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technology and semiconductor development project.</a></div> </div> <div class="article"> <div class="article-section"> <a href="/news/asia-pacific/" title="ASIA PACIFIC">ASIA PACIFIC</a> <span class="separator">/</span> <a href="/news/asia-pacific/politics/" title="Politics">Politics</a> </div> <div class="article-title"><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/15/asia-pacific/politics/china-us-bullying-wang/" title="China will have to hit back at U.S. ‘bullying,’ Beijing's top diplomat says">China will have to hit back at U.S. ‘bullying,’ Beijing's top diplomat says</a></div> <div class="article-body"><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/15/asia-pacific/politics/china-us-bullying-wang/" title="China will have to hit back at U.S. ‘bullying,’ Beijing's top diplomat says">Still, Foreign Minister Wang Yi sought to take a broader view of relations, expressing confidence that the two countries will remain engaged long into the future.</a></div> </div> </div> </div> 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href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/14/asia-pacific/politics/taiwan-lai-military-funding-trump/" title="Taiwan’s Lai vows to lift military funding after Trump complaint">Lai said Taiwan would boost expenditure to 3% of GDP, though he didn’t indicate when that would start. </a></div> </div> </div> <div class="article"> <div class="article-image"> <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/13/asia-pacific/politics/china-tibetans-uyghurs-switzerland/" title="China repressing Tibetans and Uyghurs in Switzerland, government report says"><div class="layout-ratio"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 786px)" data-srcset="https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japantimes/uploads/images/2025/02/13/451875.jpg?v=3.1&w=400&q=100&f=jpg&t=1.52" type="image/jpg"> <source data-srcset="https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japantimes/uploads/images/2025/02/13/451875.jpg?v=3.1&w=600&q=100&f=jpg&t=1.52" type="image/jpg"> <img src="https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japantimes/uploads/images/2025/02/13/451875.jpg?v=3.1&w=400&q=100&f=jpg&t=1.52" class="lazy figure-img img-fluid rounded" data-src="https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japantimes/uploads/images/2025/02/13/451875.jpg?v=3.1&w=400&q=100&f=jpg&t=1.52" style="" alt="Ethnic Uyghurs protest near the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul in 2022." title="Ethnic Uyghurs protest near the Chinese Consulate in Istanbul in 2022." onerror="this.src='/theme_japantimes/images/no-image.png';this.removeAttribute('onerror');"> </picture> </div> </a> </div> <div class="article-details "> <div class="main-info"> <div class="article-section"> <a href="/news/asia-pacific/" title="ASIA PACIFIC">ASIA PACIFIC</a> <span class="separator">/</span> <a href="/news/asia-pacific/politics/" title="Politics">Politics</a> </div> <div class="publish-date">Feb 13, 2025</div> </div> <div class="article-title"><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/13/asia-pacific/politics/china-tibetans-uyghurs-switzerland/" title="China repressing Tibetans and Uyghurs in Switzerland, government report says">China repressing Tibetans and Uyghurs in Switzerland, government report says</a></div> <div class="article-byline"> </div> <div class="article-body"><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/13/asia-pacific/politics/china-tibetans-uyghurs-switzerland/" title="China repressing Tibetans and Uyghurs in Switzerland, government report says">Members of the two Chinese minority groups are subject to "transnational repression," the report said.</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="article"> <div class="article-image"> <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/13/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-yoon-impeachment-hearing/" title="South Korea's Yoon back in court for impeachment hearing"><div class="layout-ratio"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 786px)" 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Yeol attends a hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law, at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Thursday." onerror="this.src='/theme_japantimes/images/no-image.png';this.removeAttribute('onerror');"> </picture> </div> </a> </div> <div class="article-details "> <div class="main-info"> <div class="article-section"> <a href="/news/asia-pacific/" title="ASIA PACIFIC">ASIA PACIFIC</a> <span class="separator">/</span> <a href="/news/asia-pacific/politics/" title="Politics">Politics</a> </div> <div class="publish-date">Feb 13, 2025</div> </div> <div class="article-title"><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/13/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-yoon-impeachment-hearing/" title="South Korea's Yoon back in court for impeachment hearing">South Korea's Yoon back in court for impeachment hearing</a></div> <div class="article-byline"> By <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/author/5671/hieun-shin/" title="Hieun SHIN">Hieun SHIN</a><br/> </div> <div class="article-body"><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/13/asia-pacific/politics/south-korea-yoon-impeachment-hearing/" title="South Korea's Yoon back in court for impeachment hearing">Yoon was detained last month on insurrection charges, becoming the first sitting South Korean head of state to be arrested.