All Asia Pacific
Tensions between Koreas rise after nuke test by NorthNorth Korea and South Korea have quickly slid into the kind of Cold War-era standoff that has defined their relationship over the past seven decades.
After North Korea's nuclear test, what is China ready to do?China holds all the cards with North Korea. Relations between the two have soured since Kim Jong-un took power in 2012.聽
North Korea claim of hydrogen bomb test draws global condemnationNorth Korea said it had achieved 'perfect success' in a hydrogen bomb test. US geological agencies recorded a 5.1 magnitude seismic event on Wednesday at the reported test site.聽
Delhi's odd-even auto restrictions tilt at world's filthiest airSince 2001, the number of cars in New Delhi has doubled to nine million. Air pollution has also soared, prompting a 15-day trial for reducing cars on the roads based on plate numbers.聽
Mystery of five missing Hong Kong booksellers deepensFive people associated with publisher Mighty Current, which specializes in books critical of China's Communist Party, have disappeared. What's going on?
The year ahead in East Asia: North Korea nukes and Taiwan electionsNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un appears eager to continue his nuclear agenda聽in 2016. Meanwhile, upcoming elections in Taiwan could rattle Taipei-Beijing relations.
China to test Japan's sincerity on comfort women apologyJapan and South Korea reached an understanding this week on wartime inhumanity towards women. Beijing wants to make sure that Japanese 'ghosts of history' don't bring further trouble.聽
Japanese 'remorse' on Korean comfort women: A new era in East Asia?Prime Minister Shinzo Abe phoned South Korean President Park Geun-hye with apologies for wartime behavior, saying the issue should not drag on 'into the next generation.'聽
Filipino protesters land on disputed island in South China SeaDescribing their expedition as a 'a patriotic voyage,' the protesters planned to camp on the island for three days in a symbolic act of defiance against China.
Indonesia punishes 23 companies for causing forest firesThe World Bank estimates that Indonesia's economy has lost $16 billion due to the fires, which have been started to make room for聽pulp and palm oil plantations.
Japan's shining path to promote women leaders begins to dimThe government has cut its 30 percent target for women leaders in business and politics by 2020 to seven percent. Analysts say this slow progress bodes poorly for the world's third-largest economy.聽
On embassy row, a fraying veil of immunity for traffickersForeign missions in the US that abuse their domestic staff are increasingly being held to account under anti-trafficking laws. Part 9 in a series on solutions to labor trafficking.聽
Shenzhen construction waste landslide: 91 Chinese still missingThe landslide debris came from a steep, man-made mountain of dirt, cement chunks and other construction waste that had been piled up over the past two years.
Around Asia, 'Made in China' no longer means cheap or shoddyTry durable and precise instead. The rise of product quality in China is starting to create waves in the world's most dynamic economies.聽
China warns US of 'military provocation' after B-52 bomber flightChinese military officials warned the US that聽flying an Air Force B-52 bomber over a Chinese-controlled man-made island in the South China Sea was a 'serious military provocation.'
On Internet freedoms, China tells the world, 'leave us alone'China advocates 'cyber sovereignty' in international conference in Wuzhen. But a parallel UN Internet event this week saw most nations advocating universal standards including freedom of expression.
Madame President? Taiwan's leading candidate quietly defies China.Tsai Ing-wen is 20 points ahead in polling for the Jan. 16 national election. A political landslide could put the Nationalist Party completely聽out of power for the first time in 70 years.
Will Hong Kong's venerable South China Morning Post stay independent?The English-language broadsheet has been sold for $226 million to Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant. The newspaper is renowned for its hard-hitting reporting on China.聽
China rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang goes on trial in BeijingThe prominent advocate is charged with racial incitement and provoking trouble over social media postings that criticized the ruling party and its policies towards ethnic minorities in China.聽
Typhoon Melor slams into Philippines: 725,000 evacuatedTyphoon Melor (known as 'Nona' locally) slammed Monday into the eastern Philippines, canceling flights, schools, and ferries.聽
