youkyung Lee | November 8, 2013 - 2:14am

Too open. Too crowded. Too difficult.

World

US looks to Southeast Asian nations to build their militaries

By Matthew Pennington | October 30, 2013 - 8:34am

U.S. lawmakers voiced bipartisan support Tuesday for the Obama administration's strategic pivot to Asia but stressed the need...

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