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Associated Press (@AP) News Director for the Koreas, Japan, Australia/South Pacific. Former Seoul COB and Asia correspondent in WDC. NOLA. Who D@.

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Who is the South Korean president who imposed martial law? ⁦@APklug⁩ ⁦@hyungjin1972⁩ apnews.com/article/south-kor… apnews.com/article/south-kor…
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All her life, Korean adoptee Rebecca Kimmel was told she was abandoned. But the baby in her adoption file was not her. So who was the baby? And who was she? Like thousands of others, Kimmel searches for her past. apnews.com/article/south-kor…
A South Korean adoptee needed answers about the past. She got them — just not the ones she wanted

A South Korean adoptee needed answers about the past. She got them — just not the ones she wanted

All her life, Rebecca Kimmel was told she was abandoned. But the baby in her adoption file was not her.

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POHANG (AP) — There are two Koreas, North and South. But there’s also more than one South Korea, with the nation split into camps with polar opposite views on the danger posed by its nuclear-armed neighbor. ⁦@APklug⁩ ⁦@jaethephotog⁩ apnews.com/article/e4c272c59…
South Koreans are starkly divided over North Korea's nuclear threat

South Koreans are starkly divided over North Korea's nuclear threat

There are two Koreas, North and South. But there’s also more than one South Korea; it’s split into camps with often polar opposite views on the danger posed by their nuclear-armed neighbor to the...

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3 weeks before leaving office, Japanese Prime Minister Kishida is visiting South Korea on Friday to boost warming ties between the traditional Asian rivals, as challenges lie ahead for their cooperation after his departure apnews.com/article/bca3a7498…
Japan's leader makes a farewell visit to Seoul and reaffirms sympathy for Korean colonial victims

Japan's leader makes a farewell visit to Seoul and reaffirms sympathy for Korean colonial victims

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has visited Seoul and reaffirmed sympathy for the suffering of Koreans during Japan’s colonial rule, as he and his South Korean counterpart Friday underscored...

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North Korea says it tested a new multiwarhead missile. South Korea says it's covering up a failure @AP ⁦@hyungjin1972⁩ apnews.com/article/1f3c48646…
North Korea says it tested a new multiwarhead missile. South Korea says it's covering up a failure

North Korea says it tested a new multiwarhead missile. South Korea says it's covering up a failure

North Korea says it tested a multiwarhead missile in the first known launch of a developmental weapon coveted by leader Kim Jong Un to overwhelm U.S. and South Korean missile defenses.

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This story involved the efforts of @AP staffers on multiple continents around the globe, including from Europe, Australia and Asia. Happy to be part of such a truly massive team effort. apnews.com/article/00eb38087…
WikiLeaks’ Assange pleads guilty to publishing US military secrets in deal that secures his freedom

WikiLeaks’ Assange pleads guilty to publishing US military secrets in deal that secures his freedom

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to time already served in Britain as part of a plea agreement with the U.S. Justice Department that secures his freedom.

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How did North Korean soldiers wander across the world's most heavily guarded border? @AP ⁦@APklug⁩ ⁦@KimTongHyung⁩ apnews.com/article/65e835c04…
How did North Korean soldiers wander across the world's most heavily guarded border?

How did North Korean soldiers wander across the world's most heavily guarded border?

Don’t believe the name: The Demilitarized Zone between the two rival Koreas might be the most heavily armed place on earth.

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North Korea's Kim hails Russia ties as Putin reportedly plans a visit (from @AP) apnews.com/article/3300d5558…
North Korea's Kim hails Russia ties as Putin reportedly plans a visit

North Korea's Kim hails Russia ties as Putin reportedly plans a visit

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed the country’s expanding relationship with Russia as reports suggest that Russian President Vladimir Putin will soon visit the country for his third meeting with...

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North Korea's Kim calls for stronger war fighting capabilities against the US and South Korea (from @AP) apnews.com/article/d27ed6692…

North Korea's Kim calls for stronger war fighting capabilities against the US and South Korea

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has called for greater war fighting capabilities against the United States and South Korea.

