Asia

Chinese Company Begins Construction On Titanic Replica

7:41am December 02, 2016

It's a full-sized copy of the ship that sank in 1912. Tourists can stay in reproduced first-class cabins and eat in the dining hall. This Titanic will be permanently docked in a landlocked province.

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President-elect Donald Trump, seen here on Nov. 22, spoke with Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday. Trump showered praise on Sharif despite the tensions between the two countries in recent years.

Trump Gushes About Pakistan In Call With Its Prime Minister

11:13pm December 01, 2016

by Jackie Northam

The U.S. and Pakistan have had strained relations for years. But in a phone call between Donald Trump and Pakistan's leader, the president-elect was full of effusive praise.

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Mount Paektu, which sits on the border with China, is known in North Korea as the "sacred mountain of revolution" and considered the legendary birthplace of Kim Jong Il and Korean culture.

North Korean Volcano Provides Rare Chance For Scientific Collaboration

7:31pm December 01, 2016

by Rae Ellen Bichell

When the volcano started rumbling, North Korean researchers realized they didn't have the tools to predict if it might erupt. So they reached out to Western scientists for help.

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A cricket fan waves the flag of India in 2012. Moviegoers in the country should expect to see much more of it when they catch the latest blockbuster.

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Coming Soon To Your Local Cinema In India: Court-Mandated Patriotism

9:14am December 01, 2016

by Colin Dwyer

The Indian Supreme Court has handed down an interim order mandating that cinemas across the country play the national anthem — and the audience must stand for it — before every feature film.

A coal mining brigade unloads a cart full of coal that has been freshly mined from half-a-mile below the surface of the earth. For some rural Mongolians, risking their lives in crude, makeshift mines is the only way to survive.

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Amid Economic Crisis, Mongolians Risk Their Lives For Do-It-Yourself Mining

7:50am December 01, 2016

by Rob Schmitz

Mining once boomed in Mongolia but as commodity prices fell, the economy tanked and companies went bankrupt. Unemployed men are taking over abandoned coal mines to extract what's left. Some have died.

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Women walk past the African Renaissance Monument near Dakar, Senegal, in 2009, shortly before it was finished by North Korean workers. Critics complained about the $27 million cost.

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For Autocrats In Need Of Statues, North Korea Is No Longer An Option

5:16pm November 30, 2016

by Greg Myre

New United Nations sanctions against North Korea ban the export of monuments. The impoverished Asian nation has made millions by building statues for African nations.

Dambara Upadhyay died alone inside this shelter. She was following the practice of menstrual exclusion that is common in parts of western Nepal: sleeping outside the home during menstruation.

A Young Woman Died In A Menstrual Hut In Nepal

9:19pm November 28, 2016

by Danielle Preiss

She was 26. Her relatives found her body in the morning. The prime minister of Nepal called the district to find out what happened.

A police SWAT team member stands guard while residents watch the body of a person killed in an alleged police anti-drug operation in Manila on Nov. 10.

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In Philippine Drug War, Death Toll Rises And So Do Concerns About Tactics

6:28pm November 28, 2016

by Michael Sullivan

Since the war on drugs began, some 5,000 people have been killed, 2,000 by police and 3,000 in extrajudicial killings. Reporter Michael Sullivan has been following the war in one Manila neighborhood.

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Demonstrators hold Indian currency notes during a protest Monday in Bangalore against the government's decision to void 500- and 1,000-rupee notes.

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Protesters Across India Rail Against Countrywide Cash Crunch

5:19pm November 28, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

They're opposed to a government decision to void the country's largest-denomination bank notes. The government says the move is designed to combat corruption and target the black market.

Zhaba Songding and his maternal grandmother Ani Ciru warm themselves by the hearth in their traditional living room, known in Mosuo culture as a "grandmother's room."

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The Place In China Where The Women Lead

9:06am November 26, 2016

by Anthony Kuhn

Women call the shots among the Mosuo people of southwest China. However, things are changing. Tourism has helped them escape poverty but also has eroded traditional family structures.