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Relief and retrenchment in Bangkok as protesters shift tacticsProtesters who brought the city to a standstill have moved their protest camp into a local park, calming tensions, but a legal challenge to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is gaining steam.
China ups military spend by 12 percent. Are the gloves coming off?China plans to spend $132 billion on its military as it asserts its maritime interests, putting it at odds with the US military preeminence in the Pacific.
Why China compares Kunming station terror attack to 9/11Beijing has blamed Saturday's deadly attack at a train station on Uighur separatists from Xinjiang province. Foreign experts point to local grievances, but a strike-hard policy is popular.聽
China vows 'iron fist' response to deadly train station attackBeijing blamed Uighur separatists from restive Xinjiang Province for an attack in the southwestern city of Kunming that killed 29 people. State-run Xinhua news agency called it 'China's 9/11.'
Expos茅 of abused grandmother puts harsh spotlight on China's 'black jails'A woman petitioning for justice for her son was repeatedly held and beaten in an illegal jail. The resulting publicity from state-run media is raising hopes that officials will stop such abuses.
Southeast Asia seen failing Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya MuslimsInternational rights groups are calling for neighboring countries to protect Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar, where leaked documents allegedly reveal state-sponsored persecution.
Amid US-South Korean war drills, Korean families meet across the divideNorth Koreans stick to the script by praising their government and refusing gifts from their relatives in wealthy South Korea, where US troops have begun annual joint exercises.
Chinese fume over Obama-Dalai Lama meeting. Will there be blowback?President Obama is holding his third meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader. China views such meetings as interference in its affairs and has cowed some nations into shunning him.
Censored in Beijing: a correspondent watches himself fade to blackThe Monitor's Peter Ford knows censorship happens all the time on his China beat. But when it happened to him in an interview with CNN, he felt punched in the gut.
Hope and apprehension before rare Korean family reunionsElderly South Koreans chosen by lottery will be meeting long-lost relatives in North Korea, the first such meetings since 2010.
In China, imprisoned Nobel laureate's wife 'denied' medical treatmentA hospital in Beijing refused to treat Liu Xia, whose activist husband Liu Xiaobo was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, to the fury of China's rulers.
Rival Koreas are talking again. What are they saying?A rare, one-day meeting between officials from South and North Korea came as US troops prepare for joint military exercises with the South.
Will he run? Indonesia's most popular politician keeps nation guessingJoko Widodo runs Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, and is heavily favored to win if he stands in July's presidential election. His appeal to ordinary voters may sway the political gatekeepers.
Cover StoryTyphoon Haiyan: Can Philippines build back better?Typhoon Haiyan may be a window of opportunity for the Philippines to build back better. With each natural disaster, best practices in global relief work are honed. Outsiders can help, but locals may do it better.
Thai politician turned protest leader follows own script in political dramaSuthep Thaugsuban, a veteran dealmaker, is trying to topple Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in the aftermath of an incomplete Feb. 2 election.聽
US-South Korea joint military exercises 鈥� three things you need to knowNorth Korea has objected to military drills being held near its territory. South Korean and US forces insist that the drills are defensive, but tensions are rising.聽
Sochi Olympics: China strives for world-beater clout at Winter Games, tooBuilding on Vancouver, Beijing is pumping money into sports most Chinese have not even heard of, with its eye on glory at Sochi and South Korea in 2018.
Koreas agree to first family reunions in four years. Sign of detente?Previous efforts to bring together divided聽families have collapsed amid angry recriminations by the North. US-South Korea military exercises may provide a pretext for another pullout.
Why will Japan and China avoid conflict? They need each other.Despite dark allusions to Germany and Britain in 1914, the two powers' economies are deeply intertwined, and Japanese doing business in China are guardedly optimistic.- Behind Thailand's vote, a looming national divideToday's special election in Thailand is more likely to add fuel to the country's political standoff than it is to resolve the bitter national political divide.
