Tokyo Tower, a symbol of Japan's capital, was lit up in the three colors of the South Korean flag -- red, blue and white -- on Saturday night to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the normalization ...

SEOUL – South Korea voiced disappointment on Feb 1 after Japan’s follow-up report on its Unesco-listed industrial sites failed to provide the full historical context, including the wartime ...

Reports that North Korean troops are no longer being seen on the front lines in Russia's Kursk ... of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the United Nations, via email, for comment.

When they first appeared last fall, the North Korean deployment worried Western officials, who feared they would pummel Ukrainian troops, already-beleaguered elsewhere the 1,100-kilometer front ...

North Korea sent its best troops to aid Russia in its war against Ukraine. But after months of suffering severe losses, they have been taken off the front line. By Michael Schwirtz and Julian E.

Last week, Western officials told the BBC that, out of some 11,000 troops sent from North Korea to fight for Russia ... The spokesman did not say how long that front line was.

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Shohei Ohtani's immense popularity in Japan is highlighted by Dodgers insider Bill Plunkett, who shared an anecdote about how a casual exchange made front-page news. Plunkett's book on Ohtani's ...

For nearly a quarter-century, a doe and her calf have kept a watchful, unblinking eye over a roundabout intersection in Bend, Oregon, in the form of artist Joe Halko’s bronze sculpture “Big ...