Japan: Robot power everywhere except at nuclear plant

Japan may build robots to run marathons and preside over weddings, but it has not deployed any of the machines to help repair its crippled reactors.

SA labour market shake-up worries business

SA is proposing sweeping changes to labour law intended to increase job security for temporary workers, but economists have expressed concern.

North Korea threatens South, restarts plutonium plant

North Korea threatened on Wednesday to attack the South after it joined a US-led plan to check vessels suspected of carrying equipment for weapons.

North Korea raises tensions with missile launch

North Korea test-fired several short-range missiles on Friday, South Korea said, in what analysts saw as a show of anger at Washington and the new conservative government in Seoul. The launch comes a day after the North expelled South Korean officials from a joint industrial complex north of the border.
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