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Charlie Kirk’s death has fired up South Korea’s ‘MAGA’ conservatives - The Washington Post

In trade talks, Japan learns a hard lesson about U.S. alliance

Cram schools for kindergartners are the latest in South Korean college prep

How the few freedoms North Koreans enjoyed have vanished since the pandemic

Interview with South Korea’s likely next leader, Lee Jae-myung

The sorrow, hope and longing of Japan’s ‘Missing Post Office’

A night of chaos: Inside South Korea’s six hours of martial law

With K-pop and light sticks, South Koreans demanded Yoon’s impeachment

Power vacuum in South Korea, a key U.S. ally, raises security concerns

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has never been more brazen — or in demand (Gift link)

Job posting: The Washington Post seeks news assistant in Tokyo

Soldiers from North Korea’s elite “Storm Corps” appear to be preparing to support Russia in its war against Ukraine, according to a Post analysis.

A party’s seven-decade dominance raises concerns for Japan’s democracy

Inflation has come for one of Japan’s most beloved cheap eats: Ramen

How one family escaped North Korea in a rickety boat on the open sea

Russia and North Korea’s military deal formalizes a bustling arms trade

At White House, Japanese prime minister will trumpet strength of U.S. alliance

North Korea’s millennial defectors now seek political power in the South

How to go vegan in South Korea, a meat lover’s paradise


For South Korean women, it’s a tough choice between career or kids

Encountering my activist great-grandfather — and his bones

North Korea may be sending arms to Russia for Ukraine war, images suggest

At Japan’s dementia cafes, forgotten orders are all part of the service

Ignoring red flags, South Korea went ahead with Scout jamboree anyway

Analysis: North Korea’s latest ballistic missile is its most powerful yet

Gangnam style vs. squalor: Inequality in South Korea’s most famous area

Japan (finally) changes a century-old law: The age of consent is now 16

As G-7 approaches, Japan remains an outlier on LGBTQ rights

From Rahmbo to Rahm-bassador: How an unlikely diplomat has wooed Japan

Japan’s military ignored her sexual assault claims, so she went public

Japan is hostile for LGBTQ people, but attitudes are shifting. Slowly.

North Korea, family and soup: The inspiration for a 26-year odyssey

These Russians, evading call-up to Ukraine, live in a Seoul airport

North Koreans struggle to escape, thanks to covid and Kim Jong Un

North Korean schools in Japan? Geopolitics may shutter them.

AAJA Report: Local TV News Has a Representation Problem

Washington Post investigation: Crucial missteps led to tragically delayed rescue in a Seoul alley

Online Grief and Healing Session with AAJA Seoul

Hours before first deaths in Seoul crush, police received panicked calls

We visited Studio Ghibli’s first-ever theme park. It’s a sensory delight.

He escaped North Korea, then risked everything to go back for his mom

How to import a cat into Japan in 28 easy steps

How Seoul failed its most vulnerable, flooded in their basement homes

In Okinawa, a push to revive a lost tattoo art for women, by women

Essay: Watching Japan reckon with a rare shooting, through an American prism

In Japan, abortion is legal — but most women need their husbands’ consent

Conversation with Joanne Lee Molinaro ("The Korean Vegan") on race, identity & family

Song Hae, a South Korean TV host with staying power, dies at 95

Inside North Korea's covid mystery -- and its menace

What you need to know about the covid crisis hitting North Korea

Surviving the ‘time machine’: Woorion helps North Korean defectors to the South

North Korea admits to coronavirus outbreak for the first time

Kamikatsu, Japan's "zero-waste" town

An exclusive interview with South Korea's new president

Japan’s women-led start-ups are making period cups and the pill a thing

How the war in Ukraine crushed the hopes of thousands of elderly Japanese

North Korea’s latest missile launch comes with Hollywood-style propaganda

Rent-a-stranger: This Japanese man makes a living showing up and doing nothing

Under new conservative president, South Korea poised to adopt more hawkish foreign policy

Russia’s invasion prompts more assertive foreign policy from Japan

South Korea's incel-like "anti-feminist" backlash to women's rights activists

In Japan and across Asia, an outpouring of support for Ukraine

Japan navigates a complicated relationship with Russia over Ukraine

AAJA Acknowledges ABC Apology for Misidentification of AAPI Women's Names, Urges Caution in Coverage of Our Communities

AAJA’s The Space registration: Grief & healing for AAPI women

Mental wellness resources for AAPI journalists

In covid, young Japanese & South Koreans are taking "fake trips" to each other's countries

South Korea’s pivotal presidential election marred by scandals, bickering and insults

Japan’s Vietnamese workers are falling through the cracks. One Buddhist nun is trying to catch them.

I live in Tokyo. He lives in D.C. Omicron forced us to marry if we ever wanted to see each other.

North Korea is test-firing missiles again. Here’s what to make of the launches.

#VeryAsian pop-up campaign

Once demonized, capitalist-style banking could be the future for socialist North Korea’s economy

With closed borders and food supplies in question, North Korea heads into tense winter

Get involved: AAJA's Revamp of "Covering Asian Pacific America Style Guide"

‘Hitting mung’: In stressed-out South Korea, people are paying to stare at clouds and trees

Long before ‘Squid Game,’ South Korea filmmakers elevated the underdog

As Japan’s yakuza mob weakens, former gangsters struggle to find a role outside crime

AAJA congratulates member Maria Ressa, Nobel Peace Prize recipient

Kim Jong Un shift from nuclear push to economy intensified internal debates in North Korea

Asahi Shimbun feature (in Japanese)

Dueling ballistic missile tests on Korean Peninsula signal rising tensions

AAJA, AMEJA, SAJA, NABJ guidance on covering 9/11, 20 years later

What’s happening inside North Korea? Since the pandemic, the window has slammed shut.

AAJA, AMEJA, MVJ statement on protecting Afghan journalists

Biracial sons of Atlanta victim push for Black-Asian solidarity

How the long-stigmatized sport skateboarding is gaining a foothold in Japan

In shadow of Japan’s Fukushima disaster, the Olympic message of ‘recovery’ rings hollow

My birthday fundraiser for AAJA!

CSIS panel: Journalist roundtable on Biden-Moon summit

Register! AAJA x NABJ collab: The role of journalism in Black & AAPI solidarity

'This could have been me': AAPI women on Atlanta shootings

Interview with Kelly Marie Tran

How AAJA helped shape coverage of the Atlanta shootings

Asian Americans in media: 'You can't extricate the humanity of yourself from the journalist'

For Suncha Kim, America was always where she felt belonged

Conversation on allyship with Sherrilyn Ifill & John C. Yang

Conversation with Helen Zia & Erika Lee

Conversation with Daniel Dae Kim and Daniel Wu

AAJA guidance on media coverage of Atlanta shootings

'Quad' grouping to become central to US strategy in Asia

Trump's election fraud lie cost taxpayers $519 million and counting

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