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There are renewed efforts in Hong Kong to push for tighter national security laws

5:12am January 31, 2024

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Thomas Kellogg, executive director at the Center for Asian Law at Georgetown, about renewed attempts to pass security laws in Hong Kong.

How the liquidation of one of China's largest companies threatens its entire economy

4:43pm January 30, 2024

A Hong Kong court has ordered the liquidation of China's largest real estate developer. NPR's Ari Shapiro discusses impacts in China and abroad with Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Dexter Roberts.

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan listens to a member of the media during a talk with reporters regarding the current political situation and the ongoing cases against him at his residence in Lahore, Pakistan, on Aug. 3, 2023.

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Former Pakistani PM Imran Khan gets another prison sentence ahead of elections

11:15am January 30, 2024

by The Associated Press

A Pakistani court convicted Khan of revealing official secrets and sentenced him to 10 years — the latest in a slew of legal cases that supporters say are meant to sideline the imprisoned politician.

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol sits with his wife Kim Keon Hee, after he addressed MPs in the Royal Gallery during a visit to the Palace of Westminster on Nov. 21, 2023 in London, England.

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A luxury Dior handbag rattles South Korea's politics

6:12am January 30, 2024

by Se Eun Gong

A gift accepted by the country's first lady has set off very public debates about ethics and revealed ruling party divisions just weeks before legislative elections.

Teyra Yudaw (left) and his daughter, Ciwang Teyra, are members of Taiwan's Indigenous Truku tribe.

In the battle over identity, a centuries-old issue looms in Taiwan: hunting

5:28am January 30, 2024

Taiwan has endured colonial forces over centuries. The island's Indigenous people have borne the brunt of this violent history and are still fighting for inclusion and acceptance.

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With tensions between North and South Korea high, border island could be a flashpoint

5:11am January 30, 2024

by Anthony Kuhn

Yeonpyeong Island near the maritime border between North and South Korea has seen clashes in the past, and with military tensions running high, it's seen as a potential flashpoint.

U.S. officials are in China to discussion cooperating on fighting fentanyl

5:11am January 30, 2024

China's been the main source of precursor chemicals for the potent drug, and President Biden has made combating fentanyl a policy priority — in the face of tens of thousands of overdoses each year.

At a partially operating Evergrande commercial complex in Beijing on Monday, a man walks past a map of China that shows Evergrande's commercial complexes throughout the country. Evergrande was once listed as the world's most valuable real estate company, but on Monday, a Hong Kong court ordered it to be liquidated.

Here's what to know about the collapse of China's Evergrande property developer

5:00am January 30, 2024

by Scott Neuman

In 2018, Evergrande was listed as the world's most valuable real estate company. But on Monday, a Hong Kong court ordered it to be liquidated.

This image provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency shows an image taken by a Lunar Excursion Vehicle of a robotic moon rover called Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, on the moon.

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The Japanese moon lander gets back to work after the sun reaches its solar panels

9:06am January 29, 2024

by The Associated Press

A Japanese moon explorer is up and running Monday after several tense days without the sunlight it needs to generate power.

Residents walk through a partially shuttered Evergrande commercial complex in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024.

Hong Kong court orders China's Evergrande, which owes $300 billion, to liquidate

3:51am January 29, 2024

by The Associated Press

China Evergrande is one of the biggest Chinese developers that have collapsed under pressure to rein in surging debt the ruling Communist Party views as a threat to China's slowing economic growth.