Civic group leads efforts over 1942 undersea mine disaster
The Japanese and South Korean governments have begun DNA analysis of remains collected from the site after the group requested such research.
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japantimes.co.jp
23.08.2026
South Korea sending first container ship through Arctic route
PanStar Acro, bound for Europe via Arctic, is testing whether a route opened by melting sea ice is commercially viable.
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aljazeera.com
22.08.2026
South.Korea ship to test alternative Arctic route as Mideast conflict disrupts shipping
South Korea on Saturday was set to send its first trial container through the Arctic, as the Middle East war has rattled global shipping – sending governments and shipping firms scrambling to seek alt
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22.08.2026
Kim Jong Un’s sister mocks South Korea as U.S. ‘puppet’ over drill cutback
Kim Yo Jong drew attention to Seoul's inability to protest even as U.S. President Donald Trump unilaterally curtailed the two countries' joint military drills.
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japantimes.co.jp
21.08.2026
S. Korean container ship to test Arctic route despite Russia sanctions concerns
The trip would be South Korea's first such commercial voyage to Europe via the Arctic, making it one of the few countries whose shipping firms have tested the route.
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japantimes.co.jp
20.08.2026
Alarm in South Korea as Iran dispute with Trump shakes a 72-year alliance
Trump's order to scale back military drills rattles Seoul, reviving doubts over US security guarantees.
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aljazeera.com
20.08.2026
Trump says North Korea has '57 very powerful nuclear weapons'
Trump's comments come just days after he announced that he had ordered US forces to scale back joint military drills with South Korea, which he said sent an "inappropriate and hostile" signal to Pyong
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euronews.com
19.08.2026
In cutting joint drills, Trump has given South Korea’s president what he wants. So why does Seoul look so uneasy?
President Lee Jae Myung has long pushed for stronger homegrown defences, yet Donald Trump’s move has sparked alarm in some quartersAt their first summit, in August last year, South Korean president Le
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theguardian.com
19.08.2026
South Korea, US scale back annual military drills after Trump’s order
Seoul says the duration of the annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise has been reduced from 11 days to five.
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aljazeera.com
19.08.2026
South Korea president stresses US alliance as many baffled by Trump order to cut exercises
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung says a solid alliance with the United States underpins national security
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abcnews.com
18.08.2026
Trump says talking to North Korea’s Kim makes the south safer
US President Donald Trump has revealed North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has responded ‘very positively’
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aljazeera.com
18.08.2026
Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it interferes with Strait of Hormuz deal
President Donald Trump threatened to strike Oman if it interferes in a potential deal over control of the Strait of Hormuz. Trump also told the military to cut back joint exercises with South Korea af
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nbcnews.com
17.08.2026
War on Iran: Phase II, Day 37
Iran is offering $30,000 for captured or killed US soldiers. Trump cuts back South Korea drills.
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aljazeera.com
17.08.2026
Democrats rebuke Trump over scaling back military drills with South Korea
Republican Senator Thom Tillis says the decision allows North Korea to provide more support to Russia in Ukraine.
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aljazeera.com
17.08.2026
Trump cuts US-South Korea military drills citing ‘good relationship with Kim Jong-un’ | First Thing
President said he was ‘not happy’ with plans for large-scale joint exercises he described as ‘inappropriate and hostile’. Plus, how five obscure horses have ended up at the center of a transatlantic b
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theguardian.com
17.08.2026
Landslide in South Korea kills one as record rain lashes south
It comes as large swathes of East and South East Asia have been pummelled by dats of heavy rain.
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bbc.co.uk
17.08.2026
Trump orders cuts to South Korea joint drills despite warnings of North’s growing battlefield experience
President says move is based on ‘very good relationship with Kim Jong-un’ but US military officials have said Ukraine war is boosting regime’s combat capabilitiesDonald Trump has said he is scaling ba
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17.08.2026
World’s Ugliest Dog contest crowns its 2026 winner
Jinny Lu, a rescued pug originally from South Korea, has won the 50th annual World’s Ugliest Dog Contest in Santa Rosa, California.
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euronews.com
16.08.2026
Japanese minister visits shrine to war dead, angering China, South Korea
Defence Minister Koizumi's visit to Yasukuni Shrine comes on the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in WWII.
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aljazeera.com
15.08.2026
South Korea proposes talks to officially end war with North
Lee Jae Myung offers chance to end the conflict, which has been frozen since an armistice in 1953.
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bbc.co.uk
15.08.2026