All Asia Pacific
In apparent reversal, Laos turns in North Korean defectorsActivists say they are concerned by reports that China has repatriated nine North Korean refugees deported by Laos.- FocusCould Indonesia's garment industry guide Bangladesh?Indonesia has reformed its clothing industry since the sweatshop-plagued 1990s, and may offer a model for Bangladesh to improving labor standards while also remaining competitive.
Japan mayor's sex slaves comment draws apology. Too little, too late?Japan mayor on sex slaves: Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto apologized saying Japan's wartime use of 'comfort women' was an 'inexcusable act.'
A tussle in China over the Communist Party bowing to the ConstitutionA movement in China to make the Communist Party subordinate to the national constitution has conservatives fighting back.
Japan's weak currency means tourismThe number of tourists coming to Japan dropped dramatically after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. But between the weak currency and fading memories of the disaster, tourism saw a record high last month.
Japan no longer sanctions child abduction in mixed-marriage casesTokyo lawmakers unanimously approve Hague convention to settle child custody in broken international marriages. But Japanese domestic laws and legal loopholes still need to change, say scholars.
North Korea sends special envoy to mend relations with ChinaNorth Korea's leader Kim Jong-un dispatched a top military official to main ally Beijing, signaling that Pyongyang may be ready to swap diatribe for dialogue.
Burmese optimistic after historic White House visitBurmese are celebrating an end to their long international isolation with the first state visit to the US by a Myanmar president in almost 50 years.
FocusOne man's escape from Camp 14 and North KoreaOnly one prisoner born in North Korea's gulag is known to have escaped to tell his story. A Q&A with Blaine Harden, the journalist who wrote about Shin Dong-hyuk.
FocusNorth Korea's hidden labor camps exposedA new UN panel is vowing to hold North Korea's Kim regime to 'full accountability' for decades of mass crime and murder. Will Pyongyang face ICC indictment?
In Myanmar, a movement for Muslim and Buddhist toleranceAs Myanmar's head of state visits the US, the first such trip in more than 45 years, religious and ethnic violence are being slowly addressed back home.
Chinese premier visits India, talks up trade and trustPremier Li Keqiang arrived this weekend in New Delhi on his first foreign trip. India has become China's biggest聽market聽for infrastructure contracts, but the two countries remain wary neighbors.
Why did North Korea launch 6 missiles in 3 days?The launches may be more an effort to get attention and test weaponry rather than actually provoke the region, following the end of the joint South Korea-US military exercises last month.
Cover StorySouth Korea: The little dynamo that sneaked up on the worldSouth Korea, long in the shadow of other Asian 'tiger economies,' is suddenly hip and enormously prosperous 鈥� so much so that it may have outgrown its thankless dream of reuniting with the North.- How much do you know about Gangnam style?
Pop music sensation Psy is the first Korean solo artist to have a top-selling US single. He swept the US with his hit single 鈥�Gangnam Style鈥� in 2012. He鈥檚 taught his signature horsey dance to everyone from the UN鈥檚 Ban Ki-moon to Britney Spears. But how much do you know about the artist?
Japan's 'secret' trip to North Korea disrupts united stance against PyongyangJapan's visit to North Korea comes after broad regional agreement that Pyongyang should not be offered talks unless it displays a genuine commitment to denuclearization.
Japanese politicians scramble to distance themselves from 'comfort women' commentsThe influential mayor of Osaka outraged China and South Korea by saying World War II sex slaves were necessary, prompting fresh doubts about Japan's willingness to acknowledge wartime aggression.
As China's social media takes off, Beijing's censorship campaign heats upA few well-regarded intellectuals known to be critical of the Communist Party have drawn millions of followers on China's Twitter.聽
Why Taiwan refused Philippines' apology for slain fisherman as insincereTaiwan recalled its top diplomat in Manila and announced that it was no longer accepting applications for Filipino workers, after the Philippine Coast Guard killed a fisherman last week.
Row over slain fisherman strains pair of Pacific alliesBoth the Philippines and Taiwan are trying to look strong, contributing to the rare, quick escalation of a diplomatic scuffle that was started by an incident in a overlapping fishing zone.
