Asia Pacific

The Little Mountain Democracy That Sustains Tibet’s Ref...

The exile government that was built by the Dalai Lama to preserve Tibetans’ cult...

The Coder ‘Village’ at the Heart of China’s A.I. Frenzy

As China vies with Silicon Valley for primacy, Hangzhou, home to DeepSeek and Al...

Why the Dalai Lama’s Succession Is Complicated

Just before the Dalai Lama turned 90, he announced that his successor would be s...

Antarctica Faces Tense Future as U.S. Science Budget Sh...

The continent is dedicated to research and cooperation, but proposed funding cut...

China Has Paid a High Price for Its Dominance in Rare E...

Dust and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive chemicals po...

China’s Rare Earth Origin Story, Explained

Low environmental standards helped China become the world’s low-cost producer of...

White House to Start Notifying Countries About Tariffs,...

After striking only a few trade deals since declaring a 90-day pause in April, P...

Vietnam Aches for Its M.I.A.’s. Will America Stop Fundi...

New breakthroughs in DNA analysis offer a chance to identify more of the lost fr...

How New DNA Science Could Help More Families of the Mis...

Emerging methods are improving the ability to identify even highly degraded huma...

U.S. Leaves Vietnam’s War Dead Unidentified

Damien Cave, the Vietnam bureau chief for The New York Times, takes us to a ceme...

A Space-Out Competition in Seoul Was Harder Than I Expe...

I spent 90 minutes attempting to empty my mind and slow my heartbeat at a “space...

Friday Briefing: House Passes Trump’s Big Bill

Plus, North Korea’s new beach resort.

​North Korea Beach Resort Opens With Fanfare but No For...

The Kalma Beach resort town, one of Kim Jong-un’s most ambitious projects aimed ...

Trump Wants the World to Squeeze Out China. He’s Starti...

An initial trade deal with Vietnam offers a glimpse of how President Trump is pu...

5 Dead and 29 Missing After Ferry Sinks Near Bali

The ship was carrying 65 people when it sank on its way to the Indonesian resort...

Why This Country’s Stock Market Is Up 30% This Year

South Korea has zoomed upward in anticipation that a new president will pass sha...