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  In a rare emotional address ahead of his abdication next year, Japanese Emperor Akihito said he took “deep comfort”…

  SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s main state newspaper warned on Tuesday of the “negative impact” from mobile phones use…

  When Ashley Park started her marketing job at a Seoul drugmaker she had a near-perfect college record, flawless English,…

  Japan will get its first aircraft carriers since World War II and buy dozens of fighter jets under a…

  Cambodia seized more than 3.2 tonnes of elephant tusks hidden in a storage container sent from Mozambique, a customs…

  Immaculate-looking flight attendants who appear unruffled by the demands of a life spent in the air are part of…

  Japan’s Crown Princess Masako on Sunday pledged to do her best despite feeling ‘insecure’ about becoming empress in mere…

  A North Korean soldier defected to South Korea on Saturday across their heavily fortified land border, which the two…

  LGBT activists in Taiwan fear their newly won right to marriage equality is under threat, while the president is…

  Taiwan’s ruling party took a huge hit in mid-term local elections Saturday, a significant blow to President Tsai Ing-wen,…