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Animosities will deepen Japan-South Korea trade spat

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JAPAN/SOUTH KOREA

A lengthy meeting on July 12 failed to resolve the dispute. Tokyo may activate a much wider range of export restrictions later this month, when Seoul will also bring a complaint…

North Korea will not reopen fully post-pandemic

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NORTH KOREA

Pyongyang has yet to announce any formal reopening, and probably never will. However, several indicators show that cross-border personnel movements are finally resuming, including…

Rising China’s greatest risks lie close to home

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CHINA

Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, the Koreas and the large ethnic Chinese populations of South-east Asia are the only societies with which China shares cultural affinity. Yet it is these…

ASEAN will proclaim limited trade progress at summit

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ASEAN

The meeting comes against the backdrop of a diplomatic spat between Vietnam, Cambodia and Singapore over Vietnam’s 1978 military incursion into Cambodia. South-east Asian leaders…

Taiwan will keep its lead in semiconductors

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TAIWAN

TSMC has a market share of more than 50% in chip manufacturing, and makes the vast majority of cutting-edge chips. Securing chip supply is now an issue of national and economic…

Seoul compensation verdict will roil ties with Tokyo

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SOUTH KOREA

Japan’s Foreign Minister Taro Kono called the ruling “totally unacceptable” and warned that Tokyo is considering “every option”. South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon said he…

South Korea's leader may be less secure than he looks

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SOUTH KOREA

The strengths and weaknesses of South Korea's president and ruling party.

South Korea faces growing headwinds at home and abroad

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SOUTH KOREA

Professing fury at the exercises, Pyongyang insulted South Korean President Moon Jae-in and says it will no longer talk to Seoul. The South Korean and Japanese foreign ministers…

Japan's diplomatic difficulties deepen on all sides

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JAPAN

Japanese foreign policy.

Electoral loss will fatally weaken South Korea's Park

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SOUTH KOREA

Having controlled the outgoing 19th National Assembly with 157 of its 300 seats until recently, Saenuri is now reduced to 122.