All Asia Pacific
Myanmar elections: Kachin minority mix hope and skepticismPresident Thein Sein signed a cease-fire this week with eight rebel groups ahead of a Nov. 8 national election for parliament. But in northern Kachin state, rebels refused to sign and fighting continues.聽
Q&A: Can Presidents Park and Obama disrupt North Korean tests?President Park Geun-hye's visit to the White House today will likely focus on coordinating US and South Korean responses to Pyongyang's nuclear program, says Korea expert Scott Snyder.
South Korea: 20 years later, California son faces trial for Seoul murderA 1997 brutal stabbing in the Itaewon expat district was never solved. But this year the US extradited Arthur Patterson, 17 at the time, to face trial.
Are Japan's crime clans going out of business? Tea with a yakuza.Often romanticized for a strict chivalrous code, the yakuza still operate openly in Japan, handing out name cards at meetings. But as public opprobrium rises, their numbers are falling sharply.聽
Will China's $2 billion in UN aid buy international respect?President Xi Jinping's announcement of billions of dollars for poverty reduction around the world signals a different approach, one closer to international expectations.
Reviving Shinto: Prime Minister Abe tends special place in Japan's soulConservatives seek to expand the role of Japan's indigenous faith in public life. But critics warn that could feed a simmering nationalism.聽
Indonesia's dry-season forest fires could be worst on record, says NASAIndonesian authorities are scrambling to respond after fires spewed haze across the country and blanketed parts of neighboring Malaysia and Singapore. Monsoon rains are due to arrive in the next month.聽
China meddles in Hong Kong rejection of top university figureJohannes Chan, the former dean of the university's law school, had been picked as its next vice chancellor. A university council rejected his candidacy on Tuesday in what critics say is a blow to academic freedom.
At least seven dead after multiple explosions in Chinese cityThe Ministry of Public Security said it was treating the case as a criminal act, and not terrorism.
Xi Jinping state visit: China's arrest of southern 海角大神s intensifiesA US envoy was blocked last month from meeting activists and lawyers in Zhejiang province, where a crackdown on 海角大神 churches is continuing. Some church leaders are resisting the removal of crosses.聽
US-China relations: Xi Jinping's 21-gun salute belies a rocky turnThe bright side to President Xi's state visit: With tensions over cybercrime, the South China Sea, and human rights, diplomacy may be the logical place to start.聽
China's Xi Jinping brings ping pong diplomacy to Tacoma high schoolAhead of a state visit to Washington, D.C., China's leader exchanged sporting gifts with high school students in Washington State. 'Ping-pong balls are much smaller than the American footballs' but have big implications, he said.
Xi says 'without reform' no progress for business in ChinaChinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday promised top American and Chinese business leaders that his country would reform its policies to remove barriers to foreign investment.
Xi visits Obama during anniversary of Hong Kong 'Umbrella' protestBeijing is taking a harder line on Hong Kong. Meanwhile, its citizens aren't happy with China's heavy-handed approach, including聽 comments they aren't Chinese enough.
First LookWhy has China secretly detained this American businesswoman for past 6 months?Sandy Phan-Gillis has been held in China since March, according to her husband. It is not clear whether any formal charges have been filed against her.
Pro-democracy protesters stage rare rally in BangkokPro-democracy protesters in Bangkok staged a rally against Thailand's ruling military government despite a ban on protests.
New era for Japan: allowing overseas combat role for militaryLawmakers passed bills Saturday that significantly shift defense policy. But debates over Prime Minister Abe's 'jackhammer' approach are not over.聽
Japan's 'profound' new American military links are all about China: Q&AJapan scholar Gerald Curtis says聽Prime Minister Shinzo Abe oversold the scale of his proposed security changes in Washington and undersold them at home.
Can the rebels of Rangoon take power in Burma?Democratic aspirations in Burma are mostly seen in the West through Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel laureate. But Burma's opposition includes hundreds of leaders and thousands of democracy foot soldiers.聽A Q & A with author Delphine Schrank.聽
Malcolm Turnbull: Australia's new PM brings charisma and a moderate faceAustralia's wealthiest politician replaces unpopular Prime Minister Tony Abbott in the latest unseating by challengers from within party ranks.聽
