Asia Pacific

Overlooked No More: Nancy Sheung, Whose Camera Captured...

In 1960s Hong Kong, she used photography to portray women as bold, self-possesse...

How Fuel Price Shocks Rattled a Remote New Zealand Village

The prices of diesel and gasoline soared after the Iran war started, piling more...

The Man Turning the Cockroach Into a Gen-Z Movement in ...

Abhijeet Dipke’s “Cockroach Janta Party” has emerged as the unexpected voice of ...

Australia Sues 3M for $1.4 Billion Over ‘Forever Chemic...

The lawsuit, the largest ever filed by the Australian government, claims 3M hid ...

YouTuber Defamed Movie Star Using A.I., South Korean Po...

They arrested the man, accusing him of fabricating a voice recording to implicat...

Why Pakistan and Afghanistan Are Still Fighting

Months after Pakistan declared “open war” on Afghanistan, neither side appears r...

What Plunging Pork Prices Say About China’s Economy

A key measure of inflation in China, they hit a 16-year low, driven by anemic co...

Five People Stuck in Flooded Laos Cave Are Found Alive

The five men, stranded while looking for gold, were found alive after a week in ...

Rubio’s India Visit Yields No Major Deals to Repair U.S...

The secretary of state visited India to reassure the South Asian giant that it c...

A Quiet Pacific Village Becomes China’s Security Testin...

When a remote Pacific village asked for help with rowdy youth, the Chinese polic...

Samsung Unions Approve Pay Deal That Highlights Inequal...

The agreement all but guarantees hefty bonuses for employees in the top-performi...

Where Time Is Always 15 Minutes Apart From Everywhere Else

In Nepal, a nation wedged between India and China, a unique time zone is just on...

Xi Jinping Quit Smoking. China Still Cannot.

China’s tobacco monopoly has become so financially vital to the government that ...

A Dissident Escapes China by Rubber Boat and Lands in S...

Dong Guangping, 68, fled China at least three other times but was always sent ba...

Rescuers in Laos Scramble to Reach 7 People Trapped in ...

The group, which was searching for gold, has been trapped for almost a week. Div...

Russians Are Thriving on This Thai Island, but the Scen...

Thousands who fled Russia after the invasion of Ukraine have built an enclave in...