All Asia Pacific
Why Japan is angry over South Korea's visit to an islandSouth Korean President Lee Myung-bak's surprise visit to a small rocky island marks an abrupt escalation in a territory dispute with Japan.
US Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam indicative of stronger tiesThe joint, $43 million project also comes as the US is looking to increase its presence in the Asia Pacific region.
Social networks help Filipinos deal with Manila floodsManila is still at risk for more flooding, but recovery efforts are underway, and many are turning to social networking sites to update and get updates on the situation.
In Tibet, defiant self-immolations spread beyond monks, nunsYesterday, a Tibetan mother died after her self-immolation in protest of the Dalai Lama's exile and the lack of freedom in Tibet. The number of self-immolators has risen to 45 in the past 1-1/2 years.
An American's key role as Hiroshima commemorates atomic bombingSteven Leeper oversees Hiroshima's commemoration of the Aug. 6, 1945, dropping of the atomic bomb. The US presence at the memorial ceremony has grown, with even President Truman's grandson in attendance this year.- UN to start food aid to flooded North Korea as access easesThe UN World Food Programme will start emergency food aid to isolated North Korea, which has been pummeled by a typhoon and flooding.
- FocusIn North Korea's industrial center, factories and wood-fueled trucksHamhung, North Korea's largest industrial center, was opened to foreigners just two years ago. There's no hiding the poverty in the region.
FocusInside North Korea, more cellphones and traffic lights, but real change lagsA visitor to North Korea finds more signs of modernization in Pyongyang as Kim Jong-un consolidates power. But it's hard to tell if reform is afoot in a country that remains deeply impoverished and isolated.
UN envoy visits Myanmar as ethnic clashes test reformsUN envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana is visiting Myanmar in the wake of recent fighting between Buddhist Rakhines and minority Muslims. Some accuse the government of fanning tensions.
An Olympic-sized flap over Taiwan's flagTaiwan鈥檚 flag has not been shown at the London Games and the island government suspects that China bullied the Olympic committee into pulling the flag from display.
China flooding: Death tally rises, Beijing credibility plummetsWith an estimated 538 million Internet users in China, the Chinese Communist Party is finding its propaganda apparatus tested by a public flurry of fact and rumor alike.
Kim Jong-un's 6 super-duper titles Kim Jong-un leads North Korea, but not as president. That title is held by his late grandfather 鈥� for eternity. But the younger Kim has picked up a number of his own titles since becoming leader.
Kim Jong-un gets another title in bid to show his importanceNorth Korea today announced that Kim Jong-un is now a 'marshal,' the highest military rank.
In Foxconn's iPad factory, a window on Chinese hopes - and frustrationsUnderneath China鈥檚 economic strides, Foxconn's iPad factory shows its labor market remains rooted in tough conditions and low wages, even as workers aim to improve their lot in life.
North Korea's removal of army chief seen as purgeVice Marshal Ri Yong-ho's聽fall from grace reveals deep rifts in the regime of young Kim Jong-un, who took over after the death of his long-ruling father in December.
Myanmar open for US business, but is it a safe bet?Analysts are warning US businesses to 'do their homework' on the crony-linked businesses and rights abuses that allegedly comprise Myanmar's resource industry.
East Timor's second major transition since independenceEast Timor held peaceful elections this weekend, and is set to form a coalition government that helps transform one of the poorest Asian countries to a middle-income country by 2030.
South Korea: If Japan can hunt whales, so can weSouth Korea's bid to resume whaling may be designed more to attract a key voting bloc during an election year than to benefit聽science. It has been largely condemned by the international community.
Japanese panel: Fukushima a 'man-made' disasterThe panel's report on the Fukushima nuclear disaster could fuel complaints that Japan is restarting nuclear reactors before key reforms are in place.
Made in China: Why knockoffs disappeared from Beijing marketsChina finally appeared to match its talk on the sanctity of intellectual property rights with some enforcement 鈥� but only for two weeks.
