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For S. Koreans, presidential scandal tests faith in their young democracyAmid massive protests, South Koreans are calling for the ouster of President Park, caricaturing her as a puppet of an associate who held sway over everything from public speeches to national security issues.
New Zealand earthquake: Rescue efforts underway for people and cowsAbout 1,000 tourists and hundreds of residents are stranded in Kaikoura, New Zeland, after a powerful magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck the South Island聽on Monday.
Why Australia hopes to soon seal a refugee deal with United StatesAn agreement for Australia to resettle more than 1,000 refugees in the United States is expected to be announced soon, according to reports. The government, however, has not confirmed the deal.聽
The Trump presidency: How will it affect relations with China?Trade, the environment, and human rights are on the list of issues that may face a change in approach.- First LookInterpol elects top Chinese police official, worrying human rights groupsMeng Hongwei was named president Thursday of the 190-member international criminal police organization. His election may bolster Chinese President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign, which has come under criticism abroad.
The ExplainerThe Trump presidency: What happens now on trade?The election of Donald Trump amid an anti-trade backlash bodes ill for the US-backed Trans-Pacific Partnership, part of the Obama administration's pivot to Asia. A briefing on the key issues.
First LookHow significant is Rodrigo Duterte's scaling back of US military cooperation?President Duterte's pivot away from the US may not be as dramatic as his words, though perhaps less than ideal for the US military.- First LookChina bars activists from taking their seats in Hong Kong legislatureIn an unusually direct intervention into Hong Kong's politics, China has barred two separatists elected to the city's legislative council from taking office.
Why Duterte wants to give Marcos a hero's burialThe Philippines Supreme Court is set to rule Tuesday on whether former dictator Ferdinand聽Marcos should be buried in the Cemetery of Heroes. What might President Duterte gain from this burial?
Street protests in Seoul: A push to remove President ParkSaturday's protest, the largest anti-government demonstration in the capital in nearly a year, came a day after President Park apologized on live television after she allowed a mysterious confidante to manipulate power from the shadows.
First LookDuterte scolds the US for refusing to sell Philippines guns. Can that happen?Despite his promise to stop swearing, the Filipino president continues to curse out the United States as the nation's ally objects to human rights abuses in President Rodrigo Duterte's war against drugs.
Was Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 unmanned during its final descent?A technical report released by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which leads the search, seems to support the theory investigators have long favored: that no one was at the controls of the Boeing 777 when it ran out of fuel.
Rasputin-like scandal in South Korea echoes of dictatorial pastA political scandal involving South Korea's president and a cult leader have opened past wounds about the president's dictator father. Some praise the elder Park for rapidly growing the economy, while others remember him for committing human rights abuses.聽
First LookSouth Korea rocked by 'shadow president' scandalSouth Korea scandal: The presidency of the East Asian republic is reeling from revelations of close ties between the president and the daughter of a controversial religious leader.
First LookAustralian bill would ban refugees who arrived by sea from ever visitingThe proposed law has been harshly criticized by members of the international community as unnecessary and 'appalling.'
First LookWill 'core' Communist Xi Jinping become another cult personality?In a meeting with senior officials this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping was called the 'core' of the Communist Party, a title only given to three previous leaders.- First LookWhy Rodrigo Duterte wants US troops out of the PhilippinesPhilippines' president聽Rodrigo Duterte says that he wants US troops gone within the next two years, but he says that he does not seek to sever ties with the United States.
Duterte's Asia tour rattles an already tense regionThe new Philippines president has recently visited Laos, Brunei, China, and Japan. His pronouncements throughout about his ties to both China and the US have聽sown confusion.聽
For China's Xi, anticorruption drive is all about Communist Party survivalOn Monday, President Xi convened more than 300 top party officials for a four-day plenum that will further target graft. His campaign has been popular among average Chinese.
Cambodia's villagers lose ground 鈥� literally 鈥� to Singapore's expansionSingapore is buying tens of millions of tons of sand for its land reclamation projects. Their dredging is destroying Cambodia's coastal mangrove forests, and fishermen's livelihoods with them. But the villagers are pushing back.
