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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at a recent meeting at the Blue House in Seoul on May 27

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 8, 2024

South Korea's Yoon to discuss Pyongyang's 'distinct threat' to Europe at NATO meet

By Ju-min Park and Jack Kim

Yoon, who became the first South Korean leader to attend a NATO summit in 2022, was to take part in his third such meeting later this week.

Students eat their meals during the trial of a free-lunch program for students at a junior high school in Tangerang, on the outskirts of Jakarta, on Feb. 29.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 8, 2024

Prabowo's free-meal plan stirs investor fears about Indonesia's finances

By Stefanno Sulaiman and Rae Wee

Bond yields have risen and the rupiah has depreciated, though the currency weakness has largely been due to a resilient U.S. dollar.

An aerial view shows the BRP Sierra Madre on the contested Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea on March 9, 2023. On Saturday, Manila accused China of intimidation over its anchoring of its largest coast guard vessel in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 8, 2024

China anchors 'monster ship' in South China Sea: Philippine coast guard

The anchoring of the 165-meter Chinese coast guard vessel in the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone is “intimidation,” Manila says.

Tibetans participate in a protest march held to mark the 65th anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, in the northern hill town of Dharamsala, India, on March 10.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 8, 2024

Exiled Tibetans fear a future without the Dalai Lama, now 89

By Charlotte Greenfield and Sunil Kataria

The Dalai Lama has said he will clarify questions about succession — including if and where he will be reincarnated — around his 90th birthday.

Hong Kong protesters face off against riot police at a rally in support of the human rights of Xinjiang Uyghurs in Hong Kong in December 2019.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 5, 2024

China rejects key Western calls for human rights reforms at U.N. meet

By Emma Farge

Beijing has striven to fend off criticism following a 2022 U.N. report.

Senior member of the Indian National Congress, Shashi Tharoor, says that Narendra Modi and his BJP party seemed "shaken” by a fiery parliamentary speech by opposition leader Rahul Gandhi.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 5, 2024

Modi’s BJP ‘shaken’ by stronger opposition, says Congress leader

By Dan Strumpf and Swati Gupta

The comments come one month after India’s election results showed the Congress-led opposition alliance delivering a surprise setback to the BJP.

Fishermen unload their catches from a fishing boat at a port in Taichung, Taiwan, on Wednesday.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 4, 2024

Taiwan says China seizure of trawler may be psychological warfare

China seizing the Taiwanese trawler came at a time of growing tensions across the Taiwan Strait.

You can often see generations of families enjoying performances together at Fuji Rock Festival.

Japan’s summer music festivals are feeling the heat in more ways than one

Several support networks have launched to help startup founders in Japan whose native language isn't Japanese.

As Japan's startup ecosystem grows, so does a supportive community of entrepreneurs

By Kathryn Wortley

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