Anthony Kuhn

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South Korea Considers Tighter Coronavirus Restrictions As Cases Spike

Friday, December 04, 2020

Amid criticism of the government's recent handling of the pandemic, the country is seeing more cases than at any other time in the past nine months.

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South Korea Criticized For Its Handing Of 3rd Wave Of COVID-19

Tuesday, December 01, 2020

After winning praise for aggressively tackling COVID-19 early on in the pandemic, critics say South Korea's government is breaking its own rules, and is handling a third wave of cases timidly.

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North Korea Executed Coronavirus Rule-Breaker, Says South Korean Intelligence

Friday, November 27, 2020

South Korean lawmakers say intelligence officials briefed them on the North's tough pandemic rules, including a Pyongyang lockdown and an execution of an official caught breaking restrictions.

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Reflecting On A Key Korean War Battle, 70 Years Later

Friday, November 27, 2020

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the battle of Chosin Reservoir, a key moment in the Korean War. The war's legacy is felt to this day on the divided Korean peninsula.

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South Korea Faces New, Challenging Rise In Coronavirus Infections

Monday, November 23, 2020

Previous spikes in South Korea were linked to outbreaks at churches and protests. Health officials say the current wave appears to have no links to any major groups or events.

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What Approach Biden Will Need To Take To Maintain U.S.-North Korea Relationship

Friday, November 13, 2020

President Trump says his "good relationship" with Kim Jong Un is critical to curbing the North Korean nuclear threat. A President Biden will face a country with a bigger nuclear arsenal than in 2016.

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Asia-Pacific Allies Speak With Biden As Transition Continues To Move Forward

Thursday, November 12, 2020

The president-elect sought to reassure the leaders of Japan, South Korea and Australia that he will work to renew and strengthen ties.

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Critics Accuse Japan's New Leader Of Trampling On Academic Freedoms

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

A scandal involving appointments to a government advisory committee has the government of new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga off to a rocky start. He took office in September.

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Japan And South Korea Congratulate Biden, Hope For Steadier Relationship With U.S.

Monday, November 09, 2020

After four years of a president who challenged the worth of the U.S.-East Asia network of alliances, leaders in the region expect a return to traditional relations.

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Landmark Court Ruling In Japan Holds Government Accountable For 2011 Nuclear Meltdown

Thursday, October 15, 2020

Japan's government is appealing a landmark court ruling that holds it responsible for failing to prevent the worst nuclear accident in the country's history and orders it to pay damages to victims.

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Kim Jong Un Puts New Missiles On Display At Military Parade In North Korea

Saturday, October 10, 2020

The North Korean leader unveiled what appeared to be an upgraded and enlarged version of the Hwasong-15, an intercontinental ballistic missile thought to be capable of hitting the U.S.

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Pompeo Rails Against China At 'Quad' Meeting With Foreign Ministers In Tokyo

Tuesday, October 06, 2020

The secretary of state urged Japan, India, Australia and the U.S. to protect against China's "corruption and coercion." The meeting resulted in no major initiatives. Beijing panned it before it began.

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Doctors Say South Korea Health Care System Is Facing A Major Crisis

Monday, October 05, 2020

South Korea handled the coronavirus crisis well, but mid-pandemic doctors went on strike. Some say their profession is in crisis, with many abandoning essential medicine to go into cosmetic surgery.

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Reaction To Trump's Infection: Sympathy In South Korea, Some Schadenfreude In China

Friday, October 02, 2020

South Korea's president sent President Trump a message of "solace and encouragement." A Chinese newspaper editor tweeted that Trump had "paid the price for his gamble to play down the COVID-19."

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Lessons Learned After 1 Million Global Coronavirus Deaths

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

As the world marks the sad milestone of 1 million lives lost to the coronavirus, NPR's international team reviews the way nations have handled the pandemic.

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Kim Jong Un Says He's Sorry That North Korean Troops Killed A South Korean Man

Friday, September 25, 2020

Pyongyang says an unidentified man was found in North Korean waters and that he murmured he was from South Korea but then stopped responding to soldiers' questions and appeared to try to flee.

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Kim Jong Un Apologizes For Shooting Death Of South Korean Official

Friday, September 25, 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he is sorry for the shooting death of a South Korean official. The statement should cool tensions between the two Koreas, leaving room for future diplomacy.

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North Korean Troops Fatally Shoot South Korean Man Believed Attempting To Defect

Thursday, September 24, 2020

The 47-year-old fisheries official, whose name was not released, apparently jumped off a patrol boat near the maritime border between North and South and floated into North Korean waters.

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Yoshihide Suga Becomes Japan's Prime Minister, Pledging To Follow Abe's Course

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

The former chief Cabinet secretary and government spokesman was sworn in as the country's first new prime minister in almost eight years after Shinzo Abe stepped down citing health concerns.

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Japan's Parliament Picks Suga To Succeed Abe As Prime Minister

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Yoshihide Suga, 71, was voted in as the country's next leader. Suga was outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's right-hand man, and is generally seen as an uncharismatic technocrat.

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