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In China, gays say life has changed much for the betterFilms and court cases related to gay relationships and marriage signal a shift in attitudes, even as聽opinion polls yield wildly varying results.
First LookChinese Lunar New Year: a time for hope and familyThe Chinese New Year officially began on Monday. This year marks the year of the monkey, an animal characterized as intelligent, witty, curious, and playful.
Weird Super Bowl flyover: North Korea's newest satelliteA satellite launched by North Korea Sunday passed almost right over Levi's Stadium about an hour after the Super Bowl ended.
Rescuers in Taiwan pull out survivors from quake rubbleThirty-two people have died and more than 100 聽remain buried in the rubble of an apartment building that collapsed during an earthquake on Saturday.
N. Korea praises rocket; others view as covert missile testComing a month after the country claimed to have successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb, the launch could provoke tougher sanctions from the international community.
North Korea moves up rocket launch window to next weekNorth Korea moved up its planned rocket launch window to Feb. 7-14. South Korea says it believes the launch could come as soon as Sunday.
Rescue efforts continue after massive Taiwan earthquakeA magnitude-6.4 earthquake shook Taiwan, collapsing buildings and killing 13 people. About 340 people were rescued from the rubble in Tainan.聽More than 100 are still missing.聽
China detains another Protestant pastor: Whiff of the Cultural Revolution?US officials call for release of leading pastors detained in China. Pastor Li Guanzhong and his wife were detained Jan. 29, days after the head of China's biggest megachurch was sent to a 'black jail.' 聽聽
First LookAre fears over North Korean rocket launch warranted?North Korea has announced plans to deliver an Earth observation satellite into orbit sometime in February, stoking concerns that the nation may actually preparing to test a ballistic missile.
First LookNorth Korea's February satellite launch suspected to be missile testInternational experts suspect that the country's satellite rocket launches are meant to disguise ballistic missile tests banned by UN sanctions.- Military use? North Korea says it plans to launch a satellite in FebruarySatellites can aid in precision targeting for a stilll-nascent missile program. In recent months North Korea may have built a rocket gantry tall enough to launch a satellite- carrying rocket.
Dawn of a new democratic era in MyanmarWhat happens next is being touted as 'a political and economic renaissance' or, as one local editorial predicted, 'Myanmar's best year yet.'
FocusSeeking citizenship: Thailand holds out hope for millions of undocumentedSome 15 million people worldwide are denied basic rights because they lack legal nationality. Thailand,聽which聽has one of the world's largest stateless populations,聽is trying to tackle the problem.聽
Myanmar's new rulers take seats in parliament, eye presidencyThe National League for Democracy won a landslide election win last November. It now controls parliament and is preparing to pick the country's next president.聽
As China's growth cools, the real worry in Beijing: unemploymentThe legitimacy of the Communist Party is closely linked to its ability to deliver a good life to China's hundreds of millions of workers.聽
Cover StoryWhy China hacks the worldCan aggressive espionage fuel the innovation that聽Beijing needs to reinvent聽its global role?
Four Chinese miners rescued after spending 36 days trapped undergroundRescuers on Friday pulled out four miners who had spent 36 days trapped underground in a mine that collapsed on Christmas Day, killing one, in eastern China.
In S. Korea murder trial, complex views emerge of US military presenceArthur Patterson from California was extradited to stand trial for a murder in the Itaewon district of Seoul. He was 17 at the time and a US military dependent.
China detains Protestant megachurch leader amid crackdown on civil societyThe Rev. Gu Yuese, the head of the largest official Protestant evangelical congregation in China, is being held incommunicado along with his wife.
Aung San Suu Kyi's party prepares to govern Myanmar: 5 questionsThe euphoria after electing 'The Lady' and her party is over. On Feb. 1 a parliament of pro-democracy politicians will be seated. Five questions about their task, the ongoing civil war, the old secret police, and the fight against corruption.
