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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.
Are the US and China ready to cooperate more on N. Korea?The two countries agreed that a UN resolution condemning North Korea's most recent nuclear test was necessary. But deep-rooted suspicions could stunt specific action.
Publisher warns of China's campaign to 'wipe out' free speech in Hong KongBao Pu, a publisher in Hong Kong and son of purged Chinese leader Bao Tong, warns that free expression in the territory is increasingly under threat.
Sec. Kerry to tell China no more 'business as usual' on N. Korea nukes.The top US diplomat is in Southeast Asia before traveling to Beijing where he's expected to聽tell China there is more it can do to stop Kim Jong-un's nuclear program.
Metal debris on Thai beach not likely to be MH370, says Japan rocketmakerMitsubishi Heavy Industries said the metal piece is "highly likely" to be part of a Japanese H-IIA or H-IIB rocket.聽
