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South Korea’s Lee hails ‘deep friendship’ as he hosts Japan’s Takaichi in hometown
The talks in Andong, a city famous for its centuries-old folk village, come after the two met in Takaichi’s hometown of Nara in January.
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Semiconductors
Does China’s rapid chipmaking expansion threaten the global AI memory chip boom?
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The Philippines
More than a missile? Why the Philippines wants Japan’s old Type 88
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US, Israel war on Iran
Spirit collapsed under high fuel costs. Some Asian airlines could be next
The head of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines said direct financial support from governments required to survive the crisis.
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Spirit Airlines planes sit parked at Phoenix Goodyear Airport in Arizona. The US-based carrier ceased all operations on May 2. Photo: Getty Images/AFP
South Korea
Starbucks Korea boss loses job after ‘Tank Day’ promotion misfires
Sohn Jeong-hyun was fired following public anger over the campaign that was seen as mocking the anniversary of the Gwangju uprising.
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Japan
Russian hiker becomes Japan’s latest bear attack victim as a new record looms
After a year with more than 50,000 sightings and 238 injuries, Japan’s vanishing hunting communities are struggling to contain the problem.
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How a Japanese deal to appease Trump resulted in Texans protesting in Tokyo
Community groups from the Freeport area are urging Japanese financiers and ministries not to back fossil fuel infrastructure.
19 May 2026 - 8:00AM
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A tanker carrying crude oil from Venezuela docks at Port Freeport in Freeport, Texas, on January 15. Photo: Reuters
South Korea
South Korea weighs the cost of stepping into Samsung’s US$400,000 bonus row
Seoul is considering using a rarely used emergency power to halt a strike that could cost the economy US$67 billion.
18 May 2026 - 10:57PM
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North Korea
North Korea to turn southern border into ‘impregnable fortress’
Experts say the plans reflect awareness of drone and other types of hi-tech warfare amid the Russia-Ukraine and Iran conflicts.
18 May 2026 - 11:37AM
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South Korea
South Korea weighs arbitration to avoid Samsung semiconductor plant strike
The world’s largest memory chipmaker and its South Korean labour union will resume pay talks on Monday with a government mediator.
17 May 2026 - 11:18PM
North Korea
North Korean footballers arrive in South, match tickets sell out
The rare visit comes as North Korea has in recent years labelled the South its ‘most hostile state’.
18 May 2026 - 11:33AM
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North Korean Naegohyang Women’s FC soccer team arrives at the Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, on Sunday. Photo: EPA-EFE
South Korea
Reality deficit: how South Korea lost the plot on AI
A viral ‘baseball goddess’, a wolf that never was and a deepfake epidemic. Generative AI is rewriting South Korea’s reality.
17 May 2026 - 11:00AM
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Japan’s ‘ibasho’ sense of belonging helps disaster survivors heal, study finds
Research into the 2011 earthquake and tsunami shows fostering social connection and purpose helps survivors rebuild and staves off dementia.
16 May 2026 - 12:00PM
South Korea
South Korea uses AI to prevent suicides, track crime on Seoul’s Han River bridges
AI sounds an alarm if it identifies a person staying for more than 300 seconds in a bridge’s ‘loitering zones’, allowing humans to swoop in.
16 May 2026 - 10:56AM
Japan
Japan’s restaurant sector feels bite of sudden foreign worker visa freeze
The number of foreigners holding Type I visas in the food industry has reached roughly 46,000, on course to surpass the quota of 50,000.
16 May 2026 - 9:51AM
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Diners visit a yakitori restaurant in Tokyo’s Asakusabashi district on April 15. Photo:AFP
2026 Xi-Trump summit
Trump and his CEOs want China’s business – but has Asia moved on?
The US delegation went to Beijing looking for deals, but a ‘super cycle’ of capital expenditures across Asia is already fuelling enormous growth.
16 May 2026 - 6:03AM
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To cut reliance on China, Japan eyes bespoke ship for rare earth extraction
Tokyo also aims to become a major global supplier despite the project facing technological, cost and geopolitical hurdles.
15 May 2026 - 1:59PM
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Why Japan’s ruling party is pushing for 5% military spending
The ruling party is expected to debate raising outlays to as much as 5 per cent of GDP, in line with that of many Nato members.
15 May 2026 - 4:46PM
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Japan Ground Self-Defence Force soldiers fold a US flag during a Balikatan drill in the Philippines on May 6. Photo: Reuters
South Korea
Samsung union’s strike threat fuels fears of South Korea’s economic slowdown
The AI boom and SK Hynix’s profit-sharing arrangement with its workers have reportedly galvanised Samsung’s biggest union to take action.
14 May 2026 - 5:00PM
Japan
Japan-South Korea ‘comfort women’ row stoked by statues abroad
The removal of wartime sex slave memorials in Germany and New Zealand has electrified certain LDP hardliners, risking a diplomatic rift.
14 May 2026 - 8:00AM
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‘Like whale bones’: South Korea’s war memorial sparks conflict over symbolism
Critics argue the Korean war memorial should not be in a space in Seoul long associated with pro-democracy protests and its imperial past.
13 May 2026 - 5:12PM
South Korea
South Korea adds ‘extreme heat emergency’ to first major alert update in decades
Over the past five years, the average number of heatwave days and tropical nights has surged nearly threefold compared to the 1970s.
13 May 2026 - 3:17PM
Children play in a fountain at Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul on April 26. Photo: Yonhap/EPA
South Korea
South Korea signals ‘phased’ support for US-led Hormuz mission after ship attack
Defence Minister Ahn said the support could include political backing, personnel dispatches and sharing of information and military assets.
13 May 2026 - 2:40PM
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Japan
Japan’s Takaichi backs aide over smear claims against LDP rivals
Analysts say Japan’s prime minister used an ‘excellent non-answer’ to shield an aide against claims of orchestrating a smear campaign.
13 May 2026 - 11:00AM
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Oil crunch drains colour from 1 of Japan’s favourite snacks
Calbee says it is using monochrome designs for some of its products, as the Iran war has caused a shortage of naphtha used in packaging.
13 May 2026 - 12:49PM
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