N.Y.P.D. Officer Is Accused of Spying on Tibetans for China
Federal prosecutors on Monday charged a New York City police officer with acting as an illegal agent of the Chinese government, accusing him of providing...
Category: Asia Pacific News
Violent Attacks Plague Afghanistan as Peace Talks in Doha Slow
DOHA, Qatar — Violence continued unabated across Afghanistan on Saturday, as negotiators from the warring sides remained bogged down by disagreements over a framework for...
Explaining Trump’s Potential Ban on TikTok, WeChat: Q&A
The Trump administration is pushing forward with its plan to ban the Chinese social media apps TikTok and WeChat from American app stores. The Commerce...
TikTok Accepts Deal Revisions as Trump Prepares to Review Proposal
WASHINGTON — The Chinese company that owns TikTok has accepted the Trump administration’s changes to a deal designed to mitigate the White House’s concerns that...
Missions to Venus: Highlights From History, and When We May Go Back
Carl Sagan once said that Venus is the planet in our solar system most like hell. So when are we going back? Astronomers on Monday...
North Korean Propaganda Gets a YouTube Makeover: Fewer Parades, More Pizza
SEOUL, South Korea — A well-dressed young woman toured a shiny, brightly lit grocery store in Pyongyang, where high-heeled women browsed shelves and refrigerators filled...
Dream Homes for Golfers and Wine Lovers
If your idea of a dream home includes a combination of golf, nature, quality architecture and fine wine, there are master-planned communities around the world...
When Learning Is Really Remote: Students Climb Trees and Travel Miles for a Cell Signal
On school days, the three teenage students hop on a motorbike and ride to their personal study hall: a spot along a narrow road outside...
Forget TikTok. China’s Powerhouse App Is WeChat.
Just after the 2016 presidential election in the United States, Joanne Li realized the app that connected her to fellow Chinese immigrants had disconnected her...
Samsung’s J.Y. Lee Faces New Charges
SEOUL, South Korea — Lee Jae-yong, the heir to the South Korean tech and industrial giant Samsung, was indicted on Tuesday on charges of engaging...