North Korea observers have long marveled at the ability of a small, impoverished, autocratic nation to go toe-to-toe with the world’s superpowers. Part of the secret to
The Trump administration told lawmakers yesterday it will apply economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, as an extraordinary
The Philippine president said yesterday he will not raise his country’s victory in an arbitration ruling that invalidated China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea during
Two-time Asian Champions League winner Guangzhou Evergrande has been charged by the sport’s continental governing body after supporters unfurled an offensive banner aimed at a Hong Kong
Women wailed as Indian soldiers carried a flag-draped coffin holding the body of one of their colleagues killed this week in a deadly ambush by autonomy-seeking Maoist
South Korean presidential front-runner Moon Jae-in outraged persecuted sexual minority groups by saying during a television debate that he opposes homosexuality, something his supporters say he had to
In a defiant bit of timing, South Korea announced yesterday that key parts of a contentious U.S. missile defense system have been installed a day after rival
South Korea’s military said yesterday that North Korea held major live-fire drills in an area around its eastern coastal town of Wonsan as it marked
Australia’s prime minister said yesterday he is looking forward to meeting soon with U.S. President Donald Trump, three months after their heated telephone conversation over
The paved alleys are still lined by the skeletons of homes once filled with families. Shop shelves are empty, and the water well in the center
US Vice President Mike Pence has thanked U.S. service members based in America Samoa, citing “challenging times” for the military in the Asia-Pacific. Completing a
Fresh off an immense North Korean parade that revealed an arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles, rival South Korea and its allies are bracing for the
The first Vietnamese bank granted government approval to sell a majority stake to a foreign investor could attract an investment of at least USD700 million. Saigon
No modern airport terminal is complete without an ATM, and Pyongyang’s now has two. But they don’t work — because of new Chinese sanctions, according to bank employees
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has wrapped up his visit to Australia with a boat cruise around Sydney Harbour and a tour of the iconic Sydney Opera House.
China has protested the visit by Manila’s defense and military chiefs to a disputed island in the South China Sea, but the Philippine government maintained Saturday that it
It’s a whodunit worthy of a Dan Brown novel: a small bronze plaque commemorating Thailand’s 1932 revolution is ripped out from a very public place by parties unknown and substituted
North Korea recently detained a U.S. citizen, officials said yesterday, in the latest case of an American being held in the country. The Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang said
The Philippine president has warned that he can be 50 times more brutal than Muslim extremists, saying he’d even eat them if they’re captured alive by troops.
Coca-Cola is possibly the world’s most recognizable brand, an almost inescapable symbol of the global appeal of American-style consumer culture. There are only two countries in the world
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