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Marking the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic ties in 2025, Korea–Japan relations have entered an entirely new phase. All eyes are now on whether the positive momentum achieved under the resumption of shuttle diplomacy between the two leaders in 2023, as well as the historic Cam...

In December 2024, the Islamist rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, also known as the Syrian Liberation Organization) seized the capital city of Damascus. As a result, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled into exile in Russia, his regime’s chief patron, leading to the dramatic collapse of Syr...