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Women walk past a large TV screen showing news about North Korea’s missile launch in Tokyo, Japan, August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

North Korea Challenges Region, World after Firing Another Missile over Japan

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 15, 2017 | World

Regional tensions deepened on Friday after North Korea fired a missile that flew over Japan’s northern Hokkaido far out into the Pacific Ocean, a move that came following Pyongyang’s recent test of its most powerful nuclear bomb. The missile flew over...

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The UN Security Council unanimously approved on Monday new sanctions against North Korea. (Reuters)

UN Unanimously Adopts Softer Sanctions on North Korea

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 12, 2017 | World

The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved on Monday new sanctions against North Korea that bans it from importing all natural gas liquids and condensates. The sanctions were not the toughest-ever measures sought by the administration of US President...

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Japan’s F-15 fighter jets conduct an air exercise with US Air Force bombers flying from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in the skies above the East China Sea, Japan. (Reuters)

Japan, US Hold Air Drills amid North Korea Tensions

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Sep 9, 2017 | World

Japan and the United States carried out on Saturday joint air drills above the East China Sea, Japan’s Air Self Defense Force (ASDF) said. Amid simmering tensions with North Korea over its recent missile tests, Japanese F-15 fighter jets conducted an air exercise with...

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Russia President Vladimir Putin watches judo on the margins of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, on September 7, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Sergei Karpukhin

Japan, South Korea Urge Putin to Impose Sanctions on Pyongyang

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 8, 2017 | World

Vladivostok, Russia– Japan and South Korea urged Russia on Thursday to impose new sanctions on Pyongyang to face its nuclear ambitions, but this was rejected by Russian President Vladimir Putin who warned that pressure won’t resolve the crisis and called for dialogue....

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang. (Reuters)

Confronting Korea’s Madman

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Sep 5, 2017 | Opinion

Nobody no longer underestimates what Kim Jong-un says. Nearly everything that he pledged and threatened to do has come true, the last of which was the major nuclear test that angered the United States and the ballistic missile that terrified Japan and landed in its...