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Free and fair? Myanmar's poll preparations under fireExpectations are running high for a possible victory for Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party. But worries are mounting about voter manipulation in the Nov. 8 election.
In Japan's Okinawa, impasse over US air base fuels deepening tensionsProtests have flared up over the proposed relocation of a Marine Corps base on the island. What's at stake for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe?
FocusMyanmar prepares to vote amid hopes, doubts, and many dreamsMyanmar is holding its first relatively free election in 25 years on Sunday in a crucial test for opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her pro-democracy party.
Myanmar vote: Suu Kyi says she'll hold the true power if her party winsOpposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is constitutionally barred from being president. She said she'd be 'above the president' if her National League for Democracy is victorious Nov. 8.
Xi and Ma set for historic meeting. Is China nosing into Taiwan's business?Taiwan's president Ma Ying-jeou has sought repeatedly to meet the leader of China. Now he has his chance, just as his party seems destined for a major election defeat.
China, Taiwan presidents plan rare meeting as Taiwan election loomsPresident Xi Jinping is due to meet Taiwan's Ma Ying-jeou in Singapore on Saturday. Taiwan is holding elections in January and Mr. Ma's party is trailing in the polls.
Comfort women clash: Progress on Japan and S. Korea's thorniest dispute?After three years of frosty relations and no meetings, the two nations' leaders say they will try to end an impasse on a World War II issue that has roiled relations and frustrated Washington, their mutual ally.
History by fiat? South Korea's Park pushes conservative schoolbooksIn a society divided over the past, President Park Geun-hye wants to revise history texts used in middle and high schools that conservatives say are distorted and left-leaning. Critics fear a whitewash of past dictatorships.
Calming waters? Why Japan, S. Korea, and China are suddenly talkingSunday's meeting of East Asia's top powers, their first in three years, is mostly about starting up cordial relations. But that alone is progress.
Hague court takes up Philippines dispute in South China SeaIn a blow to China, the tribunal agreed to hear a case in which the Philippines has challenged China's broad claims over disputed areas of the South China Sea.
UN investigator urges Myanmar to allow Muslims to voteThe special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar said the Nov. 8 legislative elections won't be free and fair unless they are inclusive.
China adds one to 'one-child' policyThe Asian nation has officially ended its 'one-child' strategy to control its population. Now, couples may have two children.
First LookPalau closes off fishing in nearly all of its coastal watersThe Pacific island nation's newly established marine sanctuary will be the 6th largest protected area of ocean in the world.
China warns US Navy after ship sails past Chinese-made islandChina says the USS Lassen sailed into what China claims as a 12-mile territorial limit around Subi Reef in the Spratly Islands archipelago in the South China Sea.
China's Ai Weiwei starts a global LEGO hunt: Can you spare a brick, brother?Danish toymaker LEGO declined to sell bricks to dissident artist Ai Weiwei for an exhibition in Australia. Now he plans to collect donated plastic bricks around the world.
Confusion over Confucius? Zimbabwe's Mugabe wins Chinese peace prizeSince 2010, China has given an annual award to recipients such as Fidel Castro and Vladimir Putin, in an apparent riposte to the Nobel Peace Prize.
Divided by conflict, North and South Korean families briefly uniteUnder heavy surveillance, South Koreans allowed to visit long-lost family members in the ravaged, totalitarian North.
11 dead after Typhoon Koppu slams into PhilippinesHundreds of soldiers, police and volunteers have converged on Nueva Ecija, a landlocked, rice-growing province in the heart of Luzon island, to help villagers whose homes had been flooded.
No way out for Bao: US chides China detention of lawyer's sonBao Zhuoxuan, a middle school student who was caught earlier this month after escaping to Myanmar, is the son of a prominent lawyer detained in July. US officials say his case is part of a 'systematic campaign' of abuse.
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.