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Pritzker Prize goes to Japanese architect who values community in spaces both public and private apnews.com/article/pritzker-…
Pritzker Prize goes to Japanese architect who values community in spaces both public and private

Pritzker Prize goes to Japanese architect who values community in spaces both public and private

Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto is the 2024 winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the highest honor in the field.

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Thousands of Korean doctors face license suspensions as Seoul moves to prosecute strike leaders (from @AP) apnews.com/article/21eafd3cf…
Thousands of Korean doctors face license suspensions as Seoul moves to prosecute strike leaders

Thousands of Korean doctors face license suspensions as Seoul moves to prosecute strike leaders

Thousands of striking junior doctors in South Korea are facing proceedings to suspend their medical licenses. Meanwhile, authorities are pushing for police investigations into leaders of the walkouts...

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South Korea takes steps to suspend licenses of striking doctors after they refuse to end walkouts (from @AP) apnews.com/article/ca9f3e96d…
South Korea takes steps to suspend licenses of striking doctors after they refuse to end walkouts

South Korea takes steps to suspend licenses of striking doctors after they refuse to end walkouts

South Korea’s government has begun steps to suspend the medical licenses of thousands of striking junior doctors, days after they missed a government-set deadline to end their joint walkouts, which...

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Putin gave Kim Jong Un a Russian-made car in a show of their special ties, North Korea says (from @AP) apnews.com/article/d5cca38b2…
Putin gives Kim Jong Un a luxury limousine. It's a violation of UN sanctions on North Korea

Putin gives Kim Jong Un a luxury limousine. It's a violation of UN sanctions on North Korea

Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a Russian-made luxury limousine for his personal use in a sign of their special relationship.

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Taylor Swift expected to make epic journey from Tokyo to the Super Bowl. Will she make it in time? @AP ⁦@APklug⁩ apnews.com/article/13248c813…
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South Koreans stay calm as they see showmanship in the North’s escalating threats apnews.com/article/south-kor…
South Koreans stay calm as they see showmanship in the North's escalating threats

South Koreans stay calm as they see showmanship in the North's escalating threats

North Korea’s recent escalation of threats and endless tests of weapons aimed toward South Korea haven't done much to upset the calm in Seoul.

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BREAKING: Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong is acquitted of financial crimes by South Korean court apnews.com/article/samsung-l…
Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong is acquitted of financial crimes related to 2015 merger

Samsung chief Lee Jae-yong is acquitted of financial crimes related to 2015 merger

A South Korean court has acquitted Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong of financial crimes related to a contentious merger in 2015 that tightened his grip over South Korea’s biggest company.

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SEOUL (AP) — South Korea’s military said North Korea fired several cruise missiles that flew over waters near a major military shipyard on the country’s eastern coast, extending a streak in weapons tests that are worsening tensions with rivals. apnews.com/article/92cd7d69d…
South Korea says North Korea fired several cruise missiles, adding to provocative weapons tests

South Korea says North Korea fired several cruise missiles, adding to provocative weapons tests

South Korea’s military says that North Korea fired several cruise missiles that flew over waters near a major military shipyard on the country’s eastern coast, extending a streak in weapons tests...

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North Korea says it tested a cruise missile, flaunting new nuclear-capable weapon (from @AP) apnews.com/article/9a88de3d6…
North Korea says it tested a cruise missile, flaunting new nuclear-capable weapon

North Korea says it tested a cruise missile, flaunting new nuclear-capable weapon

North Korea says it has conducted its first flight test of a new cruise missile, as it expands its military capabilities in the face of tensions with the United States and neighbors.

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Japan hopes to join an elite club by landing on the moon: A closer look @AP @apklug apnews.com/article/b10cd4217…
Japan joins an elite club by landing on the moon. What are others doing?

Japan joins an elite club by landing on the moon. What are others doing?

Japan has landed a spacecraft on the moon, an attempt at the world’s first “pinpoint lunar landing.”

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