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A Philippine flag flutters from BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated Philippine Navy ship that has been aground since 1999 and became a Philippine military detachment on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea, on March 29, 2014.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 23, 2024

Manila will still assert South China Sea rights after China resupply deal

The provisional arrangement with Beijing “will not prejudice our respective national positions,” the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs says.

The grounded Philippine Navy ship BRP Sierra Madre, where marines are stationed to assert Manila's territorial claims at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea's Spratly Island chain, is seen in April last year.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 22, 2024

Philippines and China reach 'arrangement' for reef resupply missions

Manila did not provide details of the arrangement, but said Monday that here will be no prior notification from it to China for the routine missions.

Members of Taiwan's Navy on board a special operation boat during a demonstration for the media on the waters near a military base in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Jan. 31.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 22, 2024

Taiwan starts annual war games, aiming to closely mimic actual combat

By Ann Wang

Taiwan's drills this year have intensified nighttime exercises and practicing how to operate with severed command lines.

South Korean first lady Kim Keon-hee and President Yoon Suk-yeol listen as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at an official state dinner, during Yoon's visit to Washington at the White House in April last year.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 21, 2024

South Korea's first lady grilled over Dior bag and stock manipulation

Kim Keon-hee, has been questioned over allegations of stock manipulation and graft involving a $2,200 luxury handbag, prosecutors said Sunday.

Jake Sullivan

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 20, 2024

U.S. to support Philippines' efforts to resupply ship on atoll

The U.S. "will do what is necessary" to see that the Manila is able to resupply the vessel in the disputed South China Sea, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said.

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech in Pretoria, South Africa, Aug. 22, 2023.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 18, 2024

Xi to map out vision for China’s economy as key meeting wraps up

The summit comes as China battles a years-long real estate crisis, which has prompted the longest deflationary streak since 1999.

North Korean soldiers look toward the South side of the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas on April 16.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jul 16, 2024

High-ranking North Korean diplomat in Cuba defected to South

The defection came around three months before Seoul and Havana — one of Pyongyang's oldest allies — announced they were establishing diplomatic ties.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.

As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals

By Alex K.T. Martin

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Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’

Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’

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