February 24, 2023 AOC rebuked for 'demanding' Japan 'embrace LGBTQ alphabet wokeness' during controversial Asia trip Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., advised that Japan shape up on "LGBT protections" in a nearly 40-minute-long Instagram video and accused the government of being "very discriminatory."
February 23, 2023 North Korea test fires four cruise missiles to demonstrate 'nuclear combat force,' state media claims North Korean state media said that the hermit kingdom test fired four strategic cruise missiles off its eastern coast on Friday to demonstrate its "nuclear combat force."
February 19, 2023 North Korea fires ballistic missiles after US conducts military drills with South Korea, Japan: 'firing range' One day after the U.S. held joint military drills with Asian allies, North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles from its east coast, according to South Korea and Japan.
February 19, 2023 North Korea confirms ICBM test, warns of more powerful steps in response to South Korea, US trainings North Korea confirmed Sunday it did conduct another intercontinental ballistic missile test on Feb. 18 in efforts to further bolster its "fatal" nuclear attack against its rivals.
February 17, 2023 North Korea threatens 'unprecedentedly' strong response to US-South Korean nuclear drills North Korea has threatened "unprecedentedly" strong countermeasures against recently announced drills between South Korea and the US focusing on Pyongyang's growing nuclear threat.
February 16, 2023 South Korea refers to North as 'our enemy' for first time in six years as tensions heighten South Korea called North Korea its enemy in its biennial defense document, reviving the use of the label for the first time in six years and signaling rising tensions between the two.
February 13, 2023 Japan, South Korea support US takedown of Chinese surveillance craft High-level officials from Japan and South Korea said Monday they fully back the U.S. decision to shoot down a spy balloon and possibly other surveillance objects from China.
February 7, 2023 COVID-19's lasting impact: 'Less attractive' people wear masks more often than others, study finds A new study published in Frontiers in Psychology says that people who think they are less attractive than others are likely to keep wearing masks when they're motivated to make good impressions.
February 7, 2023 South Korean court orders government to pay Vietnamese woman who survived gunshot during the Vietnam War A Vietnamese woman was shot when South Korean marines rampaged through her village during the war in 1968. A court in South Korea ordered the government to pay the woman $24,000.
February 5, 2023 South Korea boat capsizes, 9 fishermen missing Nine fishermen remain missing after a 24-ton South Korean vessel capsized off the country's southwestern coast Saturday evening, authorities said.