Anthony Kuhn

Speaking before Parliament, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said: "[W]e may have no choice but to decide to postpone the Games." The Olympics are set to start on July 24.

Under pressure from the spreading pandemic, as well as anxious athletes and corporate sponsors, Japan finally conceded that it may have no choice but to postpone this summer's Tokyo Olympics.

Doctors estimate they can do 10 tests an hour — double the number in an indoor clinic.

As the U.S. manages the coronavirus, NPR's Rachel Martin talks to three NPR correspondents in some hard-hit countries: China, South Korea and Italy, to ask what lessons the U.S. should learn.

Rapid, extensive testing for coronavirus — free to the public — has been a key element of South Korea's response to the epidemic. Seoul has touted its approach as a model for other countries.

Daegu, the center of South Korea's coronavirus outbreak, tries to figure out an effective way to tackle disease.

South Korea's fourth largest city, Daegu, accounts for nearly three quarters of coronavirus cases there. An explosion of patients has overwhelmed hospitals, forcing authorities to shift tactics.

The U.S. military is threatening to lay off thousands of Korean employees if the U.S. and South Korea fail to reach a deal on sharing defense costs. President Trump wants allies to pay more.

The church accounts for more than half of the nearly 4,000 coronavirus cases in the region. Critics accuse the church of being a cult and obstructing efforts to fight the outbreak.

With 833 cases, the country now says it is on "red alert" and is taking measures to contain the disease.

The Coronavirus is spreading, and worries are intensifying in three more hot spots: Italy, Iran and South Korea. The World Health Organization says the window to contain it is narrowing.

The new coronavirus has spread to South Korea. NPR's Anthony Kuhn discusses the situation in that country.

South Korea is the latest front in the battle to stop the spread of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. More than 200 people are now infected in the country.

Pyongyang says it has mobilized to fight for its "national survival." Experts say North Korea's track record of fighting epidemics does not bode well for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak.

North Korea claims it has no cases of coronavirus, but skeptics point out its poor record of keeping out epidemics from China. The country is ill-equipped to identify diseases, much less contain them.

The South Korean film Parasite has become the first foreign language film to win best picture at the Academy Awards. South Koreans are ecstatic about the milestone.

The coronavirus outbreak is disrupting supply chains in China which service international businesses. The economic impact of the virus is significant.

Kim Jong Un did not follow through on warnings about a harder line nuclear stance. Analysts say North Korea may be waiting to gauge President Trump's political prospects in 2020.

The North Korean leader made his remarks to a session of the ruling Workers Party Central Committee. He accused the U.S. of failing to reciprocate the North's diplomatic gestures.

He stopped short of saying he was breaking off nuclear negotiations with the U.S. President Trump has repeatedly touted the testing moratorium as a political victory.