TOKYO – The top diplomats from Japan, China and South Korea met in Tokyo on March 22, seeking common ground on East Asian security and economic issues amid escalating global uncertainty.

South Korea, Japan and China reaffirmed that peace on the Korean ... “I emphasized that North Korea must not be rewarded for its wrong behavior in the course of bringing an end to the war ...

China, he added, wants to resume free trade talks with its neighbours and expand membership of the 15-nation Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. However, deep divisions remain. Beijing is at ...

Seoul and Tokyo typically take a stronger line against North Korea than China, which remains one of Pyongyang’s most important allies and economic benefactors. Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, left, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya, center, and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul pose for a photo during their trilateral foreign ministers ...

Cho said he had asked China in the meeting to help persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons. "I also stressed that illegal military cooperation between Russia and North Korea should ...

SEOUL -North Korea said on March 21 it had test-fired a new weapons system that would boost its combat readiness, as Russia’s security chief arrived in Pyongyang for talks with leader Kim Jong Un.

North Korea says it has test-launched new anti-aircraft missiles, as its military threatens unspecified grave steps against the U.S. and South Korea over their military drills SEOUL, South Korea ...

Seoul and Tokyo typically take a stronger line against North Korea than China, which remains one of Pyongyang's most important allies and economic benefactors. Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi ...

Strictly speaking, wigs and false eyelashes are among the few things North Korea can export legally under UN sanctions, mostly to China. They netted the regime an estimated $167m in 2023.

North Korea's missile tests and the K-pop industry. Before joining Reuters, he worked at The Korea Herald. Asia Pacificcategory China holds live fire drills in East China Sea but Taiwan says none ...