News Headlines - 21 May 2017

▽N. Korea test-fires another missile: S. Korea

North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile Sunday afternoon, which flew more than 500 kilometers, the North's second missile launch in a week, South Korea's military announced.

▽Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Crippled U.S. Spying Operations - The New York Times

The Chinese government systematically dismantled C.I.A. spying operations in the country starting in 2010, killing or imprisoning more than a dozen sources over two years and crippling intelligence gathering there for years afterward.

▽Japan scores longest GDP growth run in more than a decade

Sustained expansion signals the Japanese economy has regained its momentum following the consumption tax rise of 2014 and emerging market weakness in 2015 that led to a prolonged slowdown.
The data will boost the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and give Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda renewed hope of eventually hitting his 2 per cent inflation objective.

▽Led by Japan, Pacific Rim nations agree to pursue revival of TPP | The Japan Times

Trade ministers from Japan and 10 other signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement agreed Sunday to try to resuscitate the free trade pact, which was thrown into doubt after U.S. President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of it earlier this year.

▽Swiss vote in referendum on gradual nuclear phaseout | DW

Swiss voters have gone to the polls in a referendum on the government's plan to move from nuclear power to renewables. Preliminary results suggest that a majority favors the plan, which critics claim is too expensive.