</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="article"> <div class="article-image"> <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/13/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-family-reunion-center/" title="North Korea demolishing family reunion center, Seoul says"><div class="layout-ratio"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 786px)" data-srcset="https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japantimes/uploads/images/2025/02/13/451873.jpg?v=3.1&w=400&q=100&f=jpg&t=1.52" type="image/jpg"> <source data-srcset="https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japantimes/uploads/images/2025/02/13/451873.jpg?v=3.1&w=600&q=100&f=jpg&t=1.52" type="image/jpg"> <img src="https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japantimes/uploads/images/2025/02/13/451873.jpg?v=3.1&w=400&q=100&f=jpg&t=1.52" class="lazy figure-img img-fluid rounded" data-src="https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japantimes/uploads/images/2025/02/13/451873.jpg?v=3.1&w=400&q=100&f=jpg&t=1.52" style="" alt="North Koreans on a bus hold the hands of their South Korean relatives as they bid farewell at the end of a three-day family reunion event at North Korea's Mount Kumgang resort in August 2018. " title="North Koreans on a bus hold the hands of their South Korean relatives as they bid farewell at the end of a three-day family reunion event at North Korea's Mount Kumgang resort in August 2018. " onerror="this.src='/theme_japantimes/images/no-image.png';this.removeAttribute('onerror');"> </picture> </div> </a> </div> <div class="article-details "> <div class="main-info"> <div class="article-section"> <a href="/news/asia-pacific/" title="ASIA PACIFIC">ASIA PACIFIC</a> <span class="separator">/</span> <a href="/news/asia-pacific/politics/" title="Politics">Politics</a> </div> <div class="publish-date">Feb 13, 2025</div> </div> <div class="article-title"><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/13/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-family-reunion-center/" title="North Korea demolishing family reunion center, Seoul says">North Korea demolishing family reunion center, Seoul says</a></div> <div class="article-byline"> </div> <div class="article-body"><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/13/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-family-reunion-center/" title="North Korea demolishing family reunion center, Seoul says">The meetings had been subject to the vagaries of inter-Korea politics and often used as a negotiating tool by Pyongyang.</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="article"> <div class="article-image"> <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/12/asia-pacific/politics/us-taiwan-strait-trump-first-transit/" title="U.S. warship sails through Taiwan Strait for first time since Trump inauguration"><div class="layout-ratio"> <picture> <source media="(min-width: 786px)" data-srcset="https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japantimes/uploads/images/2025/02/12/451668.jpg?v=3.1&w=400&q=100&f=jpg&t=1.52" type="image/jpg"> <source data-srcset="https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japantimes/uploads/images/2025/02/12/451668.jpg?v=3.1&w=600&q=100&f=jpg&t=1.52" type="image/jpg"> <img src="https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japantimes/uploads/images/2025/02/12/451668.jpg?v=3.1&w=400&q=100&f=jpg&t=1.52" class="lazy figure-img img-fluid rounded" data-src="https://cdn4.premiumread.com/?url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/japantimes/uploads/images/2025/02/12/451668.jpg?v=3.1&w=400&q=100&f=jpg&t=1.52" style="" alt="The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson conducts routine operations in the South China Sea last August. The vessel, along with survey ship USNS Bowditch, carried out a “routine” transit through the Taiwan Strait from Monday to Wednesday." title="The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson conducts routine operations in the South China Sea last August. The vessel, along with survey ship USNS Bowditch, carried out a “routine” transit through the Taiwan Strait from Monday to Wednesday." onerror="this.src='/theme_japantimes/images/no-image.png';this.removeAttribute('onerror');"> </picture> </div> </a> </div> <div class="article-details "> <div class="main-info"> <div class="article-section"> <a href="/news/asia-pacific/" title="ASIA PACIFIC">ASIA PACIFIC</a> <span class="separator">/</span> <a href="/news/asia-pacific/politics/" title="Politics">Politics</a> </div> <div class="publish-date">Feb 12, 2025</div> </div> <div class="article-title"><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/12/asia-pacific/politics/us-taiwan-strait-trump-first-transit/" title="U.S. warship sails through Taiwan Strait for first time since Trump inauguration">U.S. warship sails through Taiwan Strait for first time since Trump inauguration</a></div> <div class="article-byline"> By <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/author/141/jesse-johnson/" 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