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Richardson: Release Shows N. Korea Is Ready For Dialogue

12:13pm November 09, 2014

Two Americans jailed in North Korea have arrived home. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with former U.S. Ambassador Bill Richardson, who has previously negotiated hostage releases with Pyongyang.

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Matthew Miller, who had been held in North Korea since April, 2014, is greeted by two unidentified women after arriving Saturday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

Two Americans Held In North Korea Are Back On U.S. Soil

5:11am November 09, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Kenneth Bae, a Christian missionary detained in late 2012, and Matthew Todd Miller, arrested in North Korea earlier this year, came home Saturday.

Two Americans Held In North Korea Are Released

6:33pm November 08, 2014

Americans Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller, held for months in North Korea, have been freed as President Obama prepares to depart for a summit in Asia.

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North Korea Releases Two Americans Held In Captivity

1:09pm November 08, 2014

Kenneth Bae, a Christian missionary detained in late 2012 and Matthew Todd Miller, arrested in North Korea earlier this year, are free and on their way home, U.S. officials say.

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One Year Later, Super Typhoon's Damage Lingers

12:33pm November 08, 2014

by Aurora Almendral

A year ago, Super Typhoon Haiyan tore through the Philippines, leaving a path of destruction. In the city of Tacloban, the damage is less visible, but the effects of the typhoon are still present.

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Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in Beijing on Friday. Beijing and Washington backed an anti-corruption pact.

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Asia-Pacific Nations Agree To Go After Corruption

9:27am November 08, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The agreement of the 21-member group, including the U.S. and Canada, would establish an informal information sharing network to track and detain corrupt officials.

Visitors walk past a portrait of late communist leader Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing on Sept. 30, the eve of National Day.

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Capitalism Is Making China Richer, But Not Democratic

11:41pm November 07, 2014

by Frank Langfitt

The U.S. thought trade and investment would eventually make China more democratic. In fact, it's had the opposite effect: creating a rich, authoritarian leadership class that remains repressive.

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The Senkaku Islands, as they are called in Japan, sit in a strategic location between Okinawa and Taiwan.

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China, Japan Agree To Disagree On Disputed Islands

3:02pm November 07, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The move paves the way for the renewal of high-level talks between the two countries that were frozen two years ago by China.

An anti-nuclear protester rests in front of bomb-shaped balloon during a rally against Japanese nuclear plants in Tokyo, back in September.

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Regional Government OKs Restart Of Japanese Nuclear Plant

9:36am November 07, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

Japan shut down all of its nuclear reactors after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in 2011. This plant could be the first to restart.

Poet Cameron Conaway (left, in gray cap) visits malaria-hit areas in the Chittagong Tract Hills, Bangladesh, in June 2012.

If You Think You'll Never See A Poem About Malaria, You're Wrong

1:46pm November 06, 2014

by Nsikan Akpan

In a new collection, a mixed martial arts fighter-turned-poet exposes the social and medical challenges caused by malaria in Bangkok, Thailand.