All Asia Pacific
- FocusIn North Korea's industrial center, factories and wood-fueled trucksHamhung, North Korea's largest industrial center, was opened to foreigners just two years ago. There's no hiding the poverty in the region.
FocusInside North Korea, more cellphones and traffic lights, but real change lagsA visitor to North Korea finds more signs of modernization in Pyongyang as Kim Jong-un consolidates power. But it's hard to tell if reform is afoot in a country that remains deeply impoverished and isolated.
UN envoy visits Myanmar as ethnic clashes test reformsUN envoy Tomas Ojea Quintana is visiting Myanmar in the wake of recent fighting between Buddhist Rakhines and minority Muslims. Some accuse the government of fanning tensions.
An Olympic-sized flap over Taiwan's flagTaiwan鈥檚 flag has not been shown at the London Games and the island government suspects that China bullied the Olympic committee into pulling the flag from display.
China flooding: Death tally rises, Beijing credibility plummetsWith an estimated 538 million Internet users in China, the Chinese Communist Party is finding its propaganda apparatus tested by a public flurry of fact and rumor alike.
Kim Jong-un's 6 super-duper titles Kim Jong-un leads North Korea, but not as president. That title is held by his late grandfather 鈥� for eternity. But the younger Kim has picked up a number of his own titles since becoming leader.
Kim Jong-un gets another title in bid to show his importanceNorth Korea today announced that Kim Jong-un is now a 'marshal,' the highest military rank.
In Foxconn's iPad factory, a window on Chinese hopes - and frustrationsUnderneath China鈥檚 economic strides, Foxconn's iPad factory shows its labor market remains rooted in tough conditions and low wages, even as workers aim to improve their lot in life.
North Korea's removal of army chief seen as purgeVice Marshal Ri Yong-ho's聽fall from grace reveals deep rifts in the regime of young Kim Jong-un, who took over after the death of his long-ruling father in December.
Myanmar open for US business, but is it a safe bet?Analysts are warning US businesses to 'do their homework' on the crony-linked businesses and rights abuses that allegedly comprise Myanmar's resource industry.
East Timor's second major transition since independenceEast Timor held peaceful elections this weekend, and is set to form a coalition government that helps transform one of the poorest Asian countries to a middle-income country by 2030.
South Korea: If Japan can hunt whales, so can weSouth Korea's bid to resume whaling may be designed more to attract a key voting bloc during an election year than to benefit聽science. It has been largely condemned by the international community.
Japanese panel: Fukushima a 'man-made' disasterThe panel's report on the Fukushima nuclear disaster could fuel complaints that Japan is restarting nuclear reactors before key reforms are in place.
Made in China: Why knockoffs disappeared from Beijing marketsChina finally appeared to match its talk on the sanctity of intellectual property rights with some enforcement 鈥� but only for two weeks.
In surprise move, South Korea postpones military intelligence pact with JapanSouth Korea and Japan were supposed to sign a military intelligence pact today 鈥� but a political firestorm erupted in South Korea, where resentment of Japan鈥檚 colonization remains.
Mongolia's top election issue: how to spend new richesMongolians vote for a new parliament today that will have to decide how the landlocked, still poor country should spend the expected windfall from its mining boom.
Double the sales tax? Japanese see hit to wallets, little impact on national debtJapan's lower house of parliament voted today to double the sales tax. The bill still has to pass the upper house, and many question if it can make a significant dent in Japan's massive public debt.
Chinese food like you've never seen it beforeA new Chinese food documentary series called 'A Bite of China' has broken all audience records in China.聽More than 100 million people have seen all seven episodes.
As Sony struggles, many see cautionary tale for JapanSony, whose Walkman music players once epitomized Japanese innovation, hasn't turned a profit since 2008. Many worry Sony represents a bigger problem with rigidity in Japan.- In remote China, plant hunters seek clues to climate changeStudying how flowers adapt to global warming in remote China helps scientists聽consistently demonstrate climate change, say botanists.聽