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What – if anything – did Asian countries get out of Donald Trump’s whirlwind tour?

Uncertainty surrounds the signing of this week’s trade deals amid the failure to secure reciprocity from the US to cut tariffs

The Guardian - UK

APEC leaders to open summit after Trump and Xi agreed on steps to ease trade tensions

Leaders of 21 Asian and Pacific Rim nations are set to open their annual summit to discuss how to promote economic cooperation and tackle shared challenges

The Independent UK

North Korea's Kim Jong-un to attend Beijing military parade with Putin

It will be the first time that Kim has appeared at a multilateral event since assuming power in 2011.

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Lee Jae Myung wins big in South Korea election – now he faces his toughest challenge yet

ANALYSIS: Lee Jae Myung takes on the leadership of South Korea with one of the strongest public mandates in decades – but also facing the daunting task of renegotiating Seoul’s relationship with the US, its most important ally. Shweta Sharma reports

The Independent UK

Lee Jae-myung: from child labourer to leader of deeply scarred South Korea

New president faces formidable challenges that could plunge his term into crisis before it has even begun

The Guardian - UK

‘Axis of impunity’: How Putin-Kim deal could challenge existing world order

Two leaders signed mutual defence pact during Putin’s high-profile visit to North Korea, his first in 24 years.

Al Jazeera

Putin In North Korea To Boost Defence Ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet Wednesday in Pyongyang for a summit where they are widely expected to discuss ways to boost sanctions-busting military ties.

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Bizarre psychological warfare using K-pop and trash balloons raises tensions between the 2 Koreas

South Korea has started blaring propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts at border areas in retaliation for the North sending over trash-carrying balloons

The Independent UK

Kim's portrait is publicly displayed in North Korea. Here's a look at what it means

The portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been publicly displayed along with those of his father and grandfather for the first time

The Independent UK

Is North Korea's Kim Preparing For War?

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared the South his country's "principal enemy", jettisoned agencies dedicated to reunification and outreach, and threatened war over "even 0.001 mm" of territorial infringement.

International Business Times

North Korea to launch 3 new satellites in 2024, as Kim warns war inevitable

Kim promises further military modernisation after conducting a record number of weapons tests in 2023.

Al Jazeera

North Korea's Kim threatens 'more offensive actions' against US after watching powerful missile test

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has vowed “more offensive actions” to repel what he called U.S.-led threats after watching the third test of his country’s most advanced long-range missile

The Independent UK

North Korea’s spy satellite is a big deal, regardless of how advanced its technology is

Rocket launch underlines Kim Jong-un’s ability to sidestep UN sanctions and suggests ballistic missile building abilities have reached a higher level

The Guardian - AU

North Korea claims it has put a spy satellite into orbit in 3rd attempt

North Korea claimed to have successfully placed a spy satellite into orbit with its third launch attempt this year, demonstrating the nation's determination to build a space-based surveillance system.

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The Independent UK

Analysis: By North Korean standards, Pvt. Travis King's release from detention was quick

Just over two months after he sprinted into North Korea across the inter-Korean border, Pvt. Travis King is being flown back to America after the North Koreans expelled him

Al Jazeera

Vladimir Putin accepts Kim Jong Un invitation to North Korea

Kim is continuing his tour of eastern Russia after his summit with Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

Al Jazeera

N Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles as US sub arrives in S Korea

Two ballistic missiles fired towards North Korea’s eastern sea as US nuclear-armed submarine docks in South Korea.

The Independent UK

Guest nations at the G-7 reflect outreach to developing countries, worries over China, Russia

During this week’s summit of the leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies in Hiroshima, you’ll also see eight other guest nations engaging in a flurry of diplomacy with Japan and others

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The Independent UK

South Korea's Yoon renews hopes for improved ties with Japan

South Korea’s president has called Japan “a partner that shares the same universal values” and renewed hopes to repair ties frayed over Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula

Al Jazeera

North Korea shows off possible new ICBM at huge military parade

The parade in Pyongyang appeared to feature a new, solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, analysts have said.

Al Jazeera

North Korea says it tested ‘high-thrust solid-fuel motor’

Pyongyang wants to build more solid-fuel missiles, which are more stable and can be launched with almost no warning.

WEKU

North Korea unveiled Kim Jong Un's daughter at a missile launch site

North Korean state media said that Kim Jong Un had observed the launch of its new type of intercontinental ballistic missile with his wife Ri Sol Ju, their "beloved daughter" and other officials.

The Independent UK

North Korea unveils Kim's daughter at missile launch site

North Korea has unveiled the little-known daughter of its leader Kim Jong Un at a missile launch site

Reuters

Analysis-Unmasked and in charge, China's Xi puts personal diplomacy back in play

President Xi Jinping, conspicuously absent from the main stage of diplomacy during China's COVID isolation, has been mostly smiles and handshakes on his return this week with a flurry of meetings that Beijing hopes will begin to mend frayed relations.

WEKU

North Korea confirms a simulated use of nukes to 'wipe out' its enemies

North Korea's recent barrage of missile launches were the simulated use of its tactical battlefield nuclear weapons to "wipe out" potential South Korean and U.S. targets, state media reported Monday

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