at 18:30 (JST), May 24

Asian View
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Key words : south sanction north
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230524_05/

South Korea and the United States have imposed more sanctions against North Korea over its suspected illegal cyber activities designed to finance the country's nuclear and missile development.

South Korea's Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that it newly blacklisted three organizations and seven individuals.

Two of the organizations are affiliated with North Korea's defense ministry or ruling Workers' Party. The third is an academy for tech and cyber training.

The ministry said the organizations illicitly earned money by sending engineers to Russia, China and Laos to engage in building cryptocurrency trading systems.

South Korea has accused North Korean engineers of earning millions of dollars a year by going abroad under fake identities and working.

The US Treasury Department announced on Tuesday that it sanctioned four North Korean entities and one person for their suspected involvement in cryptocurrency theft.

The entities include a training institution for "malicious cyber actors" and an intelligence agency unit.

The department said North Korea "conducts malicious cyber activities" to support "its unlawful weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs."

Key words : china diluted water
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230524_04/

China has urged the International Atomic Energy Agency to properly handle Japan's plan to release treated and diluted water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea.

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang made the request to IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi at their meeting in Beijing on Tuesday.

The Foreign Ministry quoted Qin as saying that China supports IAEA efforts to make new contributions to promote world peace and security. He also urged the agency to perform its duties in an objective and fair manner.

Qin expressed hope that the IAEA will properly handle the Japanese plan and safeguard the agency's authority and credibility.

Grossi reportedly said the IAEA will not agree to any activities that violate international safety standards.

China has opposed the plan, calling it a grave issue that concerns human health and safety.

Japan's government says the water will be diluted to bring down the level of radioactive tritium before being released into the ocean.

Key words : surprise fashion
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230523_18/

A surprise fashion choice by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has led to a sales run on the branded socks of a Japanese professional baseball team.

Sunak sported a pair of the red official socks of Hiroshima Toyo Carp, from Hiroshima City, western Japan, when he met Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio at a bilateral summit in the city last Thursday.

Now, the social media buzz around the unusual footwear selection has led to them selling out.

Sunak was visiting Japan to attend the Group of Seven Summit. The baseball team is a favorite of Kishida, whose constituency is in Hiroshima.

Comments on social media included praise for Sunak's playfulness, which one author said felt, "typically British." Others spoke of how happy the incident made the team's fans.

The firm selling official team products says its Hiroshima shop in the city sold out of the socks, including those in different colors, by Saturday. It said new deliveries are expected in the middle of next month.

One woman came to buy a pair for her 5-year-old nephew, who wanted them after watching the British prime minister wearing them on television. She vowed to visit the shop again to buy the socks.

Murai Satoko, who designed the socks, said she never dreamed that the British prime minister would wear them. She added that she's excited to know that he was thinking about the city.

Key words : talent agency abuse
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