Asia Pacific

South Korea Outlaws Use of Smartphones During Class

It becomes the latest country to restrict phone use in schools, with a law that ...

Floods and Landslides Kill Dozens on Pilgrimage Route i...

Rescue workers pulled bodies from the debris after rain sent boulders and mud cr...

Trump Raises Tariffs on India to 50% Over Russian Oil

As punishment for buying Russian oil, President Trump is doubling the tax on goo...

Trump’s India Muddle

We explore why India is so confused by the Trump administration as U.S. tariff r...

Mumbai’s Pigeon-Feeding Rules Aren’t Going Over Well

The new rules led to clashes with the police and threats of hunger strikes by me...

Trump’s Tariffs Are Putting the Global Auto Supply Chai...

They are threatening smaller parts companies that are key to manufacturing and e...

South Korea’s Leader and Trump Find Common Ground: Kim ...

At the White House, President Trump and Lee Jae Myung praised each other’s eager...

U.S. and Japan at Odds Over Terms of $550 Billion Inves...

Claims that President Trump will direct Japanese investment highlight how trade ...

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The government had set out to slow speculation, kicking off a slowdown in real e...

Australia Accuses Iran of Directing Antisemitic Arson A...

The government abruptly severed diplomatic ties and ejected Iran’s ambassador, s...

4 A.M. at a Beijing Labor Market: Jobs, and Hope, Are i...

China’s economic slowdown has fallen especially hard on older migrant workers, w...

The Backbone of the Global Auto Supply Chain Is at Risk...

They are threatening smaller parts companies that are key to manufacturing and e...

Tuesday Briefing: Israeli Strikes Killed Five Journalists

Also, visiting a knockoff Starbucks in North Korea.

Scientists Perform First Pig-to-Human Lung Transplant

Researchers in China placed a lung from a genetically modified pig into a brain-...

At Least One Dead as Typhoon Kajiki Slams Vietnam

More than 300,000 people have been told to evacuate as Typhoon Kajiki moved acro...

How China Influences Elections in America’s Biggest City

The Chinese consulate in Manhattan has mobilized community groups to defeat cand...