All Asia Pacific
US considers end to tariffs in Myanmar: Too soon?Though the country has gone through a series of reforms, Human Rights Watch has recently thrown allegations of 'ethnic cleansing' at the government.
Why China won't help the US on North Korea Many Asia watchers are dubious that China either can or will take decisive action to push North Korea away from nuclear threats. Here are five underlying reasons why:
Is Japan's Shinzo Abe finally acting on his true nationalist colors?Japan's prime minister appears to be stepping up his campaign to reinterpret Japan's wartime history, aggravating China and South Korea at a time when the region should be uniting to deal with North Korea.
US military chief in Beijing warns of North Korea 'miscalculation'US Joint Chiefs of Staff Dempsey is in China looking for help on North Korea. Though Beijing indicated it was 'working on' it, there are a number of reasons why聽China might be reluctant to push the North too hard.
China harasses family of Nobel Peace laureate Liu XiaoboChinese officials routinely pressure family members of political activists and government critics to get them to fall in聽line.
Nuclear North Korea entreats Mongolia for help in feeding its peopleKim Jong-un, the young leader in Pyongyang, finds that destabilizing East Asia can help build quite an appetite.
North Korea: US military braces for heightened readinessChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey says 'we鈥檙e in a period of prolonged provocation' with North Korea and its young dictator, Kim Jong-un. The US will continue holding military exercises with South Korea, Dempsey says.
Rhino head heist: Half a million euros' worth stolen from Irish museumThe thieves are expected to try to sell the horns in Asia. Europol claimed in 2011 that most of Europe's illegal rhino trade was committed by a single 'ethnically-Irish organized criminal group.'- No consulates yet, but China and Taiwan opt for the next best thingChina and Taiwan are set to mark five years of improving ties with de facto consulates. If they are approved, they will represent the highest-level presence by either country. 聽
North Korea's Kim Jong-un celebrates missile-free holidayOfficials in South Korea, the United States, and Japan say that intelligence indicates North Korea, which tested a nuclear device in February, is ready to test a medium-range missile.- China cozies up to Iceland in race for Arctic resourcesChina has been paying a lot of attention to Iceland, a country with a population 1/5000th the size of its own, as an effort to stretch its influence into the Arctic Sea.
Why Indonesia's farmers have begun to guard their crops like goldThe price of staple crops has skyrocketed in Indonesia - shallots have gone from聽$1.20 a kilogram to as much as $7 - prompting聽farmers to take new measures to guard their fields against looters.
Kim Jong-un's goal? Status as the unequivocal god-king of the North.Kim Jong-un is showing he is firmly in charge of North Korea, capable of challenging the mighty United States and a worthy successor to the Kim dynasty. That might be a good thing.
Friend or frenemy? For China, key issue is how US really views itBoth the US and China want to tamp down the North Korea crisis. But as Secretary of State John Kerry visits Beijing this weekend, an underlying issue is mutual suspicion over strategic aims in the Pacific.
Calm in Guam as islanders doubt North Korean missile aimThe US territory's crisis-ready inhabitants are trusting God, Uncle Sam, common sense, and poor aim to keep them safe from a ballistic assault by North Korea.
North Korea threat: How one island is taking Kim Jong-un more seriouslyIsland residents of Baengnyeong are at the center of the North-South conflict, and are taking North Korea's threats of a missile test seriously, but calmly.
North Korea threat: Is it cooling?North Korea threat of missile launch continued to preoccupy the region today, which was the deadline North Korea gave for foreigners to leave South Korea to avoid conflict. But nothing happened.
Amid crisis, influential South Korean politician wants to deploy US nukesA member of the South Korean National Assembly called for US tactical nuclear weapons on the peninsula. He also suggested that Seoul consider developing its own deterrent. 聽
Why is North Korea's Kaesong industrial park closing?The exceptional length of the shutdown so far could signal that inter-Korean relations have entered a new low.
China's Xi signals limited shift away from North KoreaChinese President Xi Jinping took an聽unusually harsh tone聽this weekend on the North Korea crisis, saying that no country should be allowed to upset world peace.聽
