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Korea to face Japan side with NBA floor time as distinct development structures clash

The two teams will take each other on in Tokyo over the weekend, pitting a nation that intended to cultivate local talent against one that favored competition.

2026.8.12

President Lee Jae Myung speaks during an interview with Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun at his office on Aug. 19. [NEWS1]

Lee vows to step forward into future with Japan while squarely facing past history

President Lee Jae Myung has said he aims to expand cooperation with Japan under the principle of stepping forward into the future with Tokyo while squarely facing up to the history of the past.

2025.8.23

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A banner shows a cultural exchange event between Korean and Japanese students hosted by the Japanese student association of Kyungpook National University in March. [KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY JAPANESE STUDENT ASSOCIATION]

One step at a time: How Japanese student organizations are overcoming cultural barriers in Korea

On her first day at Kyungpook National University, Rina Sakai, a newly admitted international student from Japan, stood in front of a campus bulletin board, staring blankly at a string of official notices for new students.

2025.8.12

Korea's Kang Hae-ji and Kim In-kyung react on the fifth green during the final round of the Dow Championship at Midland Country Club on Sunday in Midland, Michigan. [AFP/YONHAP]

Veteran golfers and Korea-Japan duos see top-10 at Dow Championship

Five Korean golfers made the top 10 at the tag-team Dow Championship in Midland, Michigan on Sunday, with Kang Hae-ji and Kim In-kyung combining for a 19-under-par, 261, to end in tied third, each landing their best finish since 2018.

2024.7.1

Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida, right, and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol at the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, Sept. 10. [UPI/YONHAP]

Korean president, Japanese prime minister to speak at Stanford University on Nov. 17

Yoon and Kishida have been meeting almost every month since Yoon traveled to Japan in March, thawing a relationship that had been in the deep freeze for more than a decade.

2023.11.8

Yoon, Kishida receive Kennedy’s ‘Profile in Courage Award’

The U.S.-based John F. Kennedy Library Foundation jointly awarded Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida for their efforts to improve bilateral relations despite ongoing historical issues on Sunday.

2023.10.30

Happy Dokdo Day

Kindergarteners wearing Dokdo Island T-shirts wave the Korean national flag at the Dalseo Arts Center in Daegu on Wednesday to celebrate Dokdo Day, which falls on Oct. 25.

2023.10.25

The show must go on

It is the people like them that keep history moving forward even if the saboteurs are out in full force.

2023.10.10

A JTBC report on Monday compares a water pitcher, left, and a detergent container served at a restaurant in Tokyo that a Korean woman alleges to have served her detergent with racist motivation. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Korea requests 'fair' probe into alleged hate crime against Korean woman in Japan

A Korean woman surnamed Kang told JTBC on Monday that she had been served a cup of liquid detergent at a restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo, on Aug. 31. She was hospitalized for acute food poisoning after.

2023.9.20

JTBC on Monday reports on a case of a Korean woman who was served a cup of water with dissolved detergent at a restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo, on Aug. 31. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Korean woman hospitalized in Japan after being ‘served detergent’ in restaurant

A Korean woman was allegedly hospitalized in Japan after being served a water cup with detergent at a restaurant earlier this summer, JTBC reported on Monday.

2023.9.19