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South Korea suspends tear gas exports to Bahrain

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, follows a Shinto priest to pay respect for the war dead at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013. Abe visited Yasukuni war shrine in a move sure to infuriate China and South Korea. The visit to the shrine, which honors 2.5 million war dead including convicted class A war criminals, appears to be a departure from Abe&#8217;s &#8220;pragmatic&#8221; approach to foreign policy, in which he tried to avoid alienating neighboring countries. It was the first visit by a sitting prime minister since Junichiro Koizumi went to mark the end of World War II in 2006. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Japanese prime minister visits Yasukuni war shrine, irks China

By Ken Moritsugu - Associated Press

A man at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul watches a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (saluting) and Mr. Kim's uncle, Jang Song-thaek (circled), on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Kim Jong-un’s uncle removed from North Korean state documentary

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, looks through binoculars to see North Korea with his granddaughter Finnegan Biden from Observation Post Ouellette during a tour of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2013. (Associated Press)

‘Welcome to the edge of freedom’: Biden’s boots touch down in DMZ

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FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2013 file photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed Nov. 30, 2013 by the Korea News Service, U.S. citizen Merrill Newman, 85, reads a document, which North Korean authorities say was an apology that Newman wrote and read in North Korea. North Korea said Saturday Dec. 7, 2013, that it has deported the elderly U.S. tourist and war veteran detained for more than a month for alleged hostile acts against the country. (AP Photo/KCNA via KNS)

U.S. war veteran Merrill Newman ‘deported’ by N. Korea

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Biden leaves with no concessions from China, heads next to South Korea

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the end of a joint press conference following their meeting at Abe's official residence in Tokyo Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) ** FILE **

Joe Biden: China air zone raises risk of accidents

By Josh Lederman - Associated Press

The White House Youth Summit is scheduled for Wednesday, maybe just in time. A new Gallup poll reveals that Americans who have not yet turned 30 know the least about Obamacare. (THE WHITE HOUSE)

Inside the Beltway: Stringent advice from a reporter to Obama on Term 2

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 9, 2013 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed Nov. 30, 2013 by the Korea News Service, U.S. citizen Merrill Newman, 85, applies his thumb print to a document which North Korean authorities say was an apology which Newman wrote and read in North Korea. Newman, an avid traveler and retired finance executive, was taken off a plane Oct. 26 by North Korean authorities while preparing to leave the country after a 10-day tour. (AP Photo/KCNA via KNS) JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSION

N. Korea claims elderly U.S. vet, Merrill Newman, apologized for ‘hostile acts’

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An FA-18 Hornet approaches to land on the deck of the USS George during a joint military exercise with Japan in the Pacific Ocean off Japan's southernmost island of Okinawa Thursday, Nov. 28, 2013. The 13-day drill ended in the day as an air defense zone newly declared by China Saturday, Nov. 23 in the East China Sea has raised some tensions in the region. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

South Korea, Japan join U.S. in defying China’s air defense zone

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The replica of a Chinese made fighter jet is silhouetted against the sun in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013. China said Wednesday it had monitored two unarmed U.S. bombers that flew over the East China Sea in defiance of Beijing's declaration it was exercising greater military control over the area. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Inside China: Airspace acrimony in East China Sea

By Miles Yu

Minamikojima (foreground), Kitakojima, (middle right) and Uotsuri (background) are tiny islands in the East China Sea, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, File)

China sends warplanes into air defense zone

By Christopher Bodeen - Associated Press

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Biden to meet with China leadership as tension grows over disputed islands

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Georgetown's Joshua Smith shoots a free throw against Oregon during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the Armed Forces Classic at Camp Humphreys in Pyengtaek, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Lee Jim-man)

Big man Smith comes up small in Georgetown debut, Hoyas fall to Oregon

By Foster Klug - Associated Press

A North Korean soldier (right) looks southward through a pair of binoculars as a South Korean soldier (left) stands guard in the village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea repatriates six defectors to Seoul

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times