Asia Pacific

Myanmar Rebels Take Key Trading Town, but Counteroffensive Looms

Myanmar Rebels Take Key Trading Town, but Counteroffens...

The fall of Myawaddy, on the Thai border, was one of the most significant gains ...

3 Men Rescued from Pacific Island After Writing ‘Help’ With Palm Leaves

3 Men Rescued from Pacific Island After Writing ‘Help’ ...

American rescuers found the lost sailors on a tiny uninhabited island in Microne...

Vietnamese Real Estate Tycoon Sentenced to Death in $12 Billion Fraud Case

Vietnamese Real Estate Tycoon Sentenced to Death in $12...

Truong My Lan received the death penalty as Vietnam’s Communist Party cracks dow...

Stinging Election Loss Leaves South Korean Leader at a Crossroads

Stinging Election Loss Leaves South Korean Leader at a ...

President Yoon Suk Yeol, a key U.S. ally, faces the prospect of becoming a lame ...

Biden Aims to Project United Front Against China at White House Summit

Biden Aims to Project United Front Against China at Whi...

President Biden discussed security in the South China Sea with the leaders of Ja...

Japan Gives Washington 250 Cherry Trees as Replacements

Japan Gives Washington 250 Cherry Trees as Replacements

The trees will replace 140 that will be torn up as part of a restoration project...

Hong Kong Detains and Expels Journalism Advocate, Group Says

Hong Kong Detains and Expels Journalism Advocate, Group...

A representative of Reporters Without Borders was attempting to monitor the nati...

South Korean Parliamentary Election to Set Tone for Rest of Leader’s Term

South Korean Parliamentary Election to Set Tone for Res...

The vote Wednesday is a big test for President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has forged clo...

Xi Meets With Russia’s Foreign Minister, Reaffirming Ties

Xi Meets With Russia’s Foreign Minister, Reaffirming Ties

The visit came days after the U.S. threatened new sanctions against Chinese comp...

How Japan Is Trying to Rebuild Its Chip Industry

How Japan Is Trying to Rebuild Its Chip Industry

Taiwan’s semiconductor giant, TSMC, is quickly remaking a farm town in Japan int...

Biden and Japan’s Leader Look to Bind Ties to Outlast Them Both

Biden and Japan’s Leader Look to Bind Ties to Outlast T...

Hovering over a state visit to Washington is the possibility of a swing in Ameri...

‘Gladiator Politics’ Dominate Election Season in Polarized South Korea

‘Gladiator Politics’ Dominate Election Season in Polari...

This week’s parliamentary elections are widely seen as a referendum on both Pres...

Why Taiwan Was So Prepared for a Powerful Earthquake

Why Taiwan Was So Prepared for a Powerful Earthquake

Decades of learning from disasters, tightening building codes and increasing pub...

As Doctors’ Walkout Drags On, Some South Koreans Are Losing Patience

As Doctors’ Walkout Drags On, Some South Koreans Are Lo...

Thousands of interns and residents who stopped working in February are testing t...

Taiwan’s Strongest Earthquake in 25 Years Kills 9 and Injures Hundreds

Taiwan’s Strongest Earthquake in 25 Years Kills 9 and I...

The magnitude-7.4 quake was followed by more than 200 aftershocks. Dozens of peo...

What We Know About the Earthquake in Taiwan

What We Know About the Earthquake in Taiwan

The quake set off aftershocks and damaged dozens of buildings, killing nine peop...