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South Korea launches renewed search at 2024 Jeju Air crash site

The wreckage of the Jeju Air aircraft that went off the runway and crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea, as seen on Dec 30, 2024.

Japanese PM shows support for Pakistani efforts to mediate US, Iran conflict

Japan relies on the Middle East for more than 90 per cent of its crude oil imports.

Japan volcano erupts, sending plumes of ash 3.4km high

Sakurajima erupted after noon on April 11, sending ash soaring up to 3.4km.

South Korean president’s Holocaust remarks spark outcry from Israel and controversy at home

FILE PHOTO: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung speaks during his new year press conference at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. Ahn Young-joon/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Changing after-work culture: South Koreans turn away from heavy drinking

South Korea’s after-work drinking culture is losing steam.

China calls reports it supplied weapons to Iran ‘baseless smears’

China is a key economic partner of Iran – it buys most of the Middle Eastern country’s oil.

S. Korea secures at least 3 months’ supply of garbage bags as Mid-East war hits naphtha market

Shortages in some regions are caused by logistics bottlenecks., said a lawmaker.

Japanese toilet maker Toto halts bathroom orders after Iran war upends supply chain

Toto joins growing list of Japanese manufacturers cutting production, raising prices amid tightening naphtha supplies used in plastics.

China urges restraint as Trump threatens to blockade Strait of Hormuz

Without naming the US, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said the “root cause” of the crisis is the ongoing war.

Japan eyes remote Pacific island for nuclear waste storage: Report

Tokyo Electric Power Company's Kashiwazaki Kariwa nuclear power plant, one of the world's largest nuclear facilities, in Niigata prefecture, Japan, on Dec 21, 2025.

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