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North Koreans Arrive In Malaysia Seeking To Claim Kim Jong Nam's Body

12:50pm February 28, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The body of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's half-brother has become the subject of a diplomatic turf war between North Korea and Malaysia, where he was poisoned with a powerful nerve agent.

Tamil and Sinhalese workers pick tea on Amba Estate in the early morning.

PHOTOS: In Sri Lanka's Tea Paradise, A Social Enterprise Is Brewing

9:19am February 28, 2017

by Victoria Milko

The island nation is one of the world's biggest exporters of tea, an industry that employs a sizable part of the population. We visit one organic tea farm that shares revenues with its workers.

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In India, People React To Killing Of IT Worker In Apparent Hate Crime

4:38pm February 27, 2017

by Julie McCarthy

People in India are reacting to the death of an IT worker shot in an apparent hate crime in Kansas.

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Philippines Plans To Shut 23 Mines Because Of Environmental Concerns

6:54am February 27, 2017

by Michael Sullivan

The environment secretary in the Philippines has decided to take on powerful mining interests. World markets were shocked by the announcement. The Philippines is the world's largest nickel exporter.

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A man shows a cellphone picture of Alok Madasani, an engineer who was injured in Wednesday's shooting, in front of Madasani's father, Jaganmohan Reddy, in the Indian city of Hyderabad.

After Kansas Shooting, More Than $1 Million Donated For Victims' Families

2:40pm February 26, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Between three GoFundMe pages, thousands of strangers have opened their wallets for the victims. Still, many in India fear last week's shooting shows the U.S. is now a dangerous place for immigrants.

Mirza Luqman Effendy of Brewphobia in South Jakarta prepares coffee for a cupping session.

Indonesia Wakes And Up And Smells Its Own Coffee — Then Drinks It

1:18pm February 26, 2017

by Anthony Kuhn

Indonesia is the world's fourth-largest coffee producer, exporting more than it consumes. But that's changing, as demand from a rising middle class fuels entrepreneurship and connoisseurship.

Members of Malaysia's hazardous materials team conduct a decontamination operation at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Sunday.

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Banned Nerve Agent Killed Kim Jong Nam Within 20 Minutes, Malaysia Says

12:02pm February 26, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The dose smeared on the face of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's half-brother was so high, even an antidote may not have been able to save him, according to the Malaysian health minister.

Rai competes at the 2014 Manaslu Trail Race, which passes through Nepal's Himalayan landscapes.

What Makes Mira Rai Run?

7:00am February 26, 2017

by Danielle Preiss

She dreamed of a better life outside her village in Nepal. But she was broke and had run out of hope. Then she tried a 31-mile trail race.

Pig farm workers push live pigs into a large grave in Nipah in 1999. To stop the outbreak, the Malaysian government culled almost 1 million pigs, nearly destroying the country's pork industry.

A Taste For Pork Helped A Deadly Virus Jump To Humans

10:00am February 25, 2017

People were dropping dead in Malaysia, and no one could figure out why their brains were swelling. A young scientist solved the mystery. Then he had to get people to believe him.

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The Ramifications Of Using A Chemical Weapon In Kim Jong Nam's Assassination

8:28am February 25, 2017

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Georgetown University Asia expert Victor Cha about the global repercussions of the deadly nerve gas attack on Kim Jong Nam, the half-brother of North Korea's dictator.