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North Korea has lifted severe restrictions on foreign travel it imposed last year to keep the Ebola virus from crossing its borders. The already isolated country virtually closed its borders to foreigners last
Two airplane catastrophes put Malaysia on the map in a bad way in 2014. But they didn’t hurt the country’s tourism, and the higher visibility may even have helped: visitor numbers had
North Korea yesterday fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea and warned of “merciless strikes” against its enemies as allies Seoul and Washington launched annual military drills Pyongyang claims are preparation
Truckloads of police yesterday prevented hundreds of students from continuing their march to Myanmar’s biggest city to protest a new law that they say curbs academic freedom. Tensions have been building
Bangladeshi security officials arrested a suspect yesterday in the killing of an American writer who was a prominent critic of extremist Islam and was hacked to death last week as
The yearlong search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has turned up no sign of the plane, but that doesn’t mean it’s been unproductive. It has yielded lessons and discoveries that could benefit
Britain’s Prince William stood atop a hill in northeastern Japan yesterday, and stretched below him was barren land known as the “Bay of Destruction,” which was swept by a tsunami
India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party formed a coalition government in Kashmir yesterday, marking the first time it will hold a leadership position in the disputed Muslim-majority region. Leaders from the ruling
A North Korean shipping company that famously tried to hide fighter jets under a cargo of sugar later sought to evade U.N. sanctions by renaming most of its vessels, a
A South Korean court yesterday abolished a 62-year-old law that bans extramarital affairs, and the stock price of a prominent condom maker immediately shot up 15 percent. The ruling by the
Urine pools under a bed where an emaciated Burmese man lies wearing only a T-shirt and a diaper. As he struggles to sit up and steady himself, he tears at his
North Korea could increase its nuclear arsenal from at least 10 weapons today to between 20 and 100 weapons in five years, U.S. researchers said Tuesday, as the Obama administration vowed to
A gunman shot and killed three people yesterday in and around a South Korean convenience store that he then set on fire before fleeing, police said. He was later found
New Zealand will send a small number of troops to Iraq to help train local forces in their battle against the Islamic State group, Prime Minister John Key announced yesterday. Key told lawmakers
Indonesia’s president has rejected any attempts by other countries to intervene in the execution of foreign drug traffickers. The government has announced plans to execute eight people — one Indonesian
A teenager who went missing in Turkey last month is probably the first known South Korean to join the Islamic State group, officials said yesterday. The director of South Korea’s National
The death toll from a weekend ferry disaster in central Bangladesh rose to 70 yesterday in the latest shipping mishap in the South Asian nation. The official search for more bodies by divers
The activists produced a play called “The Wolf Bride” about a fictional monarch and his adviser. It was performed at Bangkok’s Thammasat University in 2013 to mark the anniversary of
Nepal is improving weather forecasting systems, stepping up security and promises swift rescues if needed during the upcoming climbing season on Everest in attempt to recover from the worst mountaineering
Tightening the screws even further on travel to their already isolated country, North Korean authorities have barred foreigners from one of the year’s most popular tourist events — the annual
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