Tokyo based journalist Elizabeth Beattie gives us the latest on deteriorating relationships at the North and South Korean border, Taiwan's presidential election campaign heats up, and the Philippines government cancels Christmas for soldiers in the South China Sea.
This picture shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un visiting the Pyongyang General Control Centre of the Korean National Aerospace Technology Directorate, a day after the launch of a rocket carrying the reconnaissance satellite 'Malligyong-1', in Pyongyang. Photo: AFP / KCNA
