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A satellite image released and notated by Airbus Defense & Space and 38 North on March 30 shows the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in North Korea.

Satellite Photos Show North Korea Razing Nuclear Test Site, Analysts Say

10:38am May 15, 2018

by Scott Neuman

North Korea recently pledged to begin dismantling the Punggye-ri site later this month in front of foreign media, but the security blog 38 North says its destruction is already underway.

Why The ZTE Case Is Causing Some In China To Think About Economic Relations With U.S.

9:19pm May 14, 2018

by Anthony Kuhn

President Trump has pledged to help rescue one of China's top telecommunication firms, which the U.S. Commerce Department has penalized for violating U.S. sanctions on North Korea and Iran. The penalties have convinced many Chinese that they can no longer rely on the U.S., and must manufacture their own hi-tech products.

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Xia Boyu, seen here on the outskirts of Kathmandu in early April, lost both his legs to frostbite on Mount Everest four decades ago. On Monday, he finally reached the mountain's summit.

Double Amputee Summits Everest Decades After Losing Feet In Failed Attempt

2:12pm May 14, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Severe frostbite claimed Xia Boyu's feet during his first failed attempt in 1975. Then, lymphoma claimed his legs beneath the knee. Still, Xia kept trying — and on Monday, he finally reached the top.

A sign for the ZTE booth is seen at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone trade show in Barcelona, Spain, in 2014.

President Trump Puts 'America First' On Hold To Save Chinese Jobs

9:59am May 14, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Trump says he is working with Chinese President Xi Jinping to get cellphone-maker ZTE "back in business" after it was punished for selling U.S. technology to Iran and then violated a settlement.

Tony Fernandes, group chief executive officer of AirAsia Bhd., pauses during a Bloomberg Television interview during the 51st International Paris Air Show in Paris in 2015.

AirAsia CEO Says 'Sorry' For Endorsing Malaysia's Ousted Prime Minister

9:12am May 14, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Tony Fernandes, who founded the Kuala Lumpur-based low-cost carrier in 1993, said he "buckled" under pressure from Prime Minister Najib Razak to back him in last week's election.

Response vehicles are parked outside local police headquarters following an attack in Surabaya Monday. The headquarters in Indonesia's second largest city was attacked by suspected militants who detonated explosives from a motorcycle, a day after suicide

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At Least 10 Wounded In Suicide Attack On Police HQ In Indonesia

3:47am May 14, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The attack in Surabaya follows suicide bombings of three separate churches in the same city that the Islamic State claims to have carried out over the weekend.

Indonesian anti-terror policeman stands guard at the blast site following a suicide bomb outside a church in Surabaya, Indonesia on Sunday.

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Suicide Bombers Kill At Least 11, Wound Dozens At Churches In Indonesia

6:11am May 13, 2018

by James Doubek

Attackers targeted three churches, which were holding Sunday services. An intelligence official says an ISIS-allied group may be responsible.

This satellite image portraying the Punggye-ri nuclear test site in North Korea was released and notated by Airbus Defense & Space and 38 North in March. North Korea says it will dismantle its nuclear test site between May 23 and 25.

North Korea Announces Plans To Dismantle Nuclear Test Site

5:19pm May 12, 2018

by Jenny Gathright

In a statement delivered through state media Saturday, North Korea's Foreign Ministry announced that it will destroy a nuclear test site later this month — and invited journalists to watch.

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Human Rights In North Korea

8:07am May 12, 2018

North Korea's human rights record is one of the worst in the world but the Trump administration has given it scant attention. Scott Simon talks to journalist Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy.

South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha speaks during a Friday news conference with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State Department.

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Pompeo To Kim: Denuclearize And Enjoy 'Future Brimming With Peace And Prosperity'

6:28pm May 11, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

At a news conference on Friday, the secretary of state said the U.S. is "ready to work with North Korea to achieve prosperity on the par with our South Korean friends."