May 20, 2013
NEW DELHI--Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier visited India on May 19 on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties.
May 18, 2013
YANGON, Myanmar--Myanmar's president has pardoned at least 20 political prisoners just ahead of a historic visit to the United States that will highlight the two sides' improved relations brought about by the former pariah nation's democratic reforms.
May 18, 2013
HANOI, Vietnam--A Russian-financed search engine seeking to challenge Google's dominance in Vietnam is redirecting queries for some politically sensitive terms to the American company's search engine, apparently as a way of avoiding government anger or legal liability for sending surfers to sites containing criticism of the ruling party.
May 16, 2013
TAIPEI--Taiwan imposed sanctions against the Philippines on May 15, rejecting as unacceptable a Philippine apology for the killing of a fisherman from Taiwan last week.
May 14, 2013
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei at a meeting on May 13 to cooperate in countering China's growing maritime ambitions.
May 14, 2013
SAVAR, Bangladesh--Several of the biggest Western retailers embraced a plan that would require them to pay for factory improvements in Bangladesh as the three-week search for victims of the worst garment-industry disaster in history ended May 13 with the death toll at a staggering 1,127.
May 14, 2013
MANILA--Philippine President Benigno Aquino was set on May 14 to win unprecedented control of the two chambers of Congress after mid-term elections, raising hopes for his reforms to sustain growth, create jobs and make a dent on chronic poverty.
May 13, 2013
LAHORE, Pakistan--Nawaz Sharif, who is poised for victory after Pakistan's May 11 election, said he had spoken at length with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of rival India and would work to ease mistrust.
May 13, 2013
DHAKA, Bangladesh--Bangladesh's government agreed May 13 to allow the country's garment workers to form trade unions without prior permission from factory owners, the latest response to a building collapse that killed more than 1,100 people and focused global attention on the industry's hazardous conditions.
May 13, 2013
TAIPEI, Taiwan--Some 200 Taiwanese gathered outside the Philippines representative office in Taipei on May 13 to protest the killing of a Taiwanese fisherman by the Philippines coast guard in disputed waters.
May 12, 2013
ISLAMABAD--Toppled in a 1999 coup, jailed and exiled, Nawaz Sharif has made a triumphant election comeback and on May 12 was heading for a third term as Pakistan's prime minister.
May 11, 2013
KAO LOOK CHANG, Thailand--For more than a decade, a sprawling wildlife refuge south of Bangkok has been rehabilitating and caring for animals abandoned or abused by their owners. The sanctuary, run by a nonprofit organization, has won international acclaim for its work, and volunteers come from around the world to help care for the hundreds of animals there. But the sanctuary's mission has hit a nerve with local authorities: Its owner is now on trial for illegal possession of endangered species, charges he says show the political clout of poachers and others who profit from the lucrative trade on exotic wildlife.
May 11, 2013
ISLAMABAD--A string of militant attacks and gunfights that killed at least 17 people cast a long shadow over Pakistan's general election on May 11, but millions still turned out to vote in a landmark test of the troubled country's democracy.
May 11, 2013
SAVAR, Bangladesh--For 17 days, the seamstress lay trapped in a dark basement pocket beneath thousands of tons of wreckage as temperatures outside climbed into the mid-30s C (mid-90s F). She rationed food and water. She banged a pipe to attract attention. She was fast losing hope of ever making it out alive.
May 11, 2013
BANGKOK--Thailand's celebrity baby panda Lin Ping is almost 4 years old now. It's time to move to China, find a mate and have cubs.
May 09, 2013
HANOI--Vietnam has effectively dropped plans to adopt Japan's Shinkansen bullet-train technology, opting for a slower speed rail link between its two main cities.
May 09, 2013
HANOI--Put the "petals" to the metal! A special flower-decorated train commemorating the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Vietnam and Japan made its debut at Hanoi station on May 8.
May 09, 2013
The beginning of the school year always finds classrooms full of the happy laughter and smiling faces of eager schoolchildren anxious for what lies ahead.
May 08, 2013
BEIJING--While the recent troop standoff in a remote Himalayan desert spotlights a long-running border dispute between China and India, the two emerging giants are engaged in a rivalry for global influence that spreads much farther afield.
May 07, 2013
HO CHI MINH CITY--Fifty kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City, a withered trunk of a dead tree stands amid a mangrove forest in Vietnam's Can Gio district.