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Obama Visits Laos; Cancels Bilateral Meeting With Philippine President

6:21am September 06, 2016

by Elise Hu

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.

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G-20 Summit Highlights Step Forward For U.S., China Relations

4:29pm September 05, 2016

by Anthony Kuhn

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 Wraps Up G-20 Summit In Hangzhou, China

4:29pm September 05, 2016

by Scott Horsley

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.

North Korean restaurants, like this one in Vientiane, Laos, don't just serve North Korean cuisine. They are run by the North Korean government as a way to earn hard currency to send back to an increasingly sanctioned Pyongyang.

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Would You Like A Side Of Propaganda? Lunch At A North Korean Restaurant

3:19pm September 05, 2016

by Elise Hu

North Korean karaoke videos in the background, decent food and a free copy of the works of Kim Il Sung: a dispatch from inside one of Pyongyang's currency-making outposts.

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North Korea Fires 3 Missiles Into Sea During Final Day Of G-20 Summit

11:28am September 05, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The three missiles landed in the Sea of Japan, South Korean defense officials say. A White House official condemned the launches as "reckless"

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Special Coverage: Analysis Of U.S.-China Relations And The G-20 Summit

9:50am September 05, 2016

Renee Montagne and Steve Inskeep speak with Scott Horsley and Robert Daly of the Wilson Center about President Obama's visit to China for the G-20 Summit.

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Special Coverge: After The G-20 Summit, Where Do U.S.-China Relations Stand?

7:18am September 05, 2016

President Obama is in China for the G-20 summit. Steve Inskeep talks to Robert Daly, director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States at the Woodrow Wilson Center and Scott Horsley.

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G-20 Summit Wraps Up In Hangzhou, China

7:10am September 05, 2016

by Anthony Kuhn

China pulled out all the stops to host the leaders of the world's 20 leading economies. China's government sent 2 million residents of the city of Hangzhou on vacation to ensure a flawless summit.

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China Shows G20 World Leaders Its Temporarily Blue Skies

5:03pm September 04, 2016

As world leaders arrive in China for the G20 summit, China is cleaning up the facade of the city of Hangzhou by closing hundreds of factories for one week, making the skies temporarily smog-free.

Gautam Lewis, now 39, poses with some of the photographs he has taken that trace the life and work of Mother Teresa, who took him in when he was 3. The images are part of an exhibition Lewis has staged in Kolkata as an homage to the woman he calls his "se

Mother Teresa Made Him Believe He Could Fly — And He Did

5:03pm September 04, 2016

by Julie McCarthy

The child, who had contracted polio, was taken in by Mother Teresa when he was 3. What has happened since sounds like a fairy tale.