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...
Category: Asia Pacific News
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...
India’s Economy Shrank Nearly 24 Percent Last Quarter
NEW DELHI — The Indian economy contracted by 23.9 percent in the second quarter, the most drastic fall in decades, as lockdown restrictions meant to...
Taliban Violated Afghan Deal With Shelling of American Bases, U.S. Officials Say
KABUL, Afghanistan — Rockets launched at a U.S. military base and a joint U.S.-Afghan airfield in southern Afghanistan in recent weeks are believed to have...
TikTok Deal Is Complicated by New Rules From China Over Tech Exports
As the sale of TikTok enters its final stages, Beijing is saying it wants the last word. In a bureaucratic two-step, China on Friday updated...