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North Korean exiles scoff at talk of war
A North Korean defector ties hands of South Korean activists wearing masks of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, center, and Kim Il Sung, the late founder of North Korea, with ropes during a rally against North Korea on the eve of 101st anniversary of founder Kim's birthday, in Seoul, on April 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Yonhap)
SEOUL--Asked if there might be war, the 40ish woman with the spangly purple shirt laughed out loud. She waved her hands back and forth, as if whisking away a pesky insect.
VOX POPULI: 10 years since the war without a cause...
The scene of a terrorist bombing that took place in Baghdad on March 19 (Satoru Senba)
We should take the utmost care when choosing our leaders. On the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Iraq War on March 20, 2003, I once again think about the importance of...
@SEOUL: Seven times 60 years later, historical...
The Asahi Shimbun
In early September, I traveled during my summer vacation to the southern city of Jinju, South Korea, about a one-hour bus ride on the expressway from Busan.
China cites Japanese wartime history to bolster...
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi during the 67th session of the General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters on Sept. 24. (AP photo)
China is lobbying other nations for support in a territorial standoff with Japan, raising the Senkaku Islands dispute on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in ...
ANALYSIS: Japan, China military conflict seen...
A Chinese marine surveillance vessel, foregound, cruises side by side with a Japan Coast Guard ship within Japan's territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands on Sept. 24. (The Asahi Shimbun)
Hawkish Chinese commentators have urged Beijing to prepare for military conflict with Japan as tensions mount over disputed islands in the East China Sea, but most experts say...
Graves of thousands of Japanese in North Korea...
A local farmer recovers the remains of an Imperial Japanese Army soldier in the Samhab-ri district near Pyongyang in June. (Hiroya Nakano)
Ri Yong Ho, a farmer who lives on the outskirts of Pyongyang, was digging up his backyard to create storage space for kimchi pickled vegetables when he came across a grisly...
Letters of Olympian who perished on Iwojima find...
This letter, which Tatsugo Kawaishi sent to his wife Teruko from Iwojima island in December 1944, says he wants his son Tatsuo to be a shipbuilder. (Provided by Tatsuo Kawaishi)
ETAJIMA, Hiroshima Prefecture--Letters that an Olympic medalist sent to his wife from Iwojima island, where he perished during the final days of World War II, will soon be used ...
VOX POPULI: Picking up the pieces in Afghanistan
Each new life represents hope for the future.
Director: Film on Nanking Massacre not anti-Japanese
Director Lu Chuan talks about his film, "City of Life and Death," in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on March 15. (Hiroki Mukai)
The director of "City of Life and Death," a 2009 Chinese film about the 1937 Nanking Massacre, said he never intended to create an anti-Japanese movie.
Japanese doctor: Afghanistan no better off after...
Tetsu Nakamura, third from left, gives an Afghan man a medical checkup at a refugee camp in Afghanistan. (Provided by Peshawar-kai)
Take it from someone who knows.
VOX POPULI, VOX DEI: We must never condone unjust...
The death of one boy still haunts me to this day.
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