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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…

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

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China pressure on Seoul over THAAD may prove effective

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CHINA

The same day, a South Korean government source revealed that Beijing has ended bilateral military contacts since Seoul decided last July to deploy a US THAAD missile defence…

Japan-South Korea disputes will reshape supply chains

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JAPAN/SOUTH KOREA

The two countries have imposed mutual export controls this year amid a dispute over reparations for damage inflicted by Japan during the Second World War. Their confrontation…