Blaine Harden

Articles by Blaine Harden

North Korea military asserts command over nation's economy (November 3, 2009)

Japan: No base decision soon (October 22, 2009)

U.S. pressures Japan on military package (October 22, 2009)

What's Gotten Into N. Korea? (October 15, 2009)

What's Gotten Into N. Korea? (October 15, 2009)

North Korea Fires 5 Missiles (October 13, 2009)

North Korea Massively Increases Its Special Forces (October 9, 2009)

Kim-Wen Meeting Raises Hopes About Denuclearization Talks (October 8, 2009)

North Korean Prisons Have Become a System of Extortion, Refugees Say (October 6, 2009)

N. Korea Tells Chinese Envoy It Is Open to Nuclear Talks (September 19, 2009)

Japan's New Leader Seeks Revision of Ties With U.S. (September 17, 2009)

North Korea's Succession Campaign May Be on Hold, Sources Say (September 11, 2009)

South Korean Economy Seems Back on Track (September 7, 2009)

Japan's Health-Care System Has Many Advantages, but May Not Be Sustainable (September 7, 2009)

North Korea Says It Has Entered 'Final Stage' of Uranium Enrichment (September 4, 2009)

North Korea Says It Has Entered 'Final Stage' of Uranium Enrichment (September 4, 2009)

A Political Blue Blood on His Own Path (September 1, 2009)

Japanese Ruling Party Loses After 54 Years in Power (August 31, 2009)

Energized Voters Seem Poised to End LDP's Half-Century Rule in Japan (August 27, 2009)

North Korea's Kim Jong Il Calls for Better Relations With South Korea (August 24, 2009)

North Korea Making Conciliatory Moves Toward the South and U.S. (August 18, 2009)

For Yang, a Nation's Embrace (August 18, 2009)

South Koreans Celebrate Yang's Unlikely Victory (August 17, 2009)

Japan Joins Recent Wave Of Economic Expansion (August 17, 2009)

Japan Joins Recent Wave Of Economic Expansion (August 17, 2009)

Opening Their Wallets, Emptying Their Savings (July 30, 2009)

In Tokyo, Hitchcock Isn't Around, but He Seems to Have Sent the Birds (July 26, 2009)

In Tokyo, a High-Pitched Whine Repels Teens, Attracts TV Crews (July 21, 2009)

Outside World Turns Blind Eye to N. Korea's Hard-Labor Camps (July 20, 2009)

Amid Missile Tests, North Korea Increases Restrictions at Home (July 14, 2009)

Next Month's Election in Japan Could Bring Historic Shift in Country's Politics (July 14, 2009)

South Korean Web Sites Disrupted in Third Round of Attacks (July 10, 2009)

Donation to Charity Might Change South Korean President's Image (July 7, 2009)

South Korean President Donates Personal Fortune (July 6, 2009)

North Korea Launches Seven Missiles on U.S. Holiday (July 5, 2009)

North Korea Test-Fires 4 Short-Range Missiles (July 3, 2009)

Trade With China Aids N. Korea's Military, May Offset Sanctions (June 27, 2009)

Economic Experiment of the Two Koreas Is Fighting for Its Survival (June 19, 2009)

Global Insurance Fraud By North Korea Outlined (June 18, 2009)

North Korea Says Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee Admitted Criminal Acts' (June 17, 2009)

South Korea Seeks Assurances of U.S. Nuclear Protection (June 16, 2009)

North Korea Says It Will Start Enriching Uranium (June 14, 2009)

Value of U.N. Sanctions on North Korea Disputed (June 12, 2009)

Major Powers Reach Deal on Draft U.N. Resolution on North Korea (June 11, 2009)

North Korean Women Who Try to Flee to China Encounter Abuse at Home and Abroad (June 10, 2009)

N. Korea Hands U.S. Reporters Laura Ling, Euna Lee 12-Year Terms in Labor Camp (June 9, 2009)

North Korea Follows Nuclear Test With Favor for Captives Laura Ling and Euna Lee (June 4, 2009)

Son Named Heir to North Korea's Kim Studied in Switzerland, Reportedly Loves NBA (June 3, 2009)

N. Korea Seen Moving Missile to Launchpad (May 31, 2009)

N. Korea Fires Sixth Missile in a Week (May 30, 2009)

Roh's Mourners Throng Seoul: Many Call Bribery Probe of Ex-Leader an Injustice (May 30, 2009)

South Korean, American Forces on Alert; U.N. Council Prepares Draft Resolution (May 29, 2009)

North Korea Threatens to Attack South, Calls Truce Ending Korean War Invalid (May 28, 2009)

Seoul Joins Effort to Help Block Aggression by North Korea (May 27, 2009)

North Korea Disavows 1953 Armistice, Warns South Korea (May 27, 2009)

China, Russia Join World in Condemning North Korea's Nuclear Test (May 26, 2009)

N. Korea Conducts 'Successful' Underground Nuclear Test (May 25, 2009)

N. Korea Conducts 'Successful' Underground Nuclear Test (May 25, 2009)

N. Korea Conducts 'Successful' Underground Nuclear Test (May 25, 2009)

Former South Korean President Roh Apparently Kills Himself (May 24, 2009)

Former S. Korean President Roh Dies in Apparent Suicide (May 23, 2009)

Japan's GDP Drops, Experts Expect Turnaround (May 20, 2009)

Swine Flu Spreading in Japan, Forcing School Closures (May 20, 2009)

Japan's GDP Continues Rapid Decline (May 20, 2009)

2 U.S. Reporters to Go on Trial in North Korea in Early June (May 15, 2009)

In Japan, Scandal Boosts Prime Minister Aso's Bid to Stay in Power (May 12, 2009)

In Shift, N. Korea Criticizes Obama Administration as ‘Unchanged' From Bush Era (May 9, 2009)

N. Korean Criticism of U.S. Has Familiar Ring (May 8, 2009)

Japanese Health Inspectors Search Plane From Dulles for Cases of Swine Flu (May 5, 2009)

Japanese Health Inspectors Search Plane From Dulles for Cases of Swine Flu (May 5, 2009)

For Japan's Young Families, a Little Good News (April 18, 2009)

N. Korea's Defiant Tone Masks Problems Restarting Nuclear Program (April 15, 2009)

North Korea Answers U.N. by Ousting Nuclear Inspectors, Condemning Six-Party Talks (April 15, 2009)

N. Korean Defectors Bewildered By the South (April 12, 2009)

Japanese Stimulus Adds to Debt (April 11, 2009)

U.S. Embassy Warns of Drink-Spiking in Tokyo Hot Spot (April 9, 2009)

In N. Korea, a Determinedly Rosy View of Satellite Launch (April 7, 2009)

U.N. Security Council Fails to Agree on N. Korea Statement (April 6, 2009)

Defiant N. Korea Launches Missile (April 5, 2009)

N. Korean Threats Grow as Launch Draws Near (April 3, 2009)

N. Korea Threatens To Down U.S. Spy Aircraft (April 2, 2009)

N. Korea to Put American Journalists on Trial (March 31, 2009)

Japan Debates Public Works Push, After Incurring Huge Debt in 1990s Crisis (March 30, 2009)

Japan Prepares to Shoot Down North Korean Missile in Case of Accident (March 28, 2009)

North Korean Nuclear Test A Growing Possibility (March 27, 2009)

North Korean Missile Test a Growing Possibility (March 27, 2009)

For N. Korea, a Pair Of Bargaining Chips (March 26, 2009)

Japanese Premier's Unpopularity Creates Opening for Opposition Party (March 25, 2009)

Japan Leads Rich Nations Downward (March 10, 2009)

At the Heart of North Korea's Troubles, an Intractable Hunger Crisis (March 6, 2009)

North Korea Dresses Up Planned Test of Long-Range Missile as a Space Project (February 25, 2009)

Japan's Beleaguered Leader to See Obama (February 24, 2009)

Japanese Premier's Plunging Popularity Weakens Ability to Prop Up Sinking Economy (February 17, 2009)

With Obama in White House, North Korea Steps Up Big Talk (February 4, 2009)

Prescient Young Blogger Did What S. Korea Couldn't -- Foresee Global Financial Crisis (January 24, 2009)

In a Shift, Japan Seeks to Help Laid-Off Immigrants Stay in the Country (January 23, 2009)

N. Korea Discordant on Obama Era, Nuclear Arsenal (January 18, 2009)

Japanese Magazine for Aging Lads Offers a Lot of Cool for a Little Cash (December 17, 2008)

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso Follows in Predecessors' Floundering Footsteps (December 15, 2008)

North Korean Prison Camp Escapee Tells of Horrors, Worries About Those Left Behind (December 11, 2008)

S. Koreans Have New Regard for U.S. Beef (December 10, 2008)

Dispute Stalls U.S. Food Aid To N. Korea (December 9, 2008)

South Korean Activists Opposed to Inciting the North Brawl With Group Launching Anti-Kim Leaflets (December 3, 2008)

North Korea Sharply Limits South's Access to Joint Industrial Site (December 2, 2008)

Elderly Shoplifters on the Rise in Japan (November 30, 2008)

Japanese Man Admits to Killings, Cites Anger Over Dog's Death (November 24, 2008)

Man Turns Himself Over to Tokyo Police, Says He Stabbed Couple (November 23, 2008)

Japanese Artist Chronicles Young, Ambitionless Office Workers in Comic Books (November 21, 2008)

In Japan, Killer May Be Hunting Officials Associated With Pension Debacle (November 20, 2008)

Japan Stanches Stench of Mass Trash Incinerators (November 18, 2008)

Japan's Economy in Recession, Government Says (November 17, 2008)

Free Money? In Japan, Most Say They Will Pass. (November 13, 2008)

Japanese General Defends Revised Version of WWII (November 12, 2008)

Japanese Stores Take Convenience To a New Level (November 8, 2008)

N. Korea Releases New Photos of Kim (November 4, 2008)

WWII Apologists Persist Despite Japanese Policy (November 3, 2008)

Godzilla's Older, Creepier Cousins (October 31, 2008)

Aso Offers Stimulus, Delays Vote in Japan (October 31, 2008)

Japan's Toyota, Hit Hard Now But Equipped to Steer Clear (October 29, 2008)

Asian Markets Resume Slide Despite Government Efforts (October 27, 2008)

Japan's Papers, Doomed but Going Strong (October 25, 2008)

Around the World, the Signs Of Slowdown Spiral Outward (October 25, 2008)

Recession Fears Drive Down Global Markets (October 24, 2008)

Asian Stocks Fall on Bleak Economic Data (October 24, 2008)

South Korea to Give Banks $100 Billion In Loan Guarantees (October 20, 2008)

In Rich Japan, Crisis Inspires A Grand Plan (October 19, 2008)

In Cash-Rich Japan, World's Financial Woes Inspire a Grand Plan (October 19, 2008)

Recession Fears Grip Stock Markets in Europe, Asia (October 17, 2008)

Japanese Stocks Notch 14% Gain (October 15, 2008)

U.S. Move on N. Korea Assailed in Japan (October 13, 2008)

Global Markets Fall Despite Reassurances (October 11, 2008)

Global Collateral Damage (October 10, 2008)

Asian Markets Stabilize After Global Rate Cuts (October 9, 2008)

Asian Markets Open With Early Gains As Anxieties Ease (October 9, 2008)

Slight Recovery for Asian Markets in Wake of Australia's Rate Cut (October 7, 2008)

China's Reputation On Product Safety Reaches a New Low (October 7, 2008)

Filipinos Draw Power From Buried Heat (October 4, 2008)

Japan's Carmakers Hit Hard As Exports to U.S. Plummet (October 2, 2008)

As Japan's Economy Falters, New Premier Vows Swift Action (October 1, 2008)

At 81, Japan's Outspoken Force for the World's Poor (September 30, 2008)

Japan, World's 2nd-Largest Economy, Reports Rare Trade Deficit (September 27, 2008)

N. Korea Plans to Resume Processing of Nuclear Fuel (September 25, 2008)

Japanese Go Bargain-Hunting on Wall Street (September 24, 2008)

Aso Chosen to Lead Japan (September 23, 2008)

For Japan, Economic Hope in Wall Street Bailout (September 22, 2008)

Japan, China Locked In by Investments (September 20, 2008)

In Rural Philippines, a Dearth of Doctors (September 20, 2008)

North Korea Tests Engine of Long-Range Missile, Report Says (September 17, 2008)

Wall Street Shake-Up Sets Off Steep Drop in Global Stocks (September 16, 2008)

In Philippines, Abandoned Deal Reignites Rebel War (September 14, 2008)

N. Korea's Kim Said to Be Recovering From Stroke (September 11, 2008)

Japan's Premier Resigns Position After 11 Months (September 2, 2008)

For Bicyclists, a Widening Patchwork World (August 31, 2008)

Less Yen for Foreign Travel In Aging, Risk-Averse Japan (August 30, 2008)

Japanese Women Shy From Dual Mommy Role (August 28, 2008)

N. Korea, Angry Over Terror List, Threatens to Rebuild Nuclear Program (August 27, 2008)

Tokyo's Cantankerous Boss Takes On Global Warming (July 18, 2008)

Japan's Killer Work Ethic (July 13, 2008)

S. Korean Tourist Is Shot Dead In North (July 12, 2008)

Bush Makes Final Push for Global Climate Deal (July 3, 2008)

U.S. Wheat Begins New Aid to N. Korea (July 1, 2008)

Assurances From Rice Fail to Sway S. Koreans (June 29, 2008)

N. Korea Razes Cooling Tower In Show of Nuclear Accord (June 28, 2008)

U.S. to Delist North Korea As Sponsor Of Terrorism (June 27, 2008)

In Energy-Stingy Japan, an Extravagant Indulgence: Posh Privies (June 25, 2008)

South Korea's President Fires Top Advisers (June 20, 2008)

S. Korea's Lee Offers New Beef Apology (June 20, 2008)

Japan Hangs Three Killers As Pace of Executions Rises (June 18, 2008)

More Than a Dozen Still Missing After Japan Quake (June 15, 2008)

6 Die as Quake Hits Northern Japan (June 15, 2008)

U.S. Firm's Deft Play Helps Japanese Golf Out of Rough (June 15, 2008)

N. Korea Agrees to Reexamine Abductions (June 14, 2008)

Killer in Japan Made His Intentions Public (June 14, 2008)

South Korea's Leader Vows to Make New Start (June 11, 2008)

Fury at South Korean President Grows (June 11, 2008)

Japanese, South Korean Stocks Fall in Wake of U.S. Drop (June 9, 2008)

7 Killed In Tokyo Stabbing Rampage (June 9, 2008)

Meat-Counter Confusion in S. Korea (June 7, 2008)

In S. Korea, a Reversal on U.S. Beef Imports (June 4, 2008)

Speed, Stamina Make for a Smooth 'Drive' (May 30, 2008)

Japanese Are Loath To Rebuild Workforce Through Immigration (May 30, 2008)

A Far Cry From Home (May 28, 2008)

When Suicide Conflicts With Japan's Polite Society (May 28, 2008)

Relief in Manila After Japan Agrees to Sell Rice (May 27, 2008)

In S. Korea, Regrets and Assurances On U.S. Beef (May 23, 2008)

Japan Feeling Left Out as U.S. Talks to Pyongyang (May 17, 2008)

On Visit to Japan, China's Hu Has No Time for Old Grudges (May 10, 2008)

S. Koreans Abuzz Over Their Obsession With the Office (May 10, 2008)

Japan Steadily Becoming a Land Of Few Children (May 6, 2008)

In Hungry World, Japan's Farmers Are Stuck With High-Priced Rice (May 2, 2008)

S. Korean Principles Vs. Hunger in North (April 30, 2008)

Scandals Aside, Samsung Moguls May Keep Power (April 23, 2008)

U.S. Team Headed to Pyongyang in Search of 'Significant Progress' (April 22, 2008)

Birthrates Help Keep Filipinos in Poverty (April 21, 2008)

Huge Gap Predicted In Supply Of Food (April 17, 2008)

Philippines Caught in Rice Squeeze (April 12, 2008)

American Freed by N. Korea Relishes Celebrity in Japan (April 6, 2008)

U.S. Sailor's Murder Case Reignites Anger in Japan (April 4, 2008)

North Korea Test-Fires Missiles In Ongoing Show of Truculence (March 29, 2008)

N. Korea Expels 11 of South's Officials in Reaction to Rising Criticism (March 28, 2008)

Japan's Starry Gems of the Diamond (March 26, 2008)

Coal Can't Fill World's Burning Appetite (March 20, 2008)

World's No. 2 Economy Has Vacancy at Top (March 19, 2008)

Global Changes Skew Calculus Of Food Aid For N. Korea (March 15, 2008)

Brutal Beating Death Brings Sumo's Dark Side to Light (March 10, 2008)

Doors Still Closed in North Korea (March 1, 2008)

In N. Korea, Eccentricity Well Off the Scale (February 29, 2008)

From North Korea, Discordant Messages (February 28, 2008)

In North Korea, Breaking a Barrier With Sound (February 27, 2008)

Symphonic Diplomacy, With Odd Overtones (February 26, 2008)

N.Y. Philharmonic Primed to Perform For North Koreans (February 25, 2008)

N. Korea Cashes In on Mineral Riches (February 24, 2008)

Japanese Show What It Takes To Dazzle the Culinary Judges (February 15, 2008)

S. Korea Mourns Landmark Lost to Arson (February 14, 2008)

For Japan, a Long, Slow Slide (February 3, 2008)

Guam's Young, Steeped in History, Line Up to Enlist (January 27, 2008)

A Clash of Views On Whale-Loving (January 26, 2008)

Guam Braces for Peaceful Military Incursion (January 25, 2008)

Demographic Crisis, Robotic Cure? (January 7, 2008)

All Nuclear Efforts Disclosed, N. Korea Says (January 5, 2008)

N. Korea Misses Deadline, but U.S. Response Is Restrained (January 1, 2008)

It's a Tokyo Thing (December 21, 2007)

Lee Wins Presidency in South Korea (December 20, 2007)

In South Korea, a Rags-to-Riches Favorite (December 19, 2007)

Video Snags South Korean Front-Runner Days Before Vote (December 18, 2007)

Despite Harsh Rule, Burma's East Proves Hard to Tame (December 17, 2007)

30 Years After Abductions, Questions Haunt Japanese (December 16, 2007)

Japan's Bloggers: Humble Giants of the Web (December 6, 2007)

Capitalizing on Burma's Autumn of Dissent (December 4, 2007)

Learn to Be Nice to Your Wife, or Pay the Price (November 26, 2007)

Japanese Mission to Kill, Study 950 Whales Decried (November 22, 2007)

For N. Koreans, China Imports Open Window To the World (November 21, 2007)

As More Take a Chance On Fleeing North Korea, Routes for All Budgets (November 18, 2007)

Japan's Leader Cites Limits In Global Security Abilities (November 13, 2007)

Japan's Sacred Bluefin, Loved Too Much (November 11, 2007)

N. Korea Shows Signs of Opening Up, After Decades of Self-Imposed Isolation (November 9, 2007)

Opposition Rejects Power-Sharing Offer in Japan (November 3, 2007)

Japan's New Premier Stymied by Old Issue (November 1, 2007)

Koreas Summit Featured Oddly Congenial Kim (October 5, 2007)

Presidential Contender Criticizes Meeting (October 4, 2007)

Koreas to Seek a Formal Peace Treaty (October 4, 2007)

Leaders of Two Koreas Meet in Pyongyang (October 2, 2007)

S. Korea's Roh Enters The North For Summit (October 2, 2007)

Assembly Required (September 30, 2007)

Igniting A Fervor For Fitness In Japan (September 29, 2007)

Party Elder To Be Japan's New Premier (September 24, 2007)

A Contented Life in a Tokyo Park (September 16, 2007)

With Premier on His Way Out, Japan Focuses on a Successor (September 13, 2007)

Japan's Floundering Abe Fights for Floating Gas Station (September 8, 2007)

South Koreans Held by Taliban Arrive in Seoul, Offer Apologies (September 2, 2007)

Deal Reached For Release Of S. Koreans (August 29, 2007)

Japan's Warp-Speed Ride to Internet Future (August 29, 2007)

Taliban Agree to Free S. Korean Hostages (August 28, 2007)

'Total Chaos' On Plane In Japan (August 21, 2007)

Japan Warns U.S. House Against Resolution on WWII Sex Slaves (July 18, 2007)

Simple Pleasures for the Sippy-Cup Crowd (June 17, 2007)

Fluorescent Bulbs Are Known to Zap Domestic Tranquillity (April 30, 2007)

Air, Water Powerful Partners in Northwest (March 21, 2007)

Oregon Rethinks Easing Land-Use Limits (March 11, 2007)

U.S. Objects to Proposed Canadian Coal Mine (March 10, 2007)

Is Malaise Brewing at Starbucks? (March 4, 2007)

Numbers Drop for the Married With Children (March 4, 2007)

'Terrorist' Remark Puts Outdoorsman's Career in Jeopardy (February 24, 2007)

U.S. Orders Modification of Klamath River Dams (January 31, 2007)

Court Rejects Senator's Bid To Eliminate Fish Agency (January 25, 2007)

Gore Film Sparks Parents' Anger (January 25, 2007)

A Runaway Situation in Seattle (January 19, 2007)

Conservation Group, Unions Joining Forces (January 16, 2007)

NRA Pressured To Resist Bush Energy Policies (January 7, 2007)

Backwoods Celebrity Faces Long Prison Term for Incest (December 27, 2006)

Two Timber Firms Pretending To Be 'Green,' Groups Allege (December 24, 2006)

Missing Climbers May Have Tried to Descend Deadly Slope (December 19, 2006)

In West, Conservatives Emphasize the 'Conserve' (December 2, 2006)

On the Move to Outrun Climate Change (November 26, 2006)

'The Big One' Is a Big Problem for Old Seattle Houses (November 24, 2006)

A True Blue Libertarian (November 12, 2006)

Same-Sex Marriage, Wages Top Ballot Issues (November 8, 2006)

On Strip Measure, the Sides Are Four Feet Apart (November 7, 2006)

Nuclear Cleanup Site Has Cities Cleaning Up Financially (November 1, 2006)

Solidly Republican, Suddenly in Doubt (October 24, 2006)

Five Years After Killing of Prosecutor, A Stumped FBI Asks the Public for Help (October 17, 2006)

America's Population Set to Top 300 Million (October 12, 2006)

Bush Policy Irks Judges in West (October 6, 2006)

Personal Ad Uncovers Story of Romance and Death (October 3, 2006)

Court Ruling Fuels Dispute in West Over Eminent Domain (October 2, 2006)

To Control Avalanches, Railroad Seeks to Shell Park (October 1, 2006)

An Investigative Target? A Subject? A Fine Line. (September 24, 2006)

Bush Dealt Setback On Opening Forests (September 21, 2006)

Corruption That Shook Capitol Isn't Rattling Elections (September 18, 2006)

Tree-Planting Drive Seeks To Bring a New Urban Cool (September 4, 2006)

Neglected Vows Cited At BLM (September 1, 2006)

Driving Across Montana, From Old West to New (August 4, 2006)

In the New West, Do They Want Buffalo to Roam? (July 30, 2006)

Washington State Upholds Ban on Same-Sex Marriage (July 27, 2006)

Deadly Heat Continues in Calif. (July 26, 2006)

On Puget Sound, It's Orca vs. Inc. (July 26, 2006)

Tech Firms Go Mining for Megawatts (July 9, 2006)