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CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at the Korean War. Although hostilities ceased in 1953, there has been no formal end to the war. Causes of the Korean War Under Japanese rule before and during World War II, Korea was divided into two parts after the Japanese surrender. The Soviet Union occupied the area north

By Nectar Gan, CNN Liu, a 39-year-old tech worker in Beijing, arrived in the central city of Zhengzhou on Sunday with all the boxes ticked to travel under China’s stringent Covid restrictions. He had tested negative for Covid-19 the day before; his hotel had confirmed he could be checked in; and the health code on

By Heather Chen, CNN Shorter work weeks aimed at boosting worker productivity and happiness are catching on in parts of the world like Iceland and the United Kingdom. But in crisis-hit Sri Lanka the concept is more about coping with crippling food and fuel shortages. The South Asian country, struggling with the shortages amid its

By Simone McCarthy For decades the Amur River has separated modern China and Russia — its waters cutting though more than 1,000 of their roughly 2,500 border miles. But it’s always lacked one thing: a vehicle bridge. Now — as Russia’s economic isolation in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine pushes it closer to

By Emiko Jozuka and Helen Regan, CNN More than 11 years after Japan’s worst nuclear disaster, the government lifted evacuation orders in a section of a village previously deemed off limits on Sunday, allowing residents to move back into their homes. Kazunori Iwayama, a former resident of Katsurao village, which lies about 40 kilometers (24

By Jessie Yeung, Emiko Jozuka and Kathleen Benoza, CNN Japan’s parliament on Monday passed legislation making “online insults” punishable by imprisonment amid rising public concern over cyberbullying sparked by the suicide of a reality television star who had faced social media abuse. Under the amendment to the country’s penal code — set to take effect

By CNN’s Beijing Bureau and Sophie Jeong in Hong Kong Nine people have been arrested in China following an assault on four women in the northern city of Tangshan on Friday, local police said in a statement on Saturday. Graphic security footage showing scenes from the incident was posted on social media on Friday, triggering

By Heather Chen and Yuki Kurihara, CNN It began as a family argument and ended in tragedy — a teenage girl stabbed to death by her elderly grandfather in a case that shocked a nation. In a court in western Japan last month, Susumu Tomizawa, 88, admitted to killing his granddaughter Tomomi, 16, nearly two