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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (right) toasts with South Korean tech chiefs - including SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, LG Group Chairman Koo Kwang-mo and Naver Chairman Lee Hae-jin - over a casual dinner in Seoul in June. Huang’s informal diplomacy and warm ties with South Korea’s chip leaders now face uncertainty amid an escalating controversy. Photo: Yonhap/Reuters

Nvidia’s Jensen Huang scandal casts shadow over South Korea’s chip ‘bromance’

The scandal surrounding the Nvidia CEO risks delaying data centre roll-outs and accelerating White House restrictions on Korean chip giants.

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Why is Vietnam’s To Lam in Japan? AI, chips and nuclear power

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Japan busts fake cell tower used in phishing scheme targeting Chinese tourists

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Japan targets viral ‘Shorinji racing’ social media pranks harassing police

Authorities sound the alarm as online dares prompt primary and middle school pupils to vandalise police boxes and disrupt emergency lines.

9 Nov 2026 - 3:19PM

Screengrab from footage broadcast by Kansai Television showing youths filming themselves at a neighbourhood police box in western Japan. Photo: YouTube/Kansai Television

A doctor was murdered in South Korea. 8 years on, ‘nothing has changed’

With assaults hitting 1,200 a year, doctors want metal detectors and an end to rules requiring victims to press charges.

9 Nov 2026 - 2:35PM

Thousands flock to South Korean border park for rare view of North Korean weapon

The influx has sparked frustration among residents, who say visitors are treating a source of daily security anxiety as a tourist attraction.

9 Nov 2026 - 8:58AM

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Japan man with ‘grudge against society’ stabs bookshop worker

Violent crime is uncommon in Japan, but there have been occasional stabbings and attacks in recent years by socially isolated individuals.

8 Nov 2026 - 9:44PM

People walk in a commercial area in central Osaka. A man identified as Satoshi Okamoto allegedly used a kitchen knife to stab the worker at a branch of national chain Maruzen & Junkudo in the heart of Japan’s second largest city. Photo: AFP

Why raising prices in Japan amid ‘insanely high’ inflation backfires on firms

Uniqlo’s socks U-turn and Saizeriya’s Doria apology show it’s not easy to change consumers’ entrenched deflationary mindset.

8 Nov 2026 - 1:30PM

Japan rethinks its stalking laws after Pokemon store murder

A restraining order failed to protect her. Now a Tokyo shop worker’s murder has prompted calls to fit convicted stalkers with GPS tags.

8 Nov 2026 - 9:00AM

How North Korea turns child prodigies into crypto thieves

Promised luxury flats and high-status marriages, Pyongyang’s hacker elite are recruited from age 11 and trained to steal billions.

7 Nov 2026 - 2:35PM

State backing makes the North’s hackers more dangerous and harder to repulse, analysts say. Photo: Shutterstock

Myanmar’s will to fight money laundering questioned as tougher curbs loom

The Financial Action Task Force has warned of further measures unless the regime remedies failing safeguards by February.

7 Nov 2026 - 10:00AM

Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing reviews an honour guard during a welcoming ceremony in Bangkok in August. Photo: EPA

Will Russia’s asset takeover finally push Japan into retaliation?

Analysts say Takaichi will need to mount a ‘more assertive’ response after Moscow seized Japan Tobacco assets.

7 Nov 2026 - 2:41PM

Japan deploys AI, specialist teams to counter cyberattack wave

A ‘rescue team’ of experts from the public and private sectors will be established to help cyberattack-hit businesses with initial responses.

6 Nov 2026 - 5:37PM

Will Japan press Vietnam on labour rights or prioritise security goals?

Human Rights Watch’s Tokyo office has urged Takaichi to confront To Lam over Vietnam’s failure to deliver promised labour reforms.

6 Nov 2026 - 4:57PM

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (left) and Vietnamese President To Lam shake hands at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi on May 2. Photo: AFP

Post-US midterms AI worries pummel shares in Japan, South Korea

The tech rout in the US also battered chip-related shares of Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Kioxia.

6 Nov 2026 - 10:31AM

People stand near a board displaying the Nikkei stock average in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday. Photo: AFP

Slums, day labour and forged IDs: how Japan’s 660 most wanted stay hidden

In a society ruled by red tape, police are still hunting murderers and radical bombers who slipped off the grid decades ago.

6 Nov 2026 - 9:30AM

South Korea apologises for classing gay teens as delinquents

A counselling manual put homosexuality in the same bracket as theft and drug abuse, triggering a hasty climbdown.

6 Nov 2026 - 9:00AM

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North Korea digs in for US stand-off as Democratic midterm wins dim summit hopes

Recent weapons tests signal Pyongyang will lean on Moscow and Beijing rather than bank on Washington talks amid shifting US politics.

5 Nov 2026 - 3:15PM

A newly designed advanced air-defence missile system is test-fired by North Korea in this photograph released by state media on Thursday. Photo: KCNA via Reuters

South Korea investigates 580 finance firms after massive data leaks

The Financial Services Commission warns banks against ignoring known security risks and unsafe practices.

6 Nov 2026 - 2:06PM

‘Throwing money out the window’: can a cyber tsar shift South Korea’s mindsets?

President Lee Jae Myung’s proposal comes after personal details belonging to him and various officials were leaked online.

5 Nov 2026 - 5:53PM

Why North Korea’s Kim sees no need for another ‘photo-op summit’ with Trump

Trump talks of friendship, but analysts say a US$6 billion crypto row and fresh sanctions have all but put paid to future summitry.

4 Nov 2026 - 3:58PM

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump pictured at their last meeting at the demilitarised zone in June 2019. Photo: AFP

Crash landing for K-dramas? Waning output threatens genre’s future

South Korean ⁠industry groups seek government’s support and investment to prevent the sector’s collapse.

4 Nov 2026 - 1:14PM

A still from the K-drama “Love Your Enemy”. The genre faces a production crisis as costs rise and output drops. Photo: tvN

South Korea revokes Unification Church leader’s bail after secret visits exposed

Han Hak-ja was granted bail on condition that she stay in hospital, but recent footage shows her being driven to the church headquarters.

3 Nov 2026 - 8:24PM

Strong yes, ‘bombastic’ no: what Japan’s voters really want in a leader

A new poll reveals most respondents rated Trump’s performance as president poorly, lacking the ‘elegance’ analysts say is required of a Japanese leader.

3 Nov 2026 - 5:15PM

South Korea rushes to reissue passports to president, wife after data leak

Police also launched an investigation into the breach that also exposed personal information of ministers and senior officials.

3 Nov 2026 - 11:00AM

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and first lady Kim Hea-kyung leave the presidential plane at an airbase in Seongnam, Gyeonggi province, last year. Photo: The Korea Times

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