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Japan’s leader says he will express remorse for World War II

January 11, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ken Moritsugu Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — In a year that marks the 70th anniversary of World War II’s end, a question weighs on the minds of policymakers in Asia and as far away as Washington, D.C.: What will Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe say about his country’s role in the war?

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Asia, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Emperor Akihito, Foreign Ministry, Hua Chunying, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Jen Psaki, Koichi Nakano, Manchurian Incident, New Year, Sophia University, South Korea, Tokyo, Vol 34 No 3 | January 10 - January 16, Yu Bing

Flag-raising by Taiwan in Washington riles China

January 10, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Matthew Pennington Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. State Department said Monday it was not given advance notice about a New Year’s flag-raising ceremony at the residence of Taiwan’s representative to Washington that has angered China.

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Beijing, China, Chinese Foreign Ministry, Hua Chunying, Jen Psaki, New Year, Obama, Shen Lyu-shun, State Department, Taiwan Strait, Twin Oaks, Vol 34 No 3 | January 10 - January 16

US man in North Korea given 6 years of hard labor

September 20, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AP Wire Service PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s Supreme Court on Sunday sentenced a 24-year-old American man to six years of hard labor for entering the country illegally to commit espionage.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Aijalon Gomes, DPRK, Democratic People, Eddie Yong Su Jun, Following Sunday, Former President Bill Clinton, Jeffrey Fowle, Jen Psaki, Jimmy Carter, Korean American, Matthew Miller, New Jersey-based, North Korean, Robert King, Russian President Vladimir Putin, State Department, Uri Tours, Vol 33 No 39 | September 20 - September 26

Review confirms basis of Japan’s sex slave apology

July 12, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Mari Yamaguchi Associated Press TOKYO (AP) – A Japanese panel confirmed the validity of a study that led to Japan’s landmark 1993 apology for forcing Asian women into wartime prostitution, even as South Korea blasted the review as a move that “picks again at the painful wounds” of victims.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, China, East Asia, Elaine Kurtenbach, Foreign Ministry, Jen Psaki, Keiichi Tadaki, Kono Statement, Noh Kwang-il, South Koreans, Taiwan, Tokyo, Top Japanese, United States, Vol 33 No 29 | July 12 - July 18, Yoshihide Suga

North Korea preparing to try 2 American tourists

July 12, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Eric Talmadge Associated Press TOKYO (AP) – North Korea said on June 30 it is preparing to try two Americans who entered the country as tourists for carrying out what it says were hostile acts against it.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Jeffrey Edward Fowle, Jen Psaki, KCNA, Kenneth Bae, Korean American, Korean Central News Agency, North Korean, North Port, Pyongyang Marathon, Sergei Luzginov, State Department, Swedish Embassy, Tatyana Fowle, United States, Vol 33 No 29 | July 12 - July 18

New India PM meets with rival leader of Pakistan

May 31, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Muneeza Naqvi Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) – New Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the leader of rival Pakistan on May 27 and asked that his country “abide by its commitment” to prevent its territory from being used in terrorism against India and speed up investigations into the 2008 attack in Mumbai.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2014, Abdullah Ghaznavi, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Arun Jaitley, Associated Press, BJP, Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh, Jen Psaki, Maldives, Mumbai, Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, State Department, Sushma Swaraj, United States, Vol 33 No 23 | May 31 - June 6

Tiny Pacific nation sues nine nuclear-armed powers

May 10, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

NEW YORK (AP) – The tiny Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands is taking on the United States and the world’s eight other nuclear-armed nations with an unprecedented lawsuit demanding that they meet their obligations toward disarmament and accusing them of “flagrant violations” of international law.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2014, Bikini Atoll, California-based Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, David Krieger, France, Israeli Foreign Ministry, Jen Psaki, John Burroughs, Marshall Islands, National Nuclear Security Administration, Netherlands, Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Operation Castle, Paul Hirschson, Several Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi, Soviet Union, Tiny Pacific, United States, Vol 33 No 20 | May 10 - May 16

India says no U.S. standoff as diplomat returns home

January 18, 2014 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Ashok Sharma Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) – India’s government said that there was no standoff with the United States over the arrest and strip search of an Indian diplomat in New York, as both countries appear eager to defuse the month-long dispute. After meeting with the diplomat, Devyani Khobragade, following her return to New […]

Filed Under: National News Tagged With: 2014, Associated Press, Attorney Preet Bharara, Devyani Khobragade, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, India, Jen Psaki, National Security Agency, New Delhi, New York, Sangeeta Richard, State Department, United Nations, United States, Vol 33 No 4 | January 18 - January 24

Myanmar’s president pardons 69 political prisoners

November 24, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Aye Aye Win Associated Press  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) – Myanmar’s president on Nov. 15 pardoned 69 political prisoners, including two grandsons of a former dictator, as part of a promise to free all such detainees by the end of the year.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2008, 2011, 2013, Amnesty International, Associated Press, France, Isabelle Arradon, Jen Psaki, Kyaw Ne Win, Myanmar, Naw Ohn Hla, Peaceful Assembly Law, Thein Sein, United States, Vol 32 No 48 | November 23 - November 29, Ye Aung, Zwe Ne Win

N. Korea charges Washington state man in plot to overthrow government regime

May 4, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Staff The Associated Press PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea announced April 27 that an American detained for nearly six months is being tried in the Supreme Court on charges of plotting to overthrow the government, a crime that could draw the death penalty if he is convicted.

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, China, DPRK, Dongguk University, Euna Lee, Jen Psaki, Kenneth Bae, Koh Yu-hwan, Laura Ling, North Korean, Pae Jun Ho, President Bill Clinton, Russia, South Korean, Supreme Court, Swedish Embassy, United States, Vol 32 No 19 | May 4 - May 10

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