All Asia Pacific
The year ahead in East Asia: North Korea nukes and Taiwan electionsNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un appears eager to continue his nuclear agenda 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.
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.'
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 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.
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.
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.
China warns US of 'military provocation' after B-52 bomber flightChinese military officials warned the US that 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 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.
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.
Typhoon Melor slams into Philippines: 725,000 evacuatedTyphoon Melor (known as 'Nona' locally) slammed Monday into the eastern Philippines, canceling flights, schools, and ferries.
North, South Korea end talks without any breakthroughsNorth and South Korea ended two days of meetings without any substantial results, South Korean officials said.
China climate: Environmentalists wield new legal tool against despoilers'Citizen suits' similar to class action suits offer a new way to hold companies accountable for environmental damage in China, the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases.
First LookDoes North Korea really have a hydrogen bomb?North Korea has indicated that it possesses the capacity for this powerful weapon, but these claims are difficult to verify.
Surviving Beijing's first ever red alert for air pollutionSchools closed Tuesday in the Chinese capital as authorities issued their first ever 'red alert' over high levels of particles in the air.
Railroad to nowhere? China draws a line across landlocked LaosFor years, China has promoted a cross-border railroad system that would link its southwest provinces to mainland Southeast Asia. So far, progress has been halting and prone to political risk.
