NEW JAPAN SECURITY PLAN FOC– USES ON ISLAND DISPUTE
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Japan’s upper house lawmaker Yosuke Isozaki, a special adviser to Abe on security affairs, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo Tuesday, Dec. 17,…
East Asia
US TAKES AIM AT CHINA, UPS NAVAL AID TO SE ASIA
By MATTHEW LEE U.S. State Secretary John Kerry speaks during a joint press conference with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh in Hanoi Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. The United States…
NKOREAN OFFICIAL: PURGE WON’T HURT ECONOMIC POLICY
By ERIC TALMADGE Yun Yong Sok, a senior official in North Korea’s State Economic Development Committee, speaks inside a conference room in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013.…
UNCLE ROSE WITH NKOREAN LEADER BEFORE BRUTAL FALL
By JEAN H. LEE FILE – In this Feb. 16, 2012 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks past his uncle Jang Song Thaek, left, after reviewing a…
ONLINE GAME ADDICTION LAW DIVIDES SKOREA
By YOUKYUNG LEE Screens advertising an online mobile game are displayed in a subway train in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. A law under consideration in South Korea’s…
NORTH KOREA PURGES KIM JONG UN’S POWERFUL UNCLE
By FOSTER KLUG FILE – In this Dec. 28, 2011 file photo, North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, front center, is followed by his uncle Jang Song Thaek, vice chairman…
ANALYSIS: CRISES IN ASIA LET BIDEN SHOW US RESOLVE
By JOSH LEDERMAN FILE – This Dec. 7, 2013 file photo shows Vice President Joe Biden, center, is briefed by Lt. Col. Daniel Edwan, the commander of the JSA Security…
CHINESE FIRM PAID US GOV’T INTELLIGENCE ADVISER
By STEPHEN BRAUN This undated handout photo provided by the The Peterson Institute for International Economics shows Theodore H. Moran. Moran, a longtime adviser to the U.S. Director of National…