Koreans have been lining up for hours to sample the food at the Seoul outlet of this American burger chain. A South Korean sociologist looks at the factors behind the frenzy.
For decades, a rare disease crawled across Papua New Guinea. When scientists realized what was behind kuru, it caught everyone by surprise. But similar diseases can still be transmitted through food.
China's government has gone after human rights lawyers — questioning and arresting hundreds of them — in what many say is an attempt to prevent them from challenging the government's authority.
President Obama cancelled a meeting with Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte after the Filipino leader insulted Obama's mother. The U.S. has been critical of the Filipino government's crackdown on drugs with more than 2,000 people killed in the last two months.
The White House has been critical of Rodrigo Duterte for the killing of thousands of suspected drug dealers since he took office. A planned meeting between the two leaders was canceled.
Rodrigo Duterte is expressing regret for cursing President Obama during Monday's news conference, where he warned Obama that he would not be lectured to about his controversial war on drugs.
President Obama made history Tuesday — as the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Southeast Asian nation of Laos. He'll use the visit to talk about U.S. foreign policy with regards to Asia.
China sees the G-20 summit as an important vehicle for increasing its influence, and President Obama's attendance — on his final trip to Asia as president — was an important part of it.
President Obama spoke about his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the status of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and the controversial protest by 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, at the conclusion of the Group of 20 summit in China Monday.