All Asia Pacific
How is Japan readying itself against an unpredictable North Korea?Under Article 9 of its constitution, Japan 'renounces聽war as a sovereign right of the nation.' But its notion of self-defense may be getting broader聽鈥� and, increasingly, the rationale stems from North Korean threats.
First LookNine years after disaster, Fukushima to host 2020 Olympic baseball gamesFukushima, evacuated after the March 2011 nuclear disaster, will welcome the world for baseball and softball matches聽in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics Games.
China embraces public activists 鈥� in battling pollutionAs it moves to address the environmental toll of three decades of intense economic growth, the聽Chinese government is cautiously working with people who help expose polluters through social media and the release of real-time pollution data.聽
First LookWhy a New Zealand river now has legal personhoodThe new person status for the river is the result of a settlement between the government of New Zealand and the M膩ori people, whose culture has a deep connection with the body of water.
First LookAppealing to public, Philippine lawmaker files Duterte's first impeachment complaintRep. Gary Alejano filed the impeachment complaint on Thursday, but it will be an uphill battle to secure enough support to take down Rodrigo Duterte.
As Tillerson arrives in Asia, Japan's Abe emerges as effective global statesmanPrime Minister Abe聽has won plaudits at home and abroad for building good working relations with a diverse set of leaders, and for checking hawkish, nationalist inclinations.
Bring a regime to justice? In Seoul, rights groups play long game on N. Korea.The UN special rapporteur on the North called Monday for justice at the International Criminal Court. While hurdles are high, rights organizations say the drive for accountability is essential, citing Cambodia and the former Yugoslavia.
FocusHow a protest movement swelled to oust South Korea鈥檚 presidentPeaceful demonstrations that gathered momentum last fall show how far the young democracy has advanced since bloody protests in 1987 helped end military dictatorship. They became a source of inspiration to similar movements, and to Koreans like Joseph Kim.
In President Park's dramatic ouster, a test of South Korea's young democracyThe Constitutional Court ruled unanimously to remove President Park Geun-hye from office, following parliament's impeachment vote over corruption charges in December. The scandal threw South Korea into political turmoil.聽
First LookChinese media falls for phony phone foil story about TrumpMultiple Chinese outlets picked up a satirical story claiming a paranoid Trump ordered White House phones wrapped in tinfoil.聽
First LookIs the man in the video really the son of slain Kim Jong-nam?Kim Han-sol, whose father, Kim Jong-nam, was recently killed in a possible hit perpetrated by the North Korean government, appears to have released a video since going into hiding after the assassination.
Having denounced N. Korea missile launch, China offers tougher words for US antimissile deploymentChina criticized the North's recent firing of ballistic missiles. But US deployment of the THAAD system in the South this week prompted particularly harsh words from China, which sees it as destabilizing and a threat to China.
Why North Korea wants a nuclear weaponNorth Korea fired four ballistic missiles into the waters off Japan, a dry run of nuclear attack against US military bases there. But experts say this exercise was defensive, not offensive. 聽
First LookOnce more, North Korea launches banned ballistic missiles into Japanese watersOfficials say that North Korea fired four banned ballistic missiles that flew about 620 miles, with three landing in Japan's exclusive economic zone.
First LookCould the murder of Kim Jong-nam land North Korea back on a US terror list?The United States is reportedly mulling placing the North back on this terror list. But some observers say the law isn't clear about whether an assassination constitutes an act of terrorism.聽
China's coal consumption drops again, boosting its leadership on climate changeReforms to the coal industry are central to Beijing鈥檚 climate campaign.聽The US and China had become critical partners on climate, crucially joining last year to endorse the Paris climate accord.聽In the face of US retrenchment on climate change, China can play a key role in implementing Paris.
Why Kim Jong-un might come to regret the murder of his half-brotherThe assassination risks unleashing far-reaching strategic consequences: a new US-China campaign against North Korea's illegal nuclear weapons program.
First LookDuterte signs Paris agreement. Why now?Both Filipinos and foreign observers say that President Duterte, who has spurred controversy with his war on drugs, views climate change as a top national priority.
First LookWhy China is strongly objecting to South Korea鈥檚 THAAD developmentsAfter South Korea's Lotte Group approved a land swap for the THAAD system this week, Chinese media threatened the South with boycotts and the cutting of diplomatic ties.聽
First LookShould North Korea be suspended from the UN for Kim Jong Nam's murder?South Korea's foreign minister said the alleged use of chemical weapons by North Korea against Kim Jong Un's brother could be cause for suspending country's seat at the United Nations.